Finding a Tulum Beach Hotel Means Going Green!

Posted by seolink on May 25th, 2010 filed in Global Warming


Everywhere you turn as of late, a celebrity or something is telling you to Go Green!  In the past, going green meant with envy, but today people have gotten hip to the fact the environment is in trouble but it’s on us to assist insure that it is a better place.

Now, I’m no Greenpeace Activist, but I do my share.  I recycle.  I turn off lights.  I even decided to buy those dreadful spiral light bulbs for the lamps in my home.  With some people, these tiny life modifications are adequate.  For people who wish to accomplish more, there’s surprisingly many things they could do to lessen their carbon track in the world.

Ever consider going green on your vacation?  Recently, I visited Tulum, a small beach town approximately 90 minutes south of Cancun.  While the jungle makes up over 90 % of the location, it’s not exactly the green I’m talking about.  For years, Tulum has been the host to a growing number of eco-friendly resorts.  These Tulum hotels carry on virtually solely on wind and solar energy although several do retain gas or diesel powered back-up generators just in case.  Most of the eco resorts do use wind and solar to make the bulk of their power needs.

In Tulum, these eco-cabana resorts line the perfect seashores leading into Sian Ka’an Biosphere, a 1.3-million-acre nature reserve stretching along the Caribbean coast.  These resorts proffer a range from rustic cabanas located on the beach to well-appointed adobe-style rooms.  Smaller compared to the major resorts in Cancun however, the majority do not lack in services.  Many resorts like Playa Azul along with Los Lirios Cabana Resort and the super luxurious Blue Tulum Hotel offer full health spa services from beach-side massages to skin therapies by means of natural Mayan skincare products.  Almost all of them have restaurants that serve delectable, gourmet food well into the evening.  The variety of choices was a pleasing surprise!

My first visit to an eco-friendly resort was a couple of years ago in Tulum.  I’m no camper, by any means, so when I read the quick inventory of effects to bring, my stress level went up a level upon seeing flashlight as on the list of must-haves.  

A flashlight? I thought.  What’s up with the electricity?  There’s none after 11pm, that’s what!  Now, many people would on no account even mull over staying in a place that doesn’t have full electricity running 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  Nevertheless, I was desperate for a vacation.  I figured I’d see what this whole eco-resort thing was all about.

It was 2006 and my first time in Tulum.  I’ve been back 3 times since!  My experience was spectacular.  Being on the beach takes care of the concern that it’s going to be too hot in the room lacking A/C.  The lights being turned off past 11pm wasn’t an issue at all.  I had my flashlight, but there were also Tiki torches lighting up the entire property, so yeah, electrical energy wasn’t greatly missed at all.  Overall, my opening venture into eco-tourism was no different than any other trip I’d had in the past.

I must note that some of the  eco resorts in Tulum do boast round the clock electrical power, but you should definitely make sure those details before departing if that is a priority for you.

The need to be green has reached way beyond the Greenpeace set.  Mull it over and contemplate doing more than your part.


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