Beautiful Akumal is located 35 minutes or 37 km (23 miles) south of Playa del Carmen, only 26 km (16 miles) north of Tulum, in the Riviera Maya. And. 100 km (62 miles) south of Cancún. It iss part of Tulum municipality in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. The 2005 census showed a population of Akumal at 1,198 inhabitants. There is a 4 lane highway that goes from Cancun all the way south to Tulum. There are many highway signs with information, which makes it easy to find most destinations.
The town was officially founded in 1958 as a community for scuba divers by Pablo Bush Romero--a Mexican businessman, diver, writer, historian, and archaeologist. Pablo Bush's family (the Bush/Wolfe family) still owns a large portion of Akumal... |
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