Name: Costa de Cocos Xcalak
Address: Km 52 carretera Mahahual, Xcalak Mexico., Xcalak, Xcalak, Xcalak, 77000, Mexico
Rating: 8

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Incredibly friendly and made our vacation. One of the owners Ilana was so nice to us. XTC and Flying Cloud which is a scam and where we had our bookings had not said they were closed down for business and stolen our money. 

Luckily Ilana was quick to help us. Beside offering us accomodation she was so nice and kind to us. She handled everything we needed during our stay and even drove us to the next town when we had to leave.

Ilana really saved us on the worst day of our vacation.

Incredibly friendly and made our vacation

We spent a couple of great days at Costa de Cocos. The cabañas are simple, but seem to have been recently updated and had everything we needed. The staff was wonderful: friendly, funny, and obviously interested in making sure we were happy. The food was really good, and so nice just to roll out of bed and have a delicious breakfast made to order. We were not in Xcalak to fish, but to hang around, enjoying the quiet and beautiful place. Cocos is a perfect spot for that.

Perfect place to chill in Xcalak!

Xcalak is a quiet fishing village away from the touristy areas. I enjoyed my stay here the most opposed to other places in Mexico. Costa de Cocos has a great restaurant and very nice and comfortable places to stay for a reasonable price. The one thing I didn't like was that the water to shower is salty and not so clean. If you want to clean diving equipment I recommend doing this at the nearby dive center, where you'll probably do your diving as well. The reason I am giving five stars is also because of the amazing and kind staff. People say that all the time about a lot of places and I feel they are often not able to distinguish between people seeming friendly because they want to cash in their tips or people who genuinely appreciate you. The staff of Costa de Cocos definitely made a good impression on me as did most people in Xcalak. Really a little paradise to be in and very suited for diving and fly fishing.

Great location with very friendly staff

Didn't stay here but stopped to eat a couple times. Probably the go-to restaurant for tourist in xcalak if Leaky Palapa is closed, which it was at the time of our visit.   Best place to meet other travelers and closest thing to a night life in xcalak.  Note that the local brew is not always available so don't come here specifically for that or you may be disappointed.  I prefer the coconut fish over the coconut shrimp.  We actually prefer eating at Sylvia's but they have awesome server here at Cocos who goes by Willie.  He alone makes it worth a stop; a smiling, happy and attentive employee.  Would definitely return.

Great restaurant

I traveled from Cancun south along the coast staying at different locations from a Penthouse in Playa, to a private home in Mahahual, but the best place was Costa de cocos due to the attention of their staff and comfortable bed in #9 cabin. Thank you Pepe, Shaggy, Alfredo and Ariel for making my trip memorable for my family and friends.

Small part of paradise

We just returned from a week of fly fishing at Costa de Cocos.  This was my second trip to Costa de Cocos.  Our room was very comfortable.  House staff cleaned it daily while we were fishing.  The restaurant was exceptional offering a combination of pizza, fish entres' in addition to traditional Mexican dishes.  Our trip was all inclusive of meals, drinks and fly fishing.  The fishing was slow a couple of days due to wind direction as a result of a hurricane.  The rest of the days fishing was excellent.  Rueben, our guide, is very experienced and put us on many bone fish daily.  We also had shots at permit and tarpon multiple times.  One tarpon was landed.  Having fished many lodges world wide, I recommend Costa de Cocos.  It a quality lodge, has great guides, at a very reasonable cost.

week of fly fishing

My buddy Brian and I just wrapped up our 2nd trip to Xcalak and Costa De Cocos.  The variety of fishing is great, the guides are top notch, and the lodge is terrific.  The food, staff, and atmosphere cant be beet.

Great week of fly fishing

I went out with Ruben, a seasoned local Xcalakian. 6-8 years experience. This is not the best known llcompany for fly fishing but they have a nice Resort and bar-restaurant on the water.

I booked a trip three days in advance and we went after bonefish. I fished only one day and landed 14 bonefish and lost several others. Ruben was excellent and spoke good English.

The hard east winds on the ocean side made it impossible to fish off shore so we had to go through the channel (separating Mexico from Belize) and into the protected bay. Huge expansive areas of hard light sand flats, some of the most incredible bonefish water I've ever seen.

The bones, like most in this area, including Belize, are small. Most of the fish were 12-15". But it was fun to rack up some numbers.

They have a new fly fishing manager whose very knowledgeable and is sincerely interested in your skill level and will tailor trips accordingly.

All in all a very we'll run professional guide outfit with very nice cabanas in a beautiful ocean setting.

Flyfishing NE Chetumal Flats

We stayed here for 6 nights. We didn’t come to fish. We just wanted to get off the beaten path and relax, and that is exactly what we did.  
Our cabana was rustic, as expected, but the toilet flushed fine and there was plenty of hot water. The bed was small but comfortable enough, and there was a hammock and a couple of chairs. It was pretty nice to be able to swing in the hammock while looking out at the ocean. Housekeeping came while we were at breakfast and our cabana was clean with fresh towels each day.  We opened all the louvers as much as possible to let the air flow through.  It was windy all but the first day, so the fan and the breeze kept it cool enough.  The power cut out one night but in minutes it was restored.  They have a windmill for power, but use a generator as a backup. We were right near the water in cabana 2, with quite a nice ocean view.
Since most people who stayed there went off fishing each day, we pretty much had the place to ourselves.  The first day was Christmas and it was very calm.  We took a double kayak out to snorkel in the calm waters inside the reef.  After you pass through the brown water near shore it turns a beautiful clear blue.  We anchored the kayak in the sand and did some snorkeling over coral reef.  We figured that was what we would be doing every day, but it turned very windy, and unfortunately we couldn’t take the kayaks out again.  There isn’t really much of a beach, being in mangrove country.  The shore line is calm but the water is brown with a mucky bottom.  You really need to take those kayaks out to get past it to the nice water.  The sargassum would wash in every night, but there were two men who diligently worked every day from dawn to rake and remove it in wheelbarrows.   So we spent our days under the palms or palapa, sitting in the Adirondack chairs, reading books, not far from our little cabana.  The wind kept the temperature comfortable and the bugs away. It was very peaceful. 
We ate all our meals in the on-site restaurant. There is a nice palapa covered patio looking over the water, with lights at night, so we ate out there whenever it wasn’t too windy or buggy. Otherwise the inside area was large enough. Breakfast was included, and we ran a tab for the other meals and drinks.  The service was exceptional.  There are several young men working there who were always very friendly and attentive.  The food was very good.  We tried several dishes for lunch and dinner.  They make a very nice pizza, but our favourite dishes were the fish tacos and coconut crusted fish. Yum.  We had a special Christmas dinner with turkey and ham and stuffing, but honestly, we preferred the fish. Of course we wanted to try the craft beer that the owner makes in his brewery just up the road.  It was a good beer, but unfortunately they were sometimes out, and we had to settle for Modelo, or drink margaritas ;) 
We didn’t have a car, but we did walk to town (Xcalak) along the road. It was about 6 km round trip including walking around the town a bit.  There isn’t too much there, but it’s very quaint with brightly coloured buildings. 
I recommend this place to people who want to get off the beaten path for some peace and quiet.  It’s the polar opposite to an all-inclusive vacation. There’s no nightly entertainment or beach servers.  However you also don’t have line-ups anywhere, loud pool music, or the towel game being played, like at the big resorts. If you are ok with the simplicity of it, all and the one restaurant serving good food and drinks, you’ll enjoy it. If you have a car you’ll have a little more freedom to try the few restaurants in Xcalak. Hopefully you’ll have less wind and can get out and snorkel or dive more than we did.

Fantastic rustic retreat

We were pleasantly surprised by the quality of thr food andthe availability of draft beer in the dusty town of Xcalak. A bit pricey potentially for what it is, but when there is little alternative it's ok to charge a bit extra. Lots of tequilas too. 

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