Gareth Leonard's video: SKIP TULUM COME HERE Best Things to do in Puerto Morelos Mexico

🍿 WATCH NEXT: Cancun Tacos: https://youtu.be/WImXab-5Etw 👕 15% OFF CUTS Clothing: https://cuts.team/traveldeeper 🙏 PLEASE SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/you-da-best Puerto Morelos, Mexico - First of all, this isn’t a video about Things to do in Tulum. We actually skip Tulum all together on this Riviera May trip, because truthfully, it gets enough attention… I know, that’s crazy for me to say as a quote-un-quote “Influencer.” Instead, today we leave Cancun behind, driving south, for a location that I think is even better than the hyped up hot spot of Tulum. After two incredible days of searching for the best tacos in Cancun, and spending time outside the city with a traditional Mayan family, we’re ready to press on with our Riviera Maya Road Trip. Next stop: Things to do in Puerto Morelos! Right off the top, Puerto Morelos feels like you’ve teleported back to a more peaceful time, before the spring breaks and mega resorts found this incredible coastline. Puerto Morelos is an authentic fishing village with a Bohemian atmosphere, but still caters to the more curious travelers who find this place. You have all of the spa treatments, yoga studios, and open-air restaurants; including our first stop of the morning, the delicious El Nicho restaurant for a quick breakfast and then a green juice at nearby Mangata. The National Reef Park of Puerto Morelos is the second largest barrier reef in the world, and it lives only about 400 meters off shore. The coral reef and seagrass area is one of the most beautiful and best preserved in all of the Riviera Maya, so of course we had to come get a closer look. This afternoon its back into the jungle to find a new cenote. Puerto Morelos has direct access to La Ruta de los Cenotes, the main road that visitors from Cancun, Tulum, and Playa del Carmen take to experience these incredible swimming holes. Along this route there are countless options, each with their own allure, and we decide on Cenotes Kin-Ha, a site that features two very unique spots. If I haven’t mentioned this already, the trick with enjoying the beautiful cenotes in the Riviera Maya, you gotta either be the first ones here when they open, or be the last ones there in the afternoon if you want to fully appreciate these more well-known places without the crowds. Luckily, we’re the last ones here and once we get all checked in, it’s up to us just go find the right hole in the ground. I’m not gunna lie to you guys, the second cenote location was sketchy. Cenote blanca Flor or White Flower, is such an innocent name, but if you’re not careful at this spot you could get seriously injured. There’s a 5-level platform you can jump from, with the highest being 14 meters or 45 feet high, and also three zip-line options. This is the gift and curse of having the entire place to yourself, if something goes wrong there’s nobody around to hear you scream. We take a few, calculated risks and just enjoy the silence of the jungle for minute before it’s time to head back into Puerto Morelos for dinner… Now, Puerto Morelos may not have as many fancy fine dining options or bottle service establishments as it’s more developed neighbors, but as a small fishing village it does have a lot of great fresh and simple seafood options. At El Merkadito, right on the beach, you can pick out a catch of the day from the cooler, choose how you’d like it seasoned and they’ll cook for you right out front in the brick oven. to me, this is the perfect way to end a full day. ——————— 🌎 20% OFF MY TRAVEL HACKING COURSE WITH CODE: “YOUTUBE” https://traveldeeperbootcamp.com/​​​​ 👕 TRAVEL DEEPER MERCH https://traveldeeper.shop​​​​ 📸 IMPROVE YOUR PHOTOS WITH MY LIGHTROOM PRESETS http://bit.ly/TD-Presets​​​​ 📚 10 BOOKS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE http://bit.ly/10-Must-Read-Books​​​​ 🎵 COPYRIGHT FREE MUSIC FOR CREATORS [Music I use for every video] http://bit.ly/My-YouTube-Music​​​​ ⚙️ MY CAMERA GEAR & TRAVEL ESSENTIALS https://tourist2townie.com/travel-acc... ———————— WHO AM I? Hi! My name is Gareth Leonard, an American Travel YouTuber with a passion for slow, meaningful Travel. I have spent the past 12+ years traveling around the world while creating travel vlogs to help inspire and educate people to “Travel Deeper.” If you enjoy my work, please subscribe to this channel and turn on the notifications bell to stay up-to-date with my travel deeper adventures. Daily updates can also be found on my Instagram Stories (@traveldeeper), so if you’ve read this far, send me a DM with the “🦊” emoji so I know you’re a real one! Thanks for following along! 🙏 p.s. Don't forget to subscribe and hit that notifications bell, it helps a ton! ​​​​​​​ ​​​​