Akumal Bay Beach & Wellness Resort

Location: The hotel is located by the Caribbean Sea, providing stunning oceanfront views and easy access to snorkeling and diving. Although it's a 15-minute drive to Tulum, the peaceful beachfront setting is ideal for relaxation.(based on 3 reviews)

Loved this place. I went alone & still had a great time. A nice slice of heaven. Snorkeling from the beach was difficult due to current & rocky bottom. Guides are available for a price. Very lush. I liked the restaurants.

My parents and I returned home last night from a one week stay at this resort. They are in their late 60s, I am 36. We went the first week of April and are visiting from Ontario Canada. This is my sixth time to the Mayan area and my parents first. The moment we arrived at the resort, there was staff ready to take our bags and give us a warm welcome with hot towels. Kevin at the check in desk was incredibly helpful and welcoming. Our room wasn’t quite ready so they had a staff member show us around the resort and where to get food incase we were hungry. I have been to approximately 18 all inclusive resorts and this one has the most friendly and attentive staff I have ever seen. This is a smaller resort with 4 buildings and around 350 rooms (maybe less). I read reviews saying that buildings 3 and 4 were the best and newly renovated, However we were in building 1 room 1002 and had the best room in the entire resort in my opinion. The inside of our room was not updated, but was incredibly clean and had everything you needed. Our patio was steps to the sand/ocean. The staff was constantly walking up and down the beach and to our patio asking if we wanted drinks. Delfina was incredibly friendly and we enjoyed seeing her daily. Our room was close to the smaller infinity pool, which was empty most of the time and felt like our own private pool. There was always empty lounge chairs/beds available, no need to wake up early and try to save them. Unfortunately, the entire week we were there the wind was very strong and the beach had lots of seaweed. They work hard daily to try to clean it up daily but unfortunately they are fighting a loosing battle with how fast and how much was coming in. This isn’t the resorts fault of course, just disappointing because we picked this area because they have great snorkelling and usually a beautiful beach. The best place to enter the water/ swim was right in-front of our room. There was not a single person in the water in-front of buildings 3-4. The water is incredibly rocky there. We walked down the beach to the Lolha restaurant, cut through, stayed right on the road and went to Yal Ku Lagoon one day to snorkel. It was great, cost 300 pesos or 20 USD to get in and we saw lots of fish. It was approximately 40 minutes to walk, or $25 for a taxi. I would say the food at this resort was average. The buffet has the basics like most all inclusive resorts. You wont starve, but the food does get repetitive in the buffet. The snack bar has pizza, hot dogs, chicken, nachos. The staff was always attentive. We always got a warm welcome from Luiz in the buffet. We tried all the a la carte restaurants. They have 4 on this resort. Our fave’s were Kobeen and Lima. Again, the staff were super attentive and felt like we we’re truly in fine dining restaurants. They brought a welcome cocktail at each restaurant. The chocolate bomb dessert at Kobeen was delicious and a great presentation. There was an outdoor sushi bar facing the ocean