how to spend a perfect day on ilo mujeres all the things that you need to know how much does it
cost and is it worth it and more coming up i love mexico your girl is going to be breaking down this
video by giving you an island overview as well as sharing with you the top things to do on the
island as well as should you stay on the island or should you just visit for a day and how do you
even get on the island and how much does it cost and is it even worth it and if you're new here
i'm christine with where in the world is CL and i make travel videos every week to help
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do a ton of research to be a smart traveler and in these videos i try really hard to make the video
i wish i got to see before i traveled to a place so i'm going to be sharing with you all of my top
tips for ilo maharas and make sure you check the description below for tons of helpful resources
links and information let's dive in let's start with an overview elo mujeres stands
for the island of women and it's small it's only four miles long and around 12 000 people
live here there are three main ways of seeing the island the first way is to take the ferry
over from cancun and rent a golf cart the second way is to take the ferry over and get on a boat
that takes you on a tour around the island the third way is to actually stay on the island and
spend more time there i'm hoping that by sharing some of the top things to do on the island
you'll get a gist of what makes sense for you but i'll also give you some tips at the end
to share with you some ways to think about how you might want to plan your own trip
let's start with things to do and i started with the number one thing to do
we're going to playa norte which is supposed to be the destination to go to on this island
i'm excited scope out what this might be like here's a helpful tip it only takes
nine minutes to walk to playa norte from the main area that all the fairies drop off from so i was
feeling pressured to get the golf cart right away but i'm glad i didn't so more on that in a sec
one of the things i love the most about this area about cancun and ila mujeres is the color of the
water it really is so beautiful here with or without the polarized sunglasses looking for
more of a relaxing enjoying the beach time kind of day i could totally imagine spending an entire
day or days just chilling on this beach doing some water sports maybe jet skis kayaks or just
spend your time day drinking we're at tarzan right now right on the beach best place to grab a drink
i have no idea how much this costs let's find out what it is it ended up being just 120 pesos or six
dollars for a glass of wine and i want to share this because here is the original problem i had so
we're really hoping to just rent some chairs and grab some drinks so we can get in this beautiful
water and the pricing is very interesting here are two examples of prices in case this helps you out
the first one the place we went to was offering 300 pesos or around 15 for an entire day of two
chairs and an umbrella awesome if you're going to be there the whole day the second place was a 400
peso spend per person in other words 20 towards food and drinks and then you could sit at the
chairs and umbrellas for us we just wanted to go in the water real quick so tarzan worked
out really well for us just getting a drink and popping in the water i like that spot why were
we in such a rush to get out of there because one thing you've got to do is run to golf car
all right here's some helpful tips to know about renting a golf cart on this island
i went to ciro's golf cart rentals which was right next to playa norte and they had the regular golf
carts and the big ones and the regular one was just 15 for the hour 45 for the whole day i've
seen people get other prices at other places to do your homework but that's what i paid
and because we were short on time we did it for just one hour and that 15 dollars included
everything including gas and there were no extra fees it's muy rapido see mucho rapido
it was literally too easy to rent a golf cart you do need to show your driver's license as you're
filling out the paperwork and they will hold on to it until you bring the golf cart back in one piece
that is so the next question to ask is where do you go that looks like a good stop if you had the
time but it takes about an hour to get around the entire island this brewery has such good reviews
on tripadvisor but if i had more time what i would actually do is i would go all the way south to
punta sur which by the way if you're getting some value out of this video or having some fun with me
cheers that like button and consider subscribing and make sure you check the show notes in the
description below for more helpful resources and tell me in the comments when you're going to ila
mujeres i'd love to know all right punta sir here's what you gotta know once you make your
way down there you can expect to see things like a few mayan ruins down there and it's only three
dollars to get in but it's a really cool walking path where you can walk around and kind of see
the sights and i think just about everyone that goes there sees pretty amazing wildlife
whether it's dolphins jumping or something but definitely a place to stop at if you have the time
one of my other favorite ways to visit this island is doing one of the things i love the most which
is getting on a boat and when i was in cancun i talked to a few different tour operators so
i want to share with you what i found in case this helps you generally all the tours were exactly the
same where it's 10 a.m to 5 p.m an all-day thing which you're taking the ferry over and then you're
jumping on one of these boats and they stop at three different places where you can go and you
can snorkel go to a beach club and just hang out and so that's what a boat tour normally looks like
and i was really interested in this because i did really want to see the underwater statues but one
of the things that made me not want to do this is because well two reasons one is because i was just
recently on ila holbosh tons of videos on that in description below but also because i really felt
like these might be a little bit too crowded and touristed and i didn't feel like i wanted to be
herded around with a lot of tourists i wanted to create my own experience but i still wanted to
know the price and so when i was negotiating with these guys the starting price was at 75
which i think is totally reasonable for an entire day of boating around
so 75 dollars per person after you know a little bit of negotiation i was able to get it down to 55
per person which feels like a steal but hopefully that helps you gauge if this might be something
you want to do in a general price of what you can expect to pay and sometimes whether you don't want
to spend time negotiating or you want to know what you're doing in advance the other way i
love to do these things is looking via viator or other tour website so check the description
below for some of the highest reviewed ones that i found and was considering because voting is so fun
but i really wanted to try the golf cart it's fun exploring on your own and going wherever you want
it's nice so let's talk about where i went on the golf cart and some other things that i considered
one thing that was definitely apparent about elon mujeres versus holbox and i do have a
video on that link in the description below is there's definitely more touristy activities
to do so on ila mujeres you'll find things like the dolphin discovery or kinha or the
tour to granha which are the larger tourist attractions in case things like that might
interest you but given i was very limited on time i just did a little bit of sightseeing
golf cart is parked scenic stop number one this place right here let's go see if we can
find some views this spot is highly rated and reviewed on tripadvisor and is a great place
to just see a beautiful chapel right on the water and grab a few photos with great views
another thing to do is just eat drink and chill there are so many cool restaurants in the main
part of town with really cool vibes stacy who i was hanging out with on this day even
went to the ice bar which looks like a really great idea if it's really hot outside but i was
hangry and trip advisor told me that this bot was well reviewed
the things i saw on just about every menu in cancun and here is
the special guacamole of the day which happened to have crickets on it and i'm
like all about trying new things and then you can see that we were really
awesome you gotta come here tell me if you feel me on this but i'm always looking for travel videos
that tell me the price like what did you pay so for lunch we had each an appetizer a drink
and a main dish and it came out to 35 each with tip and tax okay that was a lot let's recap all
of the things that there are to do alright let's start with playa norte tons of water sports that's
on the north side get on a boat hang out at the beach rent a golf cart and drive around the island
we know it takes about an hour to go around it and don't forget to hit punta sur and walk around
on that path hopefully see some magical dolphins etc and maybe check out that viewpoint and maybe
the brewery and some other scenic spots get on a boat and do a tour around the entire island
check out some of those tourist attractions or just have the happiest hour and cruise around to
all the amazing restaurants in the playa norte area and just have a lot of drinks let's talk
about how much time you should spend on the island because it's apparent that i ran out of time
while i was there the first thing you're probably wondering is should you stay on the island if you
have the time i would actually do it i would have stayed on elo mujeres and i looked up some hotel
info for you so let's talk about that in a sec but the only reason why i didn't is because i already
got in my island time in holbox so make sure you check the info on the description below for that
but let's talk about some hotels in case it helps i want to quickly show you my pro tips on how i
look at hotels to get a gist for what there is does it even seem worth it does it seem nice and
for the price that it is does it fit within my budget for whatever my budget happens to be on
that trip and let's start with agoda so the way i do this one is i like to look at the higher rated
hotels and i like to sort it at three stars and up so i can just get a gist of like what the range is
but this isn't showing me like where things are located on the map but then i love to jump over to
google maps and and i would want to stay in playa norte because i would want that vibe and be around
the different bars restaurants beach clubs etc now i'm sorting it by top rated and i'm seeing what's
around and it's giving me more options around like what's in the area i'm looking for and getting an
understanding of those prices so see the notes in the description below as well as a video of how i
quickly plan a lot of my travel because but now you have a sense of approximately what the range
is for decent hotels on ilo mujeres and tell me in the comments below how you're planning your trip
or which one you would consider would you do the day trip like i did or would you stay overnight
if i could redo my trip if i had more time and i didn't go to ila hobash i would do two nights on
the island i would definitely get a private boat i would definitely get the golf cart and i would
definitely snorkel or scuba dive otherwise as a day trip ah i had such a good time i loved my trip
over there and getting there is also super easy taking the ultramar fairy here's what you need
to know about getting from cancun to ila mujeres so this is actually helpful to know the ferry ride
over there is only like 20 minutes long there are four places in cancun with three of them being in
the main hotel zone for places to grab the ferry over to ila mujeres and i highly recommend looking
at their schedule on the ultramar fairy website i put a link for you in the description below for
me i was super limited with only one time left to get over there and only one fairy going back
and so it would have been really helpful in my planning had i known what the schedule was in
advance one helpful tip is that when you're in here it's cash only which at twenty six dollars
per person for a round-trip ticket isn't that bad unless you have two friends that don't have enough
pesos and you need to spot them with the very few pesos you have got round trip tickets and
we're now waiting for the ferry and uh it's kind of choppy out here i'm curious how that's gonna go
the reason why i was wondering this is because i was trying to take the ultramar fairy when i was
in playa del carmen just a few months back and because it was so choppy no boats were going to
cozumel and i never made it to the island i was super stoked though it was very mellow on the
ride and it was just so beautiful and you have options to sit upstairs and enjoy the view or
enjoy the air conditioning and take it downstairs the adventure begins pro tip on the way back to
cancun sit upstairs especially if the weather is nice because they have live music up there
they serve cervezas and waters etc it costs just as much for a beer as it does for a water at three
dollars but totally worth it and don't forget to bring gratuity for the musician
water and beer same price okay so how much did the whole thing cost and was it worth it let's
recap how much it cost getting there round trip ferry ticket 26 dollars my drinks at playa norte
wine just six dollars that golf cart was 15 for an hour my lunch with drinks that includes the 15
tip that i gave plus tax was 35 dollars my ferry ride back for the water and the two dollar tip
for the musician brings me to five dollars for a total grand total for the day of 87
was it worth it heck yeah it was worth it i spent 87 dollars in about 2.5 seconds in the
cancun nightlife scene which more videos on that in the description below if you want to see that
iluma harris was so much fun if you had fun with me in this video cheers that like button if you
haven't already i'm christine i'm here every week with new videos check that description
for more helpful info and i'll see you in the next adventure
ciao