One of the oldest established fishing lodges in the Mexican Yucatan is Boca Paila Lodge.

It was founded in 1964, by the Gonzales family and has built a rock-solid reputation as a great destination for bonefish and permit fishing and a comfortable lodge on one of the most beautiful beaches on the Yucatan’s Caribbean coast. Actually, the fishing has been better, there, in the last ten years that the ten years previous to that, thanks to enforced commercial fishing restrictions in Boca Paila and other conservation efforts within the Sian Ka’an Bioshpere.

It is only a 2 1⁄2 hour drive south of Cancun on the way to Punta Allen down the famous peninsula coastal road south of Tulum. It is only 30 miles from Tulum to the tip, but in the not too distant past it was 3-4 hours of BAD road; especially after a torrential rainstorm. Now, the road is still not good but way better than the old one. Gone is the heart stopping passage over the old wooden bridge precariously spanning the main ingress and egress of saltwater for Boca Paila. Too many critical boards were missing on the bridge to make a carefree blind crossing. Someone had to be outside and in front of the car giving directions. Some of the adventure is gone from the journey, but it is replaced by peace of mind and shorter time spent on the road.