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Sustainability through Best Practice..

     
CONTOY ISLAND
 
SATELITE MAP

Boat Tours:


Excursion Vessels

Caravel NIÑA
Pirate Sloop CORSARIO
Houseboat AQUALODGE

Satelit view of Yucatan 's Caribbean Coast  with Cancun,  Isla Mujeres and Isla Contoy from South to North

Click for a zoom view

Click here for a very useful instrument to make your vacations perfect!

Great map for the region,. find a wealth of information like the free

ONLINE HOTEL LOCATOR

National park and bird sanctuary

Conservation through pleasurable and interesting visits

 
Isla Contoy in the State of Quintana Roo, approximately 15 Nautical Miles north of Island Mujeres, is located at the confluence of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. The island, with it’s 5 Miles length and a surface area of 780 acres, is considered the most important nesting place of sea birds in the Mexican Caribbean.
 

 

Our company, with passion for nature and local naval history has been designing,
building and running excursion vessels out of Cancun for over 30 years.

Our goal is to make our eco-historical adventure tours an unforgettable experience
while conserving nature and the cultural identity of the Mexican Caribbean.

If you are an individual traveler, we invite you to take one of our regular tours
to the tropical island of Mujeres every Wed. and Fri.
or the National Park of Isla Contoy every Tue.,Thu. and Sun.
.
If you are a bird watcher, ask for our special arrangements. We have a
booklet for you to register and find all the kind of birds on the island.
You might even be allowed to spend a night in Contoy, which is
conditioned to the park managements permission.


If you are a travel agent trying to find something very exclusive to do for
your group, ask for our extensive charter program.


What is up, the latest development and activities:

     
In Jan 2010 we became active member of the sustainability initiative FUTOURIS e.V. founded 2009 by international touristic firms to suport social
and ecological projects around the world

Founding Memers of NGO FUTOURIS e.V.  
     

In 2010 we are planning to support the project of an Archeological Underwater Museum, to be installed in the calm waters of the Visitors Center's Bay.

Replica of historic Stock Anchor 16th century  

A new "Aqualodge" ecological catamaran house boat will be available for bird
watcher associations, scientist, universities and is planned to be stationed
close to the new artificial habitat in the bay of Contoy's visitors Center, to serve the general public and snorklers as well.

Click for AQUALODGE specifications

You may find our vessels in the TV programs of the Discovery Channel or in
the Columbus: Secrets from the Grave teacher's shop
under the titels: "The Conquistadors", "Conquistadors of the Sun " or "Conquistadors Inca Rebellion"
.
Click here to finde the Discovery Channels'  VHS with our vessels inside.  
Dec. 2006 the BBC of London in close cooperation with History Channel,
filmed one of the sequences of the new historic documentary series "The Warriors" at a small mountain lake north of Mexico City, featuring our
smallest vessel the NIÑA, as one of the 13 brigantines Hernan Cortes
had built to reconquer the Aztec Capital Tenotichlan
The Brigantine under attack  






 

We are founding and board member if the highly active Mexican NGO
"Amigos de Isla Contoy A.C."
...Click here for our summary of results 2009

Amigos de Isla Contoy Link  
 

For more information:
Phone: 0052 (998) 884-53-33, Fax: 887-12-83
Call free of charge in Mexico: 01 800 715 33 75
E-mail

sales@kolumbustours.com and manager@kolumbustours.com

 

Exursion vessel CORSARIO
Visiting with the friendly Sting Ray
Corsario's classic stern  of a British Man of War
Caravel PINTA fully rigged by Shokker sails from Holland for The Discovery Channel production
Caravel Pinta at Sunset Beach Party
AQUALODGE Houseboat at ISLA MUJERES
Beach of Contoy's visitors center