Along the north coast of the Yucatan peninsula within the green embrace of the mangroves lies the village of San Felipe with only 2,000 souls calling it home. Here, the village thrives on fishing, a shimmering thread woven into its very essence.

The sleepy fishing village of San Felipe, Yucatan is an unusually warm and close-knit community whose inhabitants are dedicated to fishing and eco-tourism. This charming village still has brightly painted wooden houses giving the place a feeling of times gone by. 

The village goes to bed early at night and comes alive with the first light of dawn to go fishing. It really is a sleepy hollow.

San Felipe is located within the estuarine lagoons forming the internationally renowned Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, where the forests, mangroves and seagrasses shelter an astonishing variety of creatures: Including lobster, octopus, shrimp, sea turtles crocodiles, hundreds of species of birds, including the iconic flamingo, raccoons, armadillos, coatis, spider monkeys, ocelots, white-tailed deer, panthers and the mythical mayan jaguar.