Tankah is 5 bays sacred to the Maya

Tankah is made up of 5 separate bays. Some of the bays are on private land, but several are open to the public. The first entrance is marked San Franciso, and is private. One of these has a sign for the nude beach club and cabanas. You can stay over or just pay a fee to use their naked facilities.

The second is also marked San Franciso, by big black letters painted on a stone wall. There is a new campground here and several small cabana hotels.

Next watch for a red and yellow sign to Casa Cenote. Turn left at the end of the dirt road (Imperial Ecoresorts is on the right). Past some nice private homes, on the right, is the delightful Tankha Inn. Their 5 spotless rooms ($111/person, B&B, double occupancy) are named after Mayan ruins. Each has a balcony, large bathroom, ceiling fan, bottled drinking water, and hot water. They have a dive shop, fishing boat, and restaurant that serves breakfast and dinner.

Casa Cenote has a beautiful cenote on the right where you can snorkel through mangroves and see the cavern entrance. The cenote is one of the few free cenotes around, and it empties out into the ocean right near shore. After your snorkel, head to the Casa Cenote restaurant which serves very good food and drinks for a decent price. Farrah Faucett ate their last Spring, so you know it must be good.

The next entrance leads to the new Imperial Ecoresorts all inclusive ($75/person all inclusive, double occupancy). On the beach, plus tennis courts, aerobics, pool volleyball and scuba instruction.

Watch for a small Mayan ruin next to the road and take a left just after to find a quiet, undeveloped beach. The next dirt road leads to a small, shallow cenote.

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