Many small shops and restaurants provide a relaxing shopping and dining experience. Snorkeling tours to the island also make an excellent day excursion. If you enjoy music, the Isla Mujeres Music Festival takes place beginning the second week of October and lasting for two weeks. Be sure to make reservations in advance as this is the island's major event of the year. Many boat tours are available for tourists in Cancun.
Excursions leave daily for fishing, diving and snorkeling, or merely for cruising.
The destination of many snorkeling tours is Isla Mujeres. Typically, these tours consist of a buffet breakfast, time for shopping on Isla Mujeres, snorkeling and unlimited drinks. For beginning scuba divers, Cancun provides a fine diving experience, but for the experienced diver, Cozumel is second to none. Many private boats may be chartered for diving tours, prices vary widely, depending on time spent and whether or not you rent equipment. The deep-sea fishing off of the coast of the Yucatan peninsula is considered by many to be among the best in the world.