Your evening begins on the beach of Xpicob, an ecotourism center dedicated to environmental education and conservation. Ocean waters here are home to billions of microscopic, bioluminescent dinoflagellates. After watching the sun set over the Gulf of Mexico, you'll board your boat and head into the shallow waters in search of marine nightlife. As it gets darker, billions of stars will light the evening sky above, and like a mirror, the waters below will glow blue-green, an effect produced by the marine plankton. Your guide will show you tricks that create an even more intense underwater light show for a spectacle you won’t soon forget.
A nighttime boat ride in warm, shallow waters reveals a glowing nightlife of bioluminescent marine plankton.