Mexico
Cabo Pulmo
A tornado of trevally blots out the sky above a reef one village brought back.
The village is a scatter of sand streets with about 120 people in it. The reason for everything lies just offshore: a reef the community itself fought to protect, now loud with fish where nets once worked.
Cabo Pulmo protects a coral community on the Gulf of California, declared a natural protected area in 1995 at the initiative of the local families, fishers among them, who gave up their nets for its future. Diving, snorkelling, kayaking and marked trails run through authorised providers. The village's own small restaurants and lodgings are the economy that conservation built.
Friends
Dive the reef with an authorised operator and eat where the fishing families cook.
Couple
Pair snorkel mornings with village dinners in the place conservation rebuilt.
- Cabo Pulmo protects a coral community and marine habitat on the Gulf of California.
- The protected area was declared in 1995 at the initiative of the local community itself.
- Diving, snorkelling and marked trails run through authorised providers, with sightings varying by season.
Tito's fish tacos lead the village's family tables.
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