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Boca de Agua
Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico · Independent · Core Luxury
Frida Escobedo put twenty-two treehouse villas on stilts in the Bacalar jungle so more than ninety percent of the eighty-two-acre site stays untouched. Chicozapote wood, FSC-certified, a private pier on the Lagoon of Seven Colors, Flora Bacalar cooking Yucatecan plates. Opened November 2023. AHEAD Americas Sustainability in 2024. Michelin One Key in 2025. This is Xul-Ha, not the Bacalar pueblo strip. Sleep in the canopy.
- 22 rooms
- Opened 2023
- Neighborhood: Xul-Ha
- Rooms from 484 sq ft (45 m²)
- Architect: Frida Escobedo
About Boca de Agua
- The house counts 22 treehouse villas on an 82-acre jungle site at Chetumal-Cancun KM 4.5, Bacalar, with a private pier on Laguna de los Siete Colores.
- Frida Escobedo is the architect. Interiors include Rodrigo Juarez, Diego Alor, Mariel Lozano, and Escobedo. Jungle Treehouses start at 45 m2; Master Pool Treehouses are 75 m2.
- It opened in November 2023. Design Hotels membership. AHEAD Americas Sustainability 2024. Michelin One Key 2025. Syntropic gardens and mangrove work sit on site.
- Entry-level rooms start at 484 sq ft (45 m²).
History
Boca de Agua opened November 2023: 22 treehouse villas on stilts by Frida Escobedo, FSC Chicozapote, 82-acre Bacalar jungle, Design Hotels.
The setting
Chetumal-Cancun KM 4.5, 77963 Bacalar, Xul-Ha jungle, not the Bacalar town strip.
Restaurants and bars
- FLORA by Boca de Agua — Restaurant
Amenities
- Flora Bacalar restaurant serving Yucatecan-inspired cuisine
- Private pier with lagoon access and water sports (kayaking, paddleboarding)
- Nature-based wellness therapies and ancestral rituals
- Private plunge pools in select treehouse villas
- Rooftop terrace with stargazing platform and lagoon views
- Syntropic agriculture gardens and onsite mangrove conservation program
Awards
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
- AHEAD Americas Sustainability (2024)
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