{"id":51544,"date":"2014-07-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royalresorts.com\/blog\/isla-mujeres-whale-shark-festival\/"},"modified":"2021-11-16T05:43:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T05:43:13","slug":"isla-mujeres-whale-shark-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/news\/isla-mujeres-whale-shark-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Isla Mujeres Whale Shark Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5>July 20-27<\/h5>\n<p>A visit to Isla Mujeres is always fun but even more so the week July 20-27 when the islanders pay homage to their largest visitors, the gentle whale sharks that gather to feast on plankton in the deep waters to the east of Isla Mujeres and Contoy and further north off Holbox and Cabo Catoche. 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