Holbox is a Mexican island located in the Yucatán Channel, on the northeast coast of the Yucatecan Peninsula. It is located in the state of Quintana Roo and belongs to the municipality of Lázaro Cárdenas. It has an extension of 40 km long and 2 km wide, with about 34 km of beach to the north. It is intermittently linked to the peninsula by a sand bar, with several channels that connect it to the sea and the Yalahau Lagoon.

The island is part of the Yum Balam Biosphere Reserve and Flora and Fauna Protection Area, created by the federal government as a protection area on June 6, 1994.

Inside the island there is no pavement and there are only a few cars, all the streets are made of white sand, which allows pedestrian movement. Traditional means of transportation are electric or gasoline golf carts and bicycles. Today, thanks to the beauties of its natural environment such as the arrival of whale sharks, the crystalline beaches, the whiteness of its sand, the great variety of seabirds and the friendliness of its inhabitants, Holbox has become a tourist destination. and paradise for nature lovers.