Aia ʻo Chetumal ma 380 km mai ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Campeche.
Hiki ke kiʻi ʻia mai ke Alanui Nui Helu 186, e hele mai ana mai Campeche, a i ʻole ma ke Alanui 307, mai Cancun a me Tulum. Ma kēia ala like, hiki i ka mea kipa ke kū ma Bacalar, kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale kahiko loa ma Quintana Roo, nona ke kumu mai ka hapa lua o ka 16 mau kenekulia. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka mea hoihoi loa o ka ʻāina ka Bacalar Lagoon kaulana, i ʻike ʻia ʻo "lagoon o ʻehiku kala", kahi e ʻike ai ka poʻe huakaʻi i nā wahi he nui e hoʻomoana ai a nānā i kēia hana kupaianaha o ke kūlohelohe i kona hanohano a pau.
Inā ʻoe he peʻa o nā pūnaewele archaeological a like me ka mōʻaukala kahiko o ka Mei, paipai mākou e kipa iā Oxtankah, kokoke i Chetumal Bay, 16 km wale mai ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO kona kumu i hoʻomaka ʻia mai ka hoʻomaka o ke kūlanakauhale kahiko o Chac Temal, nāna i hāpai i kēia Chetumal, ʻo ia kona manawa kiʻekiʻe aia ma waena o 200 a me 600 AD. ʻO kā lākou mau hola kipa mai ka Pōʻakahi a ka Lāpule, mai ka hola 8:00 a hiki i ka 5:00 o ke ahiahi.
