10 Reasons to Book a Trip to Cozumel, Stat

In the late Spring and early Summer, loggerhead and green turtles come ashore to Cozumel's uninhabited east coast and lay hundreds of eggs apiece. Two months later, the sand is crawling with the little tortugas as hatched babies head for the open ocean. In what is now at the top of your bucket list, guided visits let tourists help the lil' guys out by picking them up and releasing them into the ocean (under the watchful eye of marine biologists, of course).