AAA 5 Diamond resort. Tucked under a forest canopy and within a network of crystal clear waterways, the 45-acre Fairmont Mayakoba, Riviera Maya resort sits alongside the Caribbean Sea in the heart of the Riviera Maya and approximately 42 miles south of Cancun. The Fairmont Mayakoba features 401 elegant rooms shared among a main building and Casitas (villas), which are spread throughout the Riviera Maya resort’s 47 acres of indigenous jungle. Rooms offer guests extraordinary and memorable views of the Caribbean Sea, the golf course, mangroves, lagoons or the jungle.