Xanbel

Dusk at the canopy. Selva Zama is doing what it does at this hour — the howler monkeys at the boundary trees, the residents on their terraces with the second espresso, the small workers' camp already cooking their dinner over fire.

Selva Zama is Tulum's ultra-luxury jungle enclave, occupying the preserve between Aldea Zama and the beach zone. The neighborhood pairs the paved infrastructure of Aldea Zama with deeper jungle, lower density, and tighter setbacks from neighboring projects. Real estate here is among the most expensive in Tulum on a price-per-square-foot basis, and the architecture takes the setting seriously — most projects are organized around private cenotes, jungle preservation, and wellness amenities. Villa-scale projects are rare in the neighborhood, which gives the rare villa development a different reading altogether.

Inside Xanbel, the project reads as seven villas spread across a deliberate jungle footprint. Each home spans 2,415 square feet across vertical living — ground-floor spaces that open to the patio, primary suites with their own terraces, kitchens drawn for someone who actually cooks. Full-height openings pull the canopy indoors. The materials are sculptural: wood, stone, white plaster that ages into the jungle rather than fighting it. Each villa is positioned for privacy from its neighbors, and the gardens between the homes are sized to hold real planting rather than ornament.

Seven villas in total, six still available, delivery set for June 2026. Entry pricing begins at $886,222 USD. Xanbel sits inside Selva Zama at the rare scale of an estate villa — a footprint that the corridor still allows, in a development intimate enough that everyone in it knows their neighbors. For the buyer who came to Tulum for the jungle at the scale of a real home, this is one of the most considered addresses in Selva Zama.