Huatulco,
Mexico
offers a relax and enjoy the sun atmosphere. It is located 425 miles
southeast of Acapulco. A newly built infrastructure has allowed new
amenities to blossom along its pristine beaches. The aura ensures you
are miles away from civilization. Under developed land and beach fronts
provide relaxation to its fullest. During the evenings, your miles away
from the fast paced nightlife. Huatulco offers one of the most
important tourist
developments on the pacific coastline.
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Huatulco
Mexico is still a developing resort area in Mexico. Less than half of
Huatulco´s nine bays have been developed so far making it less attractive
than other places in Mexico such as Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta and
Ixtapa. On the other hand, you will have the chance to visit beautiful
undeveloped bays and beaches avoiding the traditional crowd of popular
places.
Huatulco is for nature
lovers. Now is the best time to enjoy nature, before it becomes the next
Cancun of the Pacific Ocean. Discover the undiscovered - fill your day
with rafting, and jungle adventures. Try the day cruise to
uncharted beaches with fun filled snorkeling. All water sports revolve
around the nine bays in the area. Yes, nine bays.
Huatulco has its own airport
which mainly has flights arriving from Canada and the United States.
Connecting flights are also available to other major resort towns and
cities. The bus terminal in Crucecita provides access to towns like
Acapulco, Mexico City and Puerto Escondido. From the bus terminal,
Huatulco can be reached via a quick taxi ride.
The Oaxacan coastline, with average water temperatures of 28ºC
and clear days nearly all year round, the nine bays comprising this
tourist complex have azure waters, fine white sand and an unusual
landscape that creates privacy and gives each one a distinct
personality.
The surrounding vegetation ranges from low, deciduous forest to gallery
forest and mangrove swamps that provide refuge for skunks, raccoons and
armadillos as well as herons, pelicans and falcons, particularly during
the rainy season. The complex covers an area of 35 km by 7 km of
spectacular landscape that allow you to commune with nature,
particularly in the virtually unspoiled beaches of Chachacual, Cacaluta,
El Organo and Conejos.
The name Huatulco comes from the Náhuatl word cuaúhtolco, meaning
“the place where the wood is adored,” since legend has it that the
great civilizing god Quetzalcóatl left the inhabitants of the bay and
port of Santa Cruz a wooden cross. The seat of the refined Zapotec
culture, the region witnessed the movement of Spanish boats and violent
pirate raids. Hernán Cortés used it to distribute the produce of his
farms along the coast, which turned Huatulco into an extremely active
port. This attracted pirates during the second half of the 16th century,
including Drake himself and the famous Thomas Cavendish, causing the
local inhabitants to flee. Thereafter the place was a fishing village,
until the Mexican government began developing it as a planned tourist
complex in 1983.
Huatulco offers activities for every taste and age, from family packages
at the Club Mediterrannée to the majestic Golf Club and discotheques in
Tangolunda Bay. It also provides sea or land tours-on horseback or by
dune buggy-so you can forget about the world in its isolated bays.
Alternatively, you can go diving in coral reefs, water skiing or
sailing, take a trip to the nearby coffee plantations in the
sierra or sample the delicious local lobster.
