Huatulco Bay Day Trip with Catamaran Ride, Snorkeling and Beach Break from Puerto Escondido

Highlights

After early morning hotel pickup in Puerto Escondido, travel with your guide south of the city and reach Santa Cruz, Huatulco’s main bay, a little less than two hours later. En route, hear about the rural communities in the Oaxacan coast, as well as about the traditions and customs in the local communities. In Santa Cruz, step aboard a large catamaran and head to the Bay of La India. Stop here for about two hours to snorkel (remember to bring your own gear), or check out the beach. Then, the catamaran zips you to the Bay of Maguey, where you’ll enjoy a lunch of seafood delights (additional expense) — pineapple stuffed with seafood, shrimp 4x4 baked fish, and more — all prepared in a clay oven. While enticing food aromas waft your way as the meal is being cooked, take the time to discover the beach here. After lunch, visit Crucecita, the center of Huatulco, and head to the Guadalupe church. Look up and see a 919-foot-tall (280 meters) painting of Virgin Mary, the world's largest painted on the dome of the church. At a museum of crafts, watch how rugs and carpets are locally made out of sheep's wool and painted with dyes from cochineal, a desert insect. Peruse the selection of wooden handicrafts and handmade masks made of coconut at the local market. Wrap up your town tour with a visit to a silver craft factory and a stroll through the Kisoko, Huatulco’s central park. Your 12-hour trip ends with drop-off back at your hotel. Please note: A minimum of four people per booking is required.

Summary

After early morning hotel pickup in Puerto Escondido, travel with your guide south of the city and reach Santa Cruz, Huatulco’s main bay, a little less than two hours later. En route, hear about the rural communities in the Oaxacan coast, as well as about the traditions and customs in the local communities. In Santa Cruz, step aboard a large catamaran and head to the Bay of La India. Stop here for about two hours to snorkel (remember to bring your own gear), or check out the beach. Then, the catamaran zips you to the Bay of Maguey, where you’ll enjoy a lunch of seafood delights (additional expense) — pineapple stuffed with seafood, shrimp 4x4 baked fish, and more — all prepared in a clay oven. While enticing food aromas waft your way as the meal is being cooked, take the time to discover the beach here. After lunch, visit Crucecita, the center of Huatulco, and head to the Guadalupe church. Look up and see a 919-foot-tall (280 meters) painting of Virgin Mary, the world's largest painted on the dome of the church. At a museum of crafts, watch how rugs and carpets are locally made out of sheep's wool and painted with dyes from cochineal, a desert insect. Peruse the selection of wooden handicrafts and handmade masks made of coconut at the local market. Wrap up your town tour with a visit to a silver craft factory and a stroll through the Kisoko, Huatulco’s central park. Your 12-hour trip ends with drop-off back at your hotel. Please note: A minimum of four people per booking is required.

Tour info

Duration

12 hours

Why take this tour?

Enjoy a day trip to the best beaches in Huatulco Bay where you'll go on a catamaran that opering in the regular times with 250 people aproximatelly, now in covid times just 50 % sometimes less then 100 people, and then enjoy amazing views while learning all about the area. You'll get to visit Bay of La India and Bay of Maguey and can snorkel and enjoy the beach. Have a delicious, locally-prepared lunch (not included) and then explore Huatulco seeing Guadalupe Church, a local market and a silver crafts factory. Your tour includes transport regular car for 4 people or minivan that can has maximum 10 people (NOTE: we have over 10 diffrent vehicles) and a professional Tour Guide in English and Spanish. Note: now in times of covid we attach this information, we can do the private Tour in a regular boat of 4 to 10 people in case you do not want to get on the catamaran with many people, obviously the cost would be different due to the privacy of the Tour, You can send us email via Viator or T

What’s included?

Live commentary on board
Professional guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Included land transportation for 4 to 10 people, regular cars or minivans
Included ocean trip in the catamaran that on regular times opering with 300 people now less that 100
Entry/Admission - Bahía Maguey y el Órgano
Entry/Admission - Valfred Excursiones Turisticas
Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Food and drinks
Gratuities
Souvenir photos (available to purchase)

Things to know

Before you book

Duration: 12h
Mobile tickets accepted
Instant confirmation

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

Operator Website

Operated by:

Valfred Excursiones Turisticas

About operator:

Your Travel Agency EXCURSIONES TURISTICAS DE VALFRED S.A DE C.V starts on August 12 2007, and It is announced as one of the best latest Travel Agencies, certified and responsible for all services, start doing Tours all around Oaxaca State, Chiapas and Guerrero. In 2008, begins its operations make it Tours with THREE LICENCED TOUR GUIDES, CERTIFIED BY TOURISM MINISTRY, specialized in Eco-Tourism, Archaeology and History with 15 years of experience each one. From 2010 to date, We are still working all services with LICENCED TOUR GUIDES, and We have different types of vehicles, (small cars, minivans, suburbans, and buses) to make the best Tours around our beautiful Mexican Country. The services that We have currently: 29 TOURS AROUND PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Tours to Oaxaca City, Chiapas, Guerrero, Tabasco, Veracruz, Puebla, transfers to any part of Mexico, transfer Hotel-Airport-Hotel, of any State, car rental, motos rental, sale of airplane tickets, consultancy land sale, and rental of houses, WELL BEHIND US 28 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF EACH OF OUR TOUR GUIDES. We have a branch oficce in Huatulco, and widely operate on cruise ships worldwide Then visit Us there. MISSION: To EXCURSIONES TURISTICAS DE VALFRED S.A DE C.V based on the family unit, serving the customer constantly exceeding their expectations. It establishes a commitment to society to encourage moral and spiritual values, contributing to the economic well-being and boosting business association. Human awareness and culturally partners and colleagues, and society, making the improvement of the quality of life of the region, making a sustained and sustainable environment. VIEW: Have in mind at all the time the commitment, punctuality, spirit of service, respect, humility, honesty, loyalty and discipline, with the Tourism that visits Us and with society in general, and promote the importance of each of the participating partners.