Puerto Escondido tours
Puerto Escondido offers a charming mix of nature, culture, and adventure. If you’re looking to relax and reconnect with the environment, choose from several Puerto Escondido tours: visit the lagoons, participate in a turtle releases, go snorkeling or go exploring in a kayak.
If you prefer thrills, try extreme water activities or surfing in Zicatela. For a cultural experience, mezcal and gastronomy tours bring you closer to the heart of Oaxaca. And if you’re drawn to nighttime landscapes, consider a bioluminescence tour at Manialtepec or Chacahua lagoons.
Marine wildlife tour
Your guide picks you up at Zandoyo and takes you to Puerto Angelito to begin the adventure. Visitors can usually see dolphins and turtles, and possibly stingrays. Humpback whales can be seen from December through March.
- Tour duration: about 3 hours.
- Pickup time: 6:30 to 6:45 am
Price per person: MXN $800
Includes pick-up and drop-off at Zandoyo, bottle of water.
You can book your tour upon arrival or when you make a room reservation.
Sea turtle release
One of the most popular Puerto Escondido tours is the release into the ocean of newly-hatched baby sea turtles. Turtle sanctuaries on the coast of Oaxaca help improve the survival rate of the young sea turtles by ensuring that as many as possible make it into the sea. Tour participants are given a brief talk about the behavior and life of different sea turtle species and the incubation process that leads up to their release. There’s a chance that the turtle you release will return to that same beach 10 years from now to lay her eggs.
- Tour duration: about 2 1/2 hours.
- Pickup time: 5 pm
Price per person: MXN $650
Includes pick-up and drop-off at Zandoyo, bottle of water.
You can book your tour upon arrival or when you make a room reservation.
