What is there to learn about this former fishing village in the southern state of Oaxaca in Mexico? If you are a nature lover, an environmentalist, a historian, a marine scientist, mezcal aficionado or a coffee lover, Huatulco or Bahia de Huatulco as it is officially known is the destination where you hit two birds with one stone – learning and relaxing.
Huatulco is located in the Pacific coast bounded by the Sierra Madre with its foothills converging with the white beaches of the Pacific. It is a coastal town endowed with nine bays, three of which are currently developed as top resort destinations. The mountains and the valleys with its rich vegetation are a nature lover’s haven, while the Mexican government’s master plan for ecological preservation is enough to tickle the sensitivities of a true environmentalist. The San Augustin Bay was one of the commercial ports used by the Spaniards during the time of the colonization of Mexico, and only recently, an extraordinary archaeological find was discovered at the Copalita Point Eco-Archaeological Center. The coast of Huatulco has a wide expanse of coral reefs that serves as habitat to a variety of fish, crabs and turtles. For coffee and mezcal drinkers, the mountains of Huatulco will beckon you to the organic coffee farms and maguey farms where you get first hand knowledge from growing to processing to tasting.
Discovering the treasures of Huatulco will leave you wondering how one place can be so endowed with so much beauty and history. So bring along a friend or your family and together experience that rare opportunity of mixing knowledge with pleasure. Visit the National Park, the Iguana Sanctuary, the Botazoo Ecological Park, La Gloria coffee farm, and the Copalita waterfalls and river. Stay in one of the condominium beaches for your extreme comfort and delight.
Yes absolutely right. Huatulco is not only for vacation. Me and my staff here in school are planning to do a wildlife research there in Huatulco and stay in a nice private beach condo, I am excited.
Yes, we love Huatulco. We have been going back and forth for 17 years. We have many wonderful experiences and still find more adventure and new experiences on each trip,
I’m impressed! It’s nice to see someone very passionate about what they do. Trust all your future posts turn out as well.Thanks!