Puerto Vallarta Tours & Experiences.
Every day out we arrange in Banderas Bay: islands and coves by boat, dives and dolphins, zip-lines and ATVs in the Sierra Madre, and the towns and tequila of the region.
Nº 01Rhythms of the Night
A dusk cruise across the bay, torches flickering on the shore at Las Caletas, dinner by candlelight and a show on a stone pyramid stage in the jungle.
Nº 02Marietas Islands & Majahuitas
The protected Marietas Islands for snorkeling and kayaking, then secluded Majahuitas beach, with lunch and an open bar on the way home.
Nº 03Las Caletas Beach Hideaway
The director John Huston once called this cove home. Today it is a private beach on the South Shore, reachable only by boat.
Nº 04Outdoor Adventure
A speedboat to the jungle’s edge, a 4x4 and a mule ride up the mountain, then zip-lines almost 1,000 feet long and two waterslides on the way down.
Nº 05Whale Watching Photo Safari
Each winter, humpback whales come to Banderas Bay to calve. This small-boat safari is built around finding them and giving you time to watch.
Nº 06San Sebastián del Oeste
Ninety minutes into the Sierra Madre, a colonial mining town at 4,500 feet, cooler air, coffee and agave, and not much else changed in a century.
Nº 07The Taco Experience
Four stops, the tacos locals actually queue for, and a guide who knows the cooks by name.
Nº 08Golf in Puerto Vallarta
Three very different rounds within half an hour of each other: lagoons at the marina, mountain views at Vista Vallarta, and the Vidanta courses on the northern bay.
Nº 09Marietas Island Discovery
A small-group inflatable boat to the Marietas Islands, snorkeling through sea caves and rock arches. When the sea and tide allow, you swim ashore to the hidden beach.
Nº 10Marietas Islands Catamaran Tour
A two-deck catamaran to the protected Marietas Islands, with a naturalist guide on the crossing and time to snorkel, swim, kayak or paddleboard when you arrive.
Nº 11Hidden Mexico: El Tuito
South of Puerto Vallarta the road climbs out of the palms and into pine country. A sixteenth-century village, 1,200-year-old petroglyphs, and lunch at a table set in a river.
Nº 12Tequila, Mezcal & Raicilla Tasting
A sommelier-led tasting of tequila, mezcal and raicilla, paired with artisanal salts, fruit and chocolate, that follows Mexico’s history and food through its spirits.
Nº 13The Magic of Tequila
Tequila is Jalisco’s signature, and you can see it made without leaving Banderas Bay. A bilingual guide takes you to a local distillery to follow the process and taste the result.
Nº 14Luxury Day Sailing
A day on Banderas Bay under sail, with a stop to swim and snorkel in a quiet cove, a deli lunch and an open bar on deck.
Nº 15Dolphin & Sea Lion Programs
Nine programs with Pacific bottlenose dolphins and sea lions at the dolphin center in Nuevo Vallarta, from a 20-minute poolside encounter for non-swimmers to a full day working beside the trainers.
Nº 16Scuba Diving in Banderas Bay
Banderas Bay has beginner dives among the granite islets of Los Arcos, a shipwreck off Mismaloya, and wall, cave and tunnel dives at El Morro for certified divers. Every trip includes a PADI divemaster and full equipment.
Nº 17Los Arcos, Las Ánimas & Quimixto Boat Tour
A snorkel stop at Los Arcos, two hours and lunch on the sand at Las Ánimas, then Quimixto, where the crew leads a walk to the waterfall. The southern bay in one boat day.
Nº 18Yelapa Boat Tour
Yelapa is still a fishing village at heart: restaurants on the sand, a waterfall in the jungle behind it, and no road in. This boat day gives you two and a half hours there, after a swim stop at Colimilla.
Nº 19Yelapa & Majahuitas
A morning in the water at Majahuitas, a cove reachable only by boat, and an afternoon in Yelapa, a fishing village with a waterfall behind it. Breakfast, lunch and an open bar on board.
Nº 20Jet Ski Tour & Rental
Cross the bay on a guided jet ski tour to the rocks and caves of Los Arcos, or have a jet ski delivered to the water near your villa and ride by the hour.
Nº 21Luxury Yacht & Snorkel
A cruising yacht along the South Shore with two stops in the water: the fish of Los Arcos and the quiet cove at Majahuitas. Food, open bar, towels and paddleboards on board.
Nº 22Ocean Mania Water Sports Day
A speedboat across the bay to a secluded cove set up for a day of water sports: parasailing, a zip-line into the sea, the Step-Up, a ride on the Thriller jet boat, snorkeling and a sea lion encounter.
Nº 23Paddleboarding
Wide, stable boards, an instructor who shows you where the balance point is, and calm stretches of beach to practice on. Take a class, an hour, or the whole day.
Nº 24Parasailing
Roughly six minutes in the air over Banderas Bay, high enough for the whole coastline, low enough to spot dolphins, manta rays or, in season, whales in the water below.
Nº 25Marigalante Pirate Ship
A wooden galleon on Banderas Bay, crewed by actors. By day it sails to Majahuitas with a pirate show, treasure hunt and beach games for families; by night it is a dinner cruise with a premium bar, acrobatics and fireworks.
Nº 26Sea Safari
A 400-horsepower boat runs you down the southern coast to a fishing village of fewer than 500 people, a horseback trail into the Sierra Madre to a waterfall, a snorkeling cove and a second village off the tourist map.
Nº 27Surfing Lesson
The beaches near Punta Mita have some of the gentlest, most consistent learning waves in Mexico. Guides drive you up from Vallarta, get you set up and get you standing.
Nº 28Thriller Jet Boat Ride
The Thriller is a jet-propelled speedboat that drifts, corners like a car and spins through full 360-degree turns on open water. A short, fast ride on Banderas Bay.
Nº 29ATV Tours
Dirt roads, river crossings and a tequila stop at the end. Four ATV routes around Banderas Bay, on a single quad or riding double with a partner.
Nº 30RZR Off-Road Tours
The same mountain routes as the ATVs, driven from the seat of a side-by-side RZR with a steering wheel, foot pedals, full seat belts and a roll cage. Two or four people per vehicle.
Nº 31Canopy Zip-Line Tours
Three canopy parks in the hills behind Puerto Vallarta, each with its own character: a film-set jungle, a river with lunch and water slides, or a mountain valley finished on a mule.
Nº 32Extreme Adventure
The most activities packed into one day: a series of zip lines including Mexico’s longest and fastest, an off-road ride in a Polaris UTV, and a skydiving simulator where you float on a column of air.
Nº 33All-Terrain Safari
An all-terrain vehicle with a steering wheel and pedals, so a family or a group of friends rides together instead of one to a quad.
Nº 34Horseback Riding
Two rides, two landscapes: an hour in the Sierra Madre that ends with the horses wading into the Cuale River, or the beach, jungle and village of Higuera Blanca at Punta de Mita.
Nº 35Sayulita Escape
Off-road buggies through the backroads of Punta Mita to Sayulita, the surf town known for its beach, its shops and its easygoing mood, then the same way home.
Nº 36Tandem Skydive
A short class, a plane ride over the bay to 10,000 feet, and a tandem jump with your instructor: free fall at 120 miles per hour, then several minutes under the canopy and a landing on the sand.
Nº 37Guided Hikes & Bird Watching
Four ways to see the hills on foot: a jungle path to a swim at Colomitos beach, the summit of Cerro del Mono above Punta de Mita, a waterfall and a 470-meter suspension bridge at El Jorullo, or a morning with the birds.
Nº 38Offroad Adventure
Out of the suburbs in a Unimog 4x4, through mountain streams and past settlements the highway forgot, into the Sierra Madre for a hike, a village and lunch by the beach.
Nº 39Sayulita & San Pancho
A guided day in two very different beach towns: Sayulita, Mexico’s best-known surf town, and San Pancho, a secluded village further up the coast.
Nº 40Talpa & Mascota
Up into the Sierra Madre to Talpa and Mascota, two colonial towns in fertile mountain valleys that few visitors to Vallarta ever reach, with a guided walk and local food in each.
Nº 41Living Vallarta City Tour
Vallarta as the people who live here see it: the Malecón and the church, the house Elizabeth Taylor kept, the island in the Cuale River, the market, and the road south to Los Arcos and Boca de Tomatlán.
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