Bahías de Huatulco aka: Bays of Huatulco

Whether Huatulco is worth visiting depends on what you’re looking for. For me, Huatulco was borderline, but I gave it the nod. The bays are clean and beautiful. It was quite a lot of fun to ride around on a jet ski and watch the water crash against the rocks. Pelicans and other sea birds provide good company. The hotels are very nice, and the whole “National Park” has a resort feel. The problem with Huatulco is it is culturally vacuous and boring as hell. I would have rather spent more time in Oaxaca. Probably, in retrospect, I would have foregone the loveliness of Huatulco for something more culturally interesting had I known that Huatulco has such a plastic feel.

I have went to Huatulco two times in my life, the last time maybe 8 years ago. I loved the all inclusive hotel jaja… no, seriously, Huatulco has some of wildness and some of kindness… I took a motorcycle tour to the virgin beaches (8 in total), and it was one of the most amazing experiences in my life… nice tourist spot.

A very new city, seemingly built around it’s nice beach marketplace. Modern buildings, heritage style though.

It was worth visiting as of 9 years ago, but I’m guessing it’s gotten a bit more developed since then.

The beach is really nice. Sure it’s small, but it’s not crowded. You can rent a two person jet ski (the sit down kind) for $30 per half hour, which is plenty of time. You have a lot of room to have fun with that in the bay and you can go way out and jump the swells. Lots of shops, as usual, but expensive.