A community-run ecotourism project a few kilometres from Mazunte, where local guides paddle you in canoes through a mangrove lagoon to see crocodiles, iguanas, herons and other birds. The cooperative also runs a turtle nursery and a crocodile breeding area, and offers horse rides along the beach.
Tours take about 1.5 hours. Go early in the morning for the most birds. It's a short taxi or colectivo ride from Mazunte or San Agustinillo.
A rocky headland at the western end of Mazunte beach, on the Oaxaca coast, and the southernmost point of Oaxaca.
Mexico's national sea turtle centre, in a village that was once a turtle-hunting town until hunting was banned in 1990.
Oaxaca is a colonial city famous for its food, including seven moles, mezcal and markets.
A small, wooded island just off Acapulco's peninsula, with a calm, clear beach for swimming and snorkelling, a lighthouse walk and seafood restaurants.
Since the 1930s, Acapulco's clavadistas have dived from ledges up to 35 m high on the cliffs of La Quebrada into a narrow rocky channel, timing their…
A colonial highland town with colourful houses, churches and markets, a centre of indigenous Maya culture.
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