Did I mention the nearly- perfect weather? Huatulco has just 40 days of rain a year, making any time on the calendar the right time to visit!
Nature lovers will be entranced with the unscathed beauty of the Oaxacan coastline. If you love discovering sea life found in the ocean by snorkeling; if you enjoy the pastime of bird watching; or if you just want to plant yourself on one of its 36 beaches with a good book, Huatulco is here and waiting to welcome you.
Arriving at the airport we where warmly greeted by a High School Band, then we where off on the bus to the hotel we would be staying at.
La Brisas hotel is an amazing natural tropical location. It offers its guest 4 private beaches with no beach vendors but bewarned their is lots of stairs and resort is quite big, although you can take the hotels plentiful shuttles. It took us a day to get the lay of the land and once we figured out where we where we walked to the beach and lobby for our daily excersise. There is no washrooms on the lobby floor so you have to go 2 flights of stairs. The business center is located in the gift shop which doesn't open till 9am. The gift shop does not except cash, so you either put it to your room and pay it all at once on your credit card or you can pay with your credit card right their.
You do not have to be worried about crowds here as you have three very good swimming beaches here. Beach one you can swim and snorkel, beach two you can read a book or swim, beach three is for those that want the water sports and beach four is secluded small cove if you just want to be alone.
They also offer a bird walk tour on the property as they have a very good population of exotic birds and a wonderful bontanical garden. This is a green property there is lots of wild life.
If you have a room on the 2nd or 3 floor you will probably have a balcony, if you are on the first floor you will have a view window that opens.
If you can afford it Club class is great here.
The hotel has a solar filteration center for all their water. So you don't have to worry about the water here or the ice. Drinks are not something they are use to making so you may have to make sure they know what they are making.
The beds are not hard as in some hotels.
As this is definetly a green hotel remember to put on mosquito repellent. I found that Watkins cream 28deet and Muskol 30deet worked the best. You may get bites so bring along something for bites. Their is staff that sell bug patches for 25$US that you can place on your cloths but those of us that tried these found that they didn't stay on that well.
We visited Hotel Castillo which is located in Santa Cruz and not located on a beach. It is popular because it is close to the marina. You go fishing for that big catch. This area has great fishing. Even though Castillo is not located on the beach it has a beach club that offers a great buffet lunch, a kids area, a pool and swimable white sand beach. The shuttle is every 5 minutes.
Barcello - It is located in Huatulco and on the beach. The rooms are great with great views, we found the food and service here great. If you want a place to have a wedding that offers something for your whole family this is a great place. They offer different locations for their weddings. The beach is great with gentle waves and no rocks or coral to worry about stepping on.
Pacific Crown - located on the mountain behind the village of Huatulco with a beach club that has a buffet and small pool located on the beach next to Barcello. This property has a pool and a view that overlooks the whole bay of Huatulco. The rooms are great but it has a lot of steep climbing in places. There is a regular shuttle to the beach club. The entertainment provided for us at this resort was excellent.
The next hotel that we stayed at was the Dreams resort. A very well run resort. The mattress's are soft the staff great. The resort offers plenty to do and is located next to the Barcello on the beach. There is an area where you can feed fish and when the water is calm you can get snorkeling equipment although La Brisas snorkeling area was better.
This hotel had three computers in business center that you could use free of charge 24/7 which was great for those of us that had to keep an I on business. They offer a great SPA and kids club.
There is lots to do in Huatulco.
If you are the adventurer type there is water rafting, ATV's, mountain biking, horseback riding, mountain climbing, bike riding, diving, snorkeling, fishing,surfing and hiking.
If you like to shop you can take a cab into La Crucecita where you will find a market and little shops. Their is also a few shop in Huatulco as well that offer good pricing.
If you are into history their is a church, a large archological site that will be open to the public next year.
Huatulco also offers tours of a botanical medicine garden, mudd baths with anti aging properties, coffee plantations and cruises of the 9 bays with stops at secluded beaches.
I hope this gives everyone insight to Huatulco. At the moment their is no American stores or restaurants so this is a perfect time to visit the area, before the development really starts.
Anyone wanting a vacation or more information please feel free to contact me. cheryl@oceanbreezeholidays.com
