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Eco -  Snorkeling  in  Puerto  Vallarta with  Reinhard

                                                                                                                                                                    

Depart:     10 a.m. from Mismaloya Beach   

                                                                                                                                                                  

 Return:     Approx. 5.30 p.m. at Mismaloya.

We could start from Puerto Vallarta or the Marina Vallarta,  but on the long way to Los Arcos a lot of people suffer from sea sickness like on the “booze cruises”,  thus we start from MismaloyaBeach,  from where it is only 5 minutes to Los Arcos.

Charge:    350  Pesos per person (35 USD)  or   300 Pesos 

(30  USD)  per person,  if you bring 10 to 12 persons;  

6  persons are minimum to go out, 

 

Includes:   •  food:    at the beginning you get  bananas,  cookies  and  chips,  on the last beach you make your own sandwiches with french bread,  smoked turkey ham, cheese, tunafish salad,  avocados, tomatoes, butter, mustard, and mayonaise  –  all fresh!

•  snorkel equipment,  life jacket,  cooler and ice -  please,  bring own refreshments

 

Reservations:  Please,  e-mail to Reinhard Dressler: RaiVallarta@hotmail.com  and when you are in Puerto Vallarta, please, call his cell phone:   044 322 135 26 80,   use a public phone, your hotel charges a lot,  you get phone cards in the pharmacies (farmacia) for already 30 Pesos (3 USD),  which you can also use to call home  (to say, that you are not coming back).   You reserve with a 50 pesos (5 USD) deposit, if nobody makes a deposit – nobody shows up ( and Reinhard had to eat ham-and-cheese sandwiches of the no-shows for a week).

Your receipt will show a map with time and location of the meeting place.  The rest you pay at the end of our trip on the way back.

Meeting:  at  8.45  a.m.  downtown,  on the corner of the streets  Carranza and Aguacate,  start of the bus line 01 to Mismaloya,    Fare: 5.50 Pesos  (50 cents)     Reinhard will acompany you to Mismaloya. 

                  or at 9.30 a.m. on Mismaloya Beach,.  First we distribute life jackets,  fit on the snorkeling equipment,  put your drinks on ice,  equip the boat  etc...

 

We use a fairly new “Panga” boat with a flat bottom,  24  or  27 feet long,  equiped with cushions,  sun top,  ladder,  and a  55 or 125 hp motor.   If it should rain without hope of sunshine,  if the waves are too high,  or if the group is too small  (less than 6 persons), the tour would be canceled and the deposit returned, or the tour would be postponed.  

The tour has been described in the attached files.

       From MismaloyaBeach to the

National Park of Los Arcos (snorkeling)

      Colomitos Beach  (snorkeling, cañon)                                                                                                                   

No NameBeach (cliff diving)                                                    

Colamita Beach (climb a coconut tree?)                                                                                                                           

Caballo Beach (eventually big waves,  body - surfing)

Las AnimasBeach (restrooms)

Rocas de Caletita (snorkeling)

Majahuitas Beach (snorkeling,  lunch,  siesta)

    Your snorkeling instructor is Reinhard

 

Tour Description: We leave from Mismaloya Beach at 10 a.m.,  and it is only about 5 minutes by boat to the National Park of Los Arcos,  where we do snorkeling before the “booze cruises” arrive,   and you got all the space and time you want for snorkeling.  With our boat we can go close to the places of interest, while the “booze cruises” have to stay far away from the rocks.  The tour can adapt to what the customers want.

Reinhard gives snorkeling instructions,  and takes you personally around,  if you are scared.  You got all the time you want for snorkeling,  but if everybody else is waiting for you,  you should come into the boat again. 

 

 

From Los Arcos we go by boat to Colomitos Beach,  the first beach without a road access.  At Boca Tomatlán the  road turns south into the mountains,  and then there is no road along the coast to the western end of the bay,  to Cabo Corrientes.

From June to about January there is water in the creek behind Colomitos beach and you can go up into the cañon.  You can walk a trail along the coast and come to a cliff,  where you can dive off into the ocean.  When the waves are not too big,  you can get out on a little beach and do it again.  You can swim to the boat or continue walking to No-name-beach,  where you get picked up again.

We enjoy No-name-beach for a while.

 

Then we continue by boat to Colamita beach and stay there also some time.  We walk to Caballo beach, where the waves grow big.  You find shells on Caballo beach.  Reinhard climbs a coco nut tree for you (half way).

On Las Animas beach you can have a drink in a restaurant and use their restrooms.  Before we eat, we do snorkeling at the rocks of Caletita and at MajahuitasBeach,  and finally we will have lunch on the beach.  Afterwards you can have a siesta

In summer with low waves we go up to Colimilla beach and have lunch there.

Don´t forget your swim-suit,  tanning lotion,  and film.  You only need rubber sandals on your feet.  For refreshments we recommend a brick of juice, water but not only water, you can drink beer, but please, not too much, we are not a “boozecruise”.  

The beaches in Mexico are public,  behind the beach is private property,  we respect this.  We are ecologists,  we don´t leave any garbage on the beaches.

    The tour might be variated according to the prevailing conditions like sea state, weather, or water quality.  If we see dolphins or manta rays,  we try to observe the migration.

   The service is done personally by Reinhard Dressler,  degree in physical oceanography of the University of Hamburg, Germany.  The business is  located on Playa de Mismaloya, Municipio de Puerto Vallarta,  the Mexican Tax number R.F.C. is:   DEDR441220FX9

   Reinhard has also a federal Mexican credencial as a general tourist guide for all Mexico,  thus he could show you more places in México.  His other personal field of interest besides the ocean is minerals.