Bahías de Huatulco is one of México’s newest planned resort complexes. Although still in the development stages, this incredible location offers some of the most beautiful bays and beaches in the country. The natural beauty of the nine bays of Huatulco and the surrounding area provided the perfect starting place for the Mexican government to try to duplicate the success of some of their other planned resorts. They have built an international airport, a nearby city, La Crucieta, to house the needed workers. They also enticed some major hotels, and private investment, into the Huatulco area with a beautiful golf course, beachside promenades, three proposed marinas and luxury residential neighborhoods.
The dream is progressing, a little more slowly than originally planned, but that is keeping the area from becoming really popular, too fast. Huatulco is still in the early stages of development and that can be a real bonus to visitors who are looking for a new beach destination that is not yet overcrowded. The summers are hot and steamy here, which will keep this area a bargain paradise during the summer season, in the winter the weather here is no less than spectacular. The incredible beauty of the beaches combined with balmy days, warm water temperatures and relatively cool evenings, will surely entice many visitors from the colder northern climates during the winter.
Water sports will occupy much of your time in Huatulco and there is certainly no lack of water related activities here. Great scuba diving and sport fishing is relatively close to shore and all of the other water sports you would expect at a world class resort exist here. Snorkeling in some of the more protected bays can be downright incredible. A glass-bottom boat tour to each of the bays is a must, if you have enough time. If not, you can arrange to visit only the beaches you choose. Horseback riding is offered on a few of the beaches and extended rides into the jungle can be arranged and provide an interesting alternative to spending the entire day at the beach or in the water.
If you golf, you are sure to enjoy the beautiful Tangolunda Golf Course, an 18 hole (72 par), championship course, designed by Mario Schjetnan, which is beautifully blended into the surrounding jungle. The course features a spectacular waterfront green on the 13th hole. The Tangolunda Golf Course also has some very nice tennis facilities which, like the golf course, are open to the public. Most of the hotels in Huatulco also have tennis courts, but as a general rule they are for the exclusive use of their guests.
Nightlife is more or less restricted to the bars and discos of the major hotels, although the nightlife scene in La Crucieta, near Santa Cruz, has improved to the point of becoming worth a look. Shopping, banking facilities and the many reasonably priced restaurants make spending a late afternoon or extended evening, in La Crucieta, a possible alternative to the hotel disco scene of Huatulco.