Activities in Puerto Escondido
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Deep Blue Dive
Based in Beach Hotel Inés; the instructor here is also PADI-certified.
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Oasis Surf Academy
Oasis Surf Academy, in the Rinconada area above Playa Carrizalillo, offers classes of 1½ to two hours with experienced and qualified local teachers for M$585, which includes the rental of a board. It’s associated with Oasis Surf Factory, run by local pro surfer and board maker Roger Ramírez.
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Instituto de Lenguajes Puerto Escondido
Offers good language classes taught by native Spanish speakers, with an emphasis on conversation skills, plus a variety of complementary activities, including surfing, cooking and salsa lessons.
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Rutas de Aventura
Rutas de Aventura offers flexible active trips with an emphasis on sustainability and well-informed, English-speaking guides. Possibilities include early-morning kayaking and bird-watching at Laguna Manialtepec and visits to Finca Las Nieves, an organic coffee plantation in the lush inland hills near San Juan Lachao, where you can bike, hike, watch birds, learn about coffee production and the local ecosystem, and sleep in comfortable rooms and bungalows.
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Sociedad Cooperativa Turística Nueva Punta Escondido
Lanchas (fast, open, outboard boats) will take groups of four people out for an hour's turtle-spotting (and, in winter, sometimes dolphin-spotting) for around $300. Lancha owners have formed the Sociedad Cooperativa Turística Nueva Punta Escondido and you can contact them at Restaurant El Pescador or the lancha kiosk, both at the west end of Bahía Principal.
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Capitán Francisco Prado
Capitán Francisco Prado has a booth on Playa Manzanillo and specializes in snorkeling day trips to Roca Blanca, an offshore islet about 30km northwest of PE, at around $1600 for up to four people. You can lunch at one of the rustic comedores on the nearby beach.
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Omar Sportfishing
Omar Ramírez of Omar Sportfishing specialises in dolphin- and even whale-spotting trips, costing M$1600 for up to four people for four hours. There’s an 80% to 90% chance of seeing dolphins from October to March - (it is possible to see dolphins all year round)
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Central Surf
A good rental and tuition place is Central Surf, where classes are given by brothers René and David Salinas, from a well-known local surfing family.
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El Caballerango
The well-run stable El Caballerango offers morning and evening horseback rides to rivers and beaches south of town; a little riding experience is advisable.
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Puerto Dive Center
US owned, with its shop just off El Adoquín; offers night dives for M$500 and snorkel trips; also conducts a wide range of NAUI and PADI courses.
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Delapoint Surf Shop
Surf classes for around $300 to around $350 per hour, as well as board rentals, are offered by Delapoint Surf Shop at Punta Zicatela.
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Carrisurf
Surf classes for around $300 to around $350 per hour are offered by Carrisurf , near Playa Carrizalillo.
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Aventura Submarina
PADI instructor Jorge Pérez Bravo has 30 years’ experience in local waters.
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