(VALLARTA NAYARIT)

Vallarta Nayarit is located 10 minutes from the Puerto Vallarta International Airport. The area consists of an 80-km (50-mi) strip along the Pacific Ocean with a hot tropical climate and an average temperature of 25º C (77º F).

Vallarta Nayarit is located in the heart of the Banderas Bay, and is surrounded by natural beauty, from stunning beaches, bays and coasts, to tropical jungle areas, to the Sierra Madre mountains.  For this reason it has quickly grown into an important tourist resort, with top quality hotels, luxurious boats moored in the Marina de Vallarta Nayarit, excellent spas, exclusive restaurants, and world-class golf courses. On offer are a variety of outdoor activities from surfing, snorkeling, scuba diving, sailing, and swimming with dolphins, to mountain biking, horseback riding, hiking and camping. Vallarta Nayarit also offers some amazing boat tours, where you can, among other things, go whale-watching.

(SAN BLAS)

San Blas is located on the Pacific coast, 62 km (38 mi) northwest of Tepic, the state capital of Nayarit.  It has a warm humid tropical climate, with an average year-round temperature of 25º C (77º F).

Most people come to San Blas for the beaches. Playas Hermosa and El Borrego are the city’s two main beaches that extends for about 1.5 miles and offer peaceful calm waters, with nearby Las Islitas, in Matanchan Bay, being popular for extended surfing due to its long gentle waves. San Blas is also rich in its abundance of wild bird life, which migrate to the surrounding estuaries and lowland forests. It is also located at the edge of the La Tovara National Park, a massive protected mangrove forest that is only accessible via small tour boats. A popular trip is taken by boat through the mangroves to the La Tovara Spring, which is a natural pool where you can swim. The Las Palmas Crocodile Refuge is another local attraction where a large number of crocodile can be seen in their surrounding natural environment.