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As a gay vacation hot
spot and international destination, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico has plenty
of gay excursions and activities for you to choose from. The gay-owned
and gay-operated cruises and gay vacation tours in Puerto Vallarta are
generally scheduled weekly during the "high season" winter months from
November through March or April, with Diana's gay cruise running once a
week year-round. There are also a number of lovely getaways that might
be fun to visit for a day trip and which are listed below the gay tours
section. Note: You may also want to check out the Puerto
Vallarta Activities II page for other vacation activities and things
to do such as biking, bird watching, ecological tours, scuba diving, whale
watching, and tennis that are not gay or lesbian owned or operated but
may nonetheless be enjoyable and of interest to you.
Boana Hot Springs 4:45pm-Midnight every
Tues and Friday
Boana Horseback Riding 9:15am or
2:30pm any Day except Sunday
Boana Gay Cruise any Day of the
Week
Diana's Gay Vallarta Cruise 9:30am-5pm
every Thurs
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Jungle Secret Oasis 12:30pm-6pm
Thurs, Fri and Sat
The clothing-optional jungle resort-excursion.
River white beach, nude swimming, cascades, waterfalls, hiking, nude sunbathing,
open bar and a light meal included, 25 minutes from Puerto Vallarta up
the Cuale River. Bus departs Thurs, Fri and Sat from 388 Lazaro Cardenas
street. No reservations needed. $40 USD. Note: Jan-Apr only. website:
secret-oasis.com or Cell: 044-322-168-9377
PV
Sunset Party Cruise 4:30pm-9pm every Weds (Dec
thru Apr 28)
Party party!! This sexy gay sailing
cruise (photo at left) includes open national bar and snacks, the latest
dance music, hot go-go boys and strippers (& sometimes swimming &
snorkeling depending on weather). Leaves from Los Muertos beach pier cruising
south and north to see a good deal of Puerto Vallarta from the Bay for
$65 USD. Pre-sale tickets for the Puerto
Vallarta Sunset Party Cruise are available at La Noche martini lounge,
Colors store, Club Manana box office or on-line. Some of the very attractive
go-go boys from the gay cruise are also out on the Vallarta
gay beach in red speedos promoting their excursion from Sat-Weds. Note:
Continues through the winter tourist season until the end of April. Be
at the Puerto Vallarta Los Muertos pier not later than 4:30pm when boarding
begins - ship sails at 5pm sharp. Private charter party cruises on alternate
dates are available for groups of 10 or more. Tel: 222-3495 or Cellular:
044-322-150-4755
PVR Gay Cruise 10am-4pm
every Friday
Aboard a comfortable classic sailboat
this gay cruise cruises across and around the Bay for a day of fun, good
music, sun and drink. Includes continental breakfast, lunch, beer and full
open bar, snorkeling equipment, dolphin watching and sailing (if conditions
permit). Good reports. Leaving from Los Muertos beach pier. $70 USD.
Tel: 222-0638
Whale
Watching with Ocean Friendly Tours 8:45am-3pm (Dec.
15-Mar. 31 only)
Oscar Frey is an Oceanologist and
whale photographer and started whale watching tours in Banderas Bay in
1994, while also running a research program involving humpback whale distribution,
numbers and behavior in this area of the Mexican Pacific. Oscar is a consultant
to the Department of Oceanography and Eco-Tourism. The whale watching tour
includes lunch (subs, fruit and snacks), refreshments (non-alcoholic) and
hydrophone system (underwater microphone to listen the whales songs and
dolphins while aboard). Oscar is gay but the tours are open to all, for
4-8 persons. Advance reservation required. I have received excellent reports
of the Ocean Friendly tours, one of the most highly rated and regarded
of any Puerto Vallarta tours-excursions. Highly recommended. Note:
Dec 15-Mar 31 only. $90 US. Office at Paseo del Marlin 510-103, Colonia
Aralias, Puerto Vallarta. Tel: 225-3774
Ecology Note: We ask our friends and clients to boycott the jet skis which pollute the air and water, endanger wildlife and diminish natural quiet. Reports show that at least 25% of their fuel goes directly into the water and we'd like to help with the current efforts to clean up Puerto Vallarta waters and Banderas Bay.
Puerto
Vallarta Getaways - Excursions
If you want to get away, there are
cruises and tours that will take you out of Puerto Vallarta, some of which
are listed above in Activities. Here below are a few of the lovely places
you can visit to further enjoy your stay in Vallarta and the Banderas Bay
area. Go here for further information and photos of the beaches
of Banderas Bay.
Puerto
Vallarta Botanical Gardens
With agaves and other native plants,
orchids, restaurant, river swimming - the Puerto Vallarta Botanical Gardens
(photo left) are located approximately 12-14 miles (at km 24 Highway to
Barra de Navidad) south of Puerto Vallarta in the Sierra Madre mountains.
Located on 20 acres of land, the botanical collections feature over three
thousand different species of plants. At 1,300 feet above sea level their
gardens are in a unique tropical dry forest ecosystem. Against this lovely
backdrop of soaring mountain peaks, there is much to experience: palm and
agave gardens, rose garden, tree fern grotto, tropical bid watching, orchid
house, jungle trails, displays of Mexican wildflowers and the carnivorous
plant collection. You can bring your swimsuit and enjoy a refreshing dip
in the crystal clear Rio Los Horcones." The Hacienda de Oro restaurant
on the premises also offers refreshments and food at reasonable prices.
For more Puerto
Vallarta Botanical Garden photos. Established in 2005, admission is
50 pesos, about $4.20 US. www.vallartabotanicalgardensac.org Tues-Sun,
9am-6pm
Mismaloya
It was here in the village of Mismaloya,
approximately 10 miles south of Puerto Vallarta, that the movie "The Night
of the Iguana" was filmed by John Huston in 1963. A part of the original
set is still in existence, and if one knows the movie, walking onto the
set can be an experience. Nearby is a restaurant named in its honor, with
food, drink and views of the bay. The small beach at Mismaloya has several
restaurants and there are boats for rent for a trip to the rock formations
at Los Arcos. The movie Predator was also filmed in Mismaloya in the 1980s.
Horses are available for jungle rides, and a trip up the Mismaloya River
to the restaurant Chino's Paradise is popular.
Paco's Paradise
Closed for several years now, alas;
taken over by Vallarta Adventures and their Rhythms of the Night adventure.
Quimixto
A small village on the south bay
past Mismaloya, accessible only by boat. Many of the day cruises drop anchor
here for several hours so that their passengers can horseback ride up to
the popular waterfall in the mountains. Several palapa roofed restaurants
line the cove in Quimixto. If you want a quiet and still undeveloped area
for relaxing and taking in some of the natural beauty of the Bay, try this
getaway for an afternoon. You can get to any of the south bay villages
by water taxi from the small village of Boca de Tomatlan. Or hire your
own boat in Boca or in the nearby village of Mismaloya, and then you can
take a spin to some secluded beach or village!
Majahuitas
Majahuitas (photo left) is a secluded,
picturesque cove surrounded by verdant hills between Quimixto and Yelapa.
A quaint beach resort hotel and restaurant can provide accommodations and
food. The small beach is one of the loveliest in the south bay and the
area is excellent for swimming and snorkeling. Majahuitas is famous among
scuba divers for its underwater canyon just outside the cove.
Yelapa
Yelapa is the most remote fishing
village on the South Shore of the bay, also accessible only by boat. It
is popular because of its beauty and the slow pace of life, and is known
as something of an artist retreat and hippie hangout. Several day cruises
stop there for a few hours and like Quimixto there is a river and popular
waterfall. Yelapa is very laid back and has real charm, with palapas and
seafood restaurants on the beach and small bungalows and houses that dot
the jungle hillsides. There are few telephones and no cars, gracias a Dios.
Electricity has recently made its way to the village, which used to go
dark around 10pm after everyone turned off their generators. One of the
restaurants becomes something of a night spot/disco in the evening. Lodging
is still reasonably priced. There are water taxis from Puerto Vallarta
and the village of Mismaloya which go to Yelapa that run in the morning
and afternoon. Here's the general schedule, but you should double check
these times before making your final plans: Leaving Los Muertos pier to
Yelapa: 10am, 11am, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 4pm and 5:30pm; leaving Yelapa to
Vallarta's Los Muertos pier: 7:30am, 8:30am, 9am, 10:30am, 3pm, 3:30pm
and 4:30pm.
Bucerias
Bucerias is a village of several
thousand people located about 15 miles north of Puerto Vallarta in the
state of Nayarit. Bucerias is more relaxed than Vallarta and has a small
expatriate community. Many pleasant accommodations with moderate prices
are on or near the water and the town has the longest stretch of beach
on Banderas Bay. Now popular with many Canadian tourists because of its
more economic prices for food and lodging, Bucerias' architecture is noted
for cupolas (domes), and there are hundreds of them on buildings throughout
the town. Open air palapa roofed restaurants serve fresh seafood and the
uncrowded beaches have gentle surf. Joann Quickstad and Patricia Mendez
(photo right), who lived in Vallarta for many years, now reside in Bucerias
and manage Casa Tranquila with one bedroom apartments. Joann practices
massage with Swedish, reflexology and aromatherapy. Tel: (329)-298-1767
Sayulita
Twenty miles or so beyond Bucerias,
but on the Pacific coast, is a favorite gringo getaway, the small picturesque
village of Sayulita with its two thousand inhabitants. Surfers like it
because the cove there gives good waves pretty much the whole year (the
best waves are Nov-Apr), and it is the favorite surf spot in the Banderas
Bay area. Several of Mexico's finest (and handsomest) surfers live and
surf here - long board and short board are both popular. There are pleasant
beach-front restaurants, including the upscale Don Pedro's and the popular
Capitan Pablo's, as well as bungalows, villas, guest houses and camp grounds.
The dusty streets of the town all converge on the small town square, which has several restaurants, an ice cream shop and grocery store, a coffee shop, the church and town billiard hall, a row of houses and a bar or two facing it. This is the look of hundreds of small villages in Mexico. As Janelle Brown reported in the NY Times in 2003, the town of Sayulita, Nayarit still "retains its traditional lifestyle: residents buy fish off the beach, chicken from the woman in the square, and everything else (mops, strainers, plastic chairs) from the trucks that occasionally drive around town." The town is being rather rapidly developed, alas,. The Sayulita beach is long and lovely and is one of my favorite getaways. Go to this page for some Sayulita photos.
following six pictures, from her Puerto Vallarta gay excursions and cruises, thanks to Diana DeCoste
photos from Diana's year-round gay
and lesbian cruise-tour
jungle secret oasis excursion
Three photos, from the Boana gay
vacation boat cruises bay tours, thanks to Benoit
Puerto
Vallarta Botanical Gardens
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Yelapa restaurant;
surfing
in Sayulita, Nayarit; Chico's Paradise south of Mismaloya
"Where fire was, ashes remain."
- Mexican proverb
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