Tours and Activities
- Puerto Vallarta Tours and Activities [5] - Established in 2003 we offer Tours and activities in Puerto Vallarta, Punta Mita and more. Located in Conchas Chinas 104a Sainta Barbara Calle tours include Whale Watching, Zipline, Pirate Cruise, Sunset cruise, Booze Cruise and more. This is the official website for Amigo tours Vallarta. 1.877.404.5958
Golfing
- La Marina Vallarta Golf Course-Have to have good accuracy for this one due to narrow fairways that are guarded by water
- Los Flamingos Golf Course-Known as one of the easiest to play
- The Mayan Palace Nuevo Vallarta Golf Club, 18-hole par 71 course designed by Jim Lipe. Address: Paseo de las Moras S/N, Fraccionamiento Náutico Turístico, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico 63735, [6]. Fun course with many obstacles is on the spectacular beaches of Vallarta between the Sierra Madre mountains and the Bahia de Banderas bay. The Vallarta course offers interesting competitive advantages and challenges to golf lovers for the vast fairways appear to be the easy part but the lakes complicate the game for the most expert golfers.
- El Tigre Golf Club-Long course with many traps and water
- Vista Vallarta-Hosted the 2002 EMC World Cup Championship
- Vallarta Discovery, [7]. Offers an excellent selection of Puerto Vallarta tours including dolphin encounters, whale watching from mid-December to the end of March, sea lion encounters, scuba diving, snorkeling and speedboats. They can also arrange 4x4 MB Unimog and mule bring you 2200ft above sea level deep into the sub-tropical forest of the Sierra Madre mountains. You make your way back by ziplining from canyon to canyon, rappelling down waterfalls, crossing jungle bridges and splashing through streams and natural river pools, or arrange a canopy tour including ziplining from tree-top to tree-top, crossing hanging bridges, a tarzan swing and rappeling from 90ft (30m) above forest floor.
Scuba Diving
- Puerto Vallarta is one of Mexico's top dive destinations. There are many rental shops along the beaches.
Snorkeling
- The most popular snorkeling areas are Los Arcos underwater caves and Marietas Islands caverns. Vallarta Adventures snorkeling trips combine an extraordinary day of sun, fun, and adventure with just the right mixture of entertainment, learning and challenge, while snorkeling, sea kayaking, and exploring the tropical ecosystems on the secluded islands and beach hideaways that surround beautiful Banderas Bay.
Explore the Sierra Madre
- The Mexican Outback in the states of Jalisco and Nayarit offers an opportunity of discovery and adventure: A culturally and ecologically trained guide can take you into authentic Mexican villages and through the sub-tropical forest with its extraordinary ecology and wildlife. Vallarta Adventures´ Sierra Madre Expedition takes you in specially designed Mercedes Benz all-terrain vehicles on an off-road voyage of discovery, past forgotten villages into the heart of the Sierra Madre.
Canopy Tour / Zip lines
- Puerto Vallarta is well known for its canopy and zip line tours. Experience the exhilarating rush as you fly over the tree tops, securely fastened, from platform to platform.
Puerto Vallarta Atv Tours and Activities
- Puerto Vallarta Atv Tours and Activities [8] - Established in 2007 we offer ATV Tours and activities in Puerto Vallarta, Punta Mita and more. Located in puerto vallarta in the Romantic section . This is the official website for Unique Atv Tours. 1.866.391.6901
Sailing
- Banderas Bay is the second largest bay in North America, behind Hudson Bay. The deep, calm waters offer a very rich biodiversity, stunning beauty, romantic sunsets and relaxed sailing. Vallarta Adventures offers Day Sailing, Sunset Sailing, Sailing with Whales and Private Charters.
Kitesurfing
- Kitesurfing is becoming more and more popular in Banderas Bay. Especially in Bucerias, a fishing village north of Nuevo Vallarta, you can see up to 30 people kitesurfing on a Sunday when the wind is good. The calm waters of Banderas Bay, the extended shoreline and the fact that it´s not too crowded with kitesurfers (yet) make it an excellent place to take lessons, for example from Jamison Smith [9], an IKO Level 2 Senior Certified International Kiteboarding Instructor. The season is from February until May.
Parasailing
- You are able to parasail at pretty much every beach. The sky high trip usually last around 15 min.
Jet Skiing
- Jet skis can be rented at most beaches by the hour.
Fishing
- Banderas Bay is home to annual Puerto Vallarta International Fishing Tournament held since 1956. Fish types include sailfish, dorado, marlin, bonita and yellowfin tuna, roostertail, jack cravel, pargo, red snapper and more denizens of the deep, black, blue and striped marlin.
- ProFishingVallarta Sport Fishing in Puerto Vallarta [10] - Offers fishing charter services throughout the whole year in Puerto Vallarta Mexico
Horseback Riding
- There are many ranches in town that offer horseback Riding into small villages and through the forests. They can last from a few hours to a few days.
Turtle-Watching & Repatriation
- Some tour companies offer educational programs combined with hands-on activities to help save Mexico’s turtles. After the female turtles lay their eggs in nests they create in the sand, volunteers dig up the eggs and re-bury them somewhere safe from predators. After about 45 to 60 days, the eggs hatch. Without help, only about 1 in every 1,000 baby turtles will survive to adulthood because most are caught by predators before they make it back to the safety of the ocean. However, turtle repatriation volunteers keep the babies safe until it is time to set them free to head for the ocean (at night when predators are less active). You can be part of these programs.
- Puerto Vallarta Atv Tours [11] - Puerto Vallarta Atv Tours provides funfilled Atv Tours in Rio Cuale, Quimixto, Puerto Vallarta and the surrounding areas..Located in the Romantic zone Calle San pedro C5a.
Hiking
- You will be hard-pressed to find information about simple hiking excursions, because no one makes much money from hikers while they are hiking.
So you must research this ahead of time if you wish to hike. However, one short and interesting hike may be accessed as follows. Take a water taxi to Yelapa. On the main beach in Yelapa, walk to the right and cross the creek. Hike upwards a few meters to the cobblestone trail. Turn right, and then follow the trail over a ridge and up the adjacent valley. After hiking about 1.5 km through a tropical deciduous forest, your persistence will be rewarded. The waterfall is about 10 m high, with a pool for bathers at the base. The falls are more impressive during the rainy season (northern summer).
Surfing
- The beaches in Puerto Vallarta proper don't give such good waves but a daytrip out of town up along the coast of Banderas Bay will lead you to such decent spots as Veneros and Punta del Burro (these two are the most consistent) as well as in Punta de Mita. Passing the Ameca river along the way to these spots, you find yourself in the next door northern state of Nayarit. Such trips can be coordinated with a local surfing instructor or done solo. The drive from downtown Vallarta to points inside the Bay takes perhaps 30-45 minutes, and a bit over an hour to get to renowned Sayulita on the Pacific coast, a small village which consistently produces some of the best surfers in Mexico. The beaches there have very consistent waves and the place is crowded during the winter months particularly. There are waves small enough for beginners and large enough for the locals and experts. Most of the adventure companies (such as Vallarta Adventures) don't offer surfing lessons and you might need to find an independent, licensed instructor. One suggested instructor based in Puerto Vallarta: Alejandro Fuentes, faalex70@hotmail.com or 044-322-117-6257.
Yoga
- Davannayoga [12] - great sunset yoga classes on a 360 rooftop in old town in front of the ocean. Well known for it's traditional style yoga. Only certified teachers offering Vinyasa Flow, Morning Yoga, Sunset Yoga, Children's Yoga. Calle Matamoros #542 on the corner of Corona.
- Yoga Vallarta [13] - located in Zona Romantica (Basilio Badillo #325 3rd floor). This studio has high-mounted windows that bathe the studio in wonderful, natural light.
Parks
- Sea Life Park by Dolphin Discovery [14]- Discover Sea Life Park.
Dolphin Encounters
How to Get there Located in the first exit of Nuevo Vallarta, very easy to find, look for the Water Slides that can be seeing from the road.
Open daily except Mondays and Fridays from 10AM. to 6PM.
