Leisure & Activities
The Pacific Emerald welcomes tourists with open arms, sure to make use of all the sites and activities that are offered. Beaches are the most important attractions, but are not just the only thing; there are several places where extreme sports challenge the most experimented ones and where all competitions open their paths towards the fun.
Golf
Some of the golf courses that Manzanillo offers, have special characteristics around the entire country, such as having 27 holes or be considered on the 100 list best courses in the world. Golf enthusiasts hit the ball precisely into this modern spaces surrounded by the beauty of this place. In the event selection you will be able to find details about the tournaments that take place on regular basis.
Las Hadas Golf & Marina Resort
(o Club de Golf La Mantarraya)
Las Hadas Hotel. Considered one of the 100 best golf courses in the world, with 18 holes, pair 71. Design: Roy and Pete Dye.
Santiago Golf Club
Club Santiago. 9 holes, pair 72. Design: Larry Hughes
Christmas Island Golf Club
Navidad Island 25 minutes away from the Golden Beach Playa de Oro. Golf course with 27 holes. Design: Robert Von Hagge.
Ecotourism is a series of lay back, recreational activities that allow the visitor to whether admire the nature, to make a photo safari, to tour comfortably and to learn to value nature. In Manzanillo and the surroundings there are ideal places for this lay back and fun activities at the same time.
At Peña Blanca, Estero Palo Verde, Puente Tepalcates and the Ecological Center Turtle Sanctuary, the interested visitor admire closely an impressive Bird Sanctuary, as well as the turtle species in danger to get extinct you can take pictures and appreciate the nature, enjoy from a walking or a boat tour along with your couple or family. As well as the horse tour is a unique experience that will give the tourist the opportunity to enjoy from nature while visiting Manzanillo. There is a swamp lagoon by the beach shores, where iguanas will be able to be observed and an enormous variety of exotic birds as well.
For camping, spending a fun night after touring through the paths appreciating nature at Natural Camp and Tropical Forest La Floreña. Look up the section of places to visit.
Fishing
The story tells that during 1957, 336 sail fish were caught in Manzanillo bay. Ever since, the place has been known as “The World’s Sail Fish Capital”, although few years before, since 1954 became the venue of the Dorsey International Tournament, signing up more than 8 thousand fishermen from all over the world ever since. During February and November are the most important tournaments, although pretty much all year long people from all ages participate, organized by the Manzanillo’s Fishing Sport Club, A.C.
Visitors without experience also can be able to rent a boat with all the necessary services, with the minimum instructions to have fun from. Expert personnel are willing to escorts whoever requests them for the adventure: instructor with years of experience on fishing and assistants that set up everything for the activity, in fact at some restaurants your catch can be cooked.
At the restaurant there is a crew with more than hundred boats available that adorn the horizon. Most of the fish caught are released back to the ocean, to go out fishing is necessary having a medium boat that can be rented right there, this offers all the instruments for fishing, radios VHF, live savers and bathrooms, even some boats offer cabin service, meals and cold beverages. All that to go around a minimum distance of 10 miles off the coast and have fun catching fish.
Scuba Diving
Manzanillo offers the attributes that the marine treasure has in its deep ocean, ideal for scuba diving and snorkeling. There are just as many sites to scuba dive as the size of the ocean, sites named on fancy ways but distinguish by the guides and professionals for visitors to tour according to their status and interests.
In the deep sea the diver can appreciate closely the impressive rocky coral formations, also moving on the water near the gigantic stingrays and multicolor fish. Pretty much is recommendable to adventure on every single beach: Las Hadas, La Audiencia, El Arrecife, El Carrizal, La Roca del Elefante and Los Frailes are some of the recommended sites.
Kayaking and Surf
There are ideal waters for surfing and Kayaking in Manzanillo. At the Marabasco River, the Centiles ranch and the Navidad Island, where a habitat of crocodiles exist, is recommendable practicing kayaking.
Is common to see surf enthusiasts practicing this extreme sport in the Boca beach waters of Pacuales in Tecoman. The beach is unique on its type in Mexico, characterized by its black sand of volcano origins; also you will be able to get delighted with the cooking of exquisite fresh seafood by the shores.
Extreme Sports
For those adrenaline rush lovers, Manzanillo offers the necessary sources to leave you satisfied. In natural Camp and Bosque Tropical La Floreña, the tourist can practice mountain biking, hiking, rappel activities at the cliff of 12 meters high placed there.
For those ones ATV enthusiasts, the finish is at el Indio Ranch, after three hours of touring on an ATV with the company of a bilingual expert guide. The exiting tour gets through the mountain La Vaca and Peña Blanca beach in the search of the attractions from Los Cayacos Forest.
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