Three Days in Mazunte: An Itinerary From Inside El Torón Reserve

Fly into Huatulco (about 50 minutes from us) or Puerto Escondido (about an hour) and let our driver bring you in. Send us your flight number and arrival time. Check-in is at 3:00 pm; if you land early we'll try to have your suite ready, and if not, we'll keep your bags while you have lunch.

Our pools are cut into the cliffside rock and look straight out over the Pacific. On the first afternoon, this is the only plan we'd make. If you've booked Villa Pentágonos, you have your own infinity pool on its clifftop terrace, and you may not leave it.

We cook Mexican and international dishes from local ingredients and serve them in open-air dining spaces. After a travel day, eating twenty steps from your suite is the right call.

Breakfast is included. Afterwards, take the path down to our private beach inside the reserve, which is also a nesting refuge for sea turtles. Beach towels are in your suite. The turtles nest close by. We keep our distance too.

The turtle center in Mazunte village is the clearest way to understand this coast. Mazunte and San Agustinillo were built on the sea turtle trade until Mexico banned it in 1990, and the center is part of what the villages became afterwards. Go before you see a nest, not after. Take one of our bicycles if you'd like to ride in.

The middle of the day is warm. We offer massages and facials in your suite on request, or in a private air-conditioned space at Casa Cuachalalá. Book in the morning so it's set.

The rocky headland at the west end of Mazunte's bay is where people walk to watch the sun go down over the Pacific. It's popular, we won't pretend otherwise, and the trail is rough underfoot, so wear proper shoes and bring water. Leave earlier than you think you need to.

From December to April, whales pass close to this coast on their migration, and boat trips to see marine life leave from San Agustinillo. Morning is the time to go. Outside those months, skip straight to the beach.

San Agustinillo is three small bays, about 1 km of beach in all, known for water calm enough to swim in and still good for surfing. If you've never surfed, this is where to try: surf classes run here. If you have, it's a relaxed session rather than a serious one.

Our experiences program runs across five streams: Nurture, Explore, Create, Connect and Savor. Ask our concierge on day one which ones fit your third afternoon, and we'll arrange it.

Spend it where you started, on the reserve. The land does the work here. Check-out is at noon the next day, and depending on occupancy we can often give you until 1:00 pm at no charge.