Zipolite Surfing While Camping, Budget-Lodging In Zipolite Oaxaca For Surfing
Zipolite's is a one-street beach village but you can find the Zipolite Internet Café near Posada Cristobal
where you plug in your own computer for 15 peso per hour or use their computers. There are weekend
discos, funky restaurants, and a large grocery store if you are doing your own cooking.
Mazunte and Puerto Angel's beaches nearby offer more of the same with a few upscale hotels.
Playa Panteon in Puerto Angel offers the most relaxed swimming beach and a modern hotel at $25-30 USD
a night with snorkel tours, scuba diving, and sightseeing boat tours leaving from the beach in front of the
hotel. Hotel Prices change and can double during December high season
From Zipolite you can catch a Camioneta to the crossroads and then a $20 peso bus north to Zicatela
Beach, home of the Mexican Pipe-Line and its more party-ready town of Puerto Escondido.
(cove beaches) Puerto Escondido is still remote compared to the Mexican Riviera's Acapulco
Puerto Escondido offers rental equipment, tour attractions, nightclub happy hours, luxury hotels, and
beaches. With lodging from $12 USD a night up to $150, every budget can enjoy Puerto Escondido.
Breakfast for $50 pesos Pancakes, fruit, and coffee, Dinner: $6.50-80 Pesos, grilled Dorado, Guacamole,
tostadas steamed vegetables.
An option is to travel north along the coast to Acapulco. No need to spend more than $30 USD a day on
these beaches nor to pack more than a beach outfit and sandals on the Pacific Coast beaches.
Dining will be on fresh fish and fruit that come to the markets and then the restaurants reasonably priced and
in abundance. The temperature hovers at 86 with a strong mid day sun. You'll find bus service efficient and
inexpensive, and the lodging reasonable and readily available except at Christmas time and New Years,
where you plug in your own computer for 15 peso per hour or use their computers. There are weekend
discos, funky restaurants, and a large grocery store if you are doing your own cooking.
Mazunte and Puerto Angel's beaches nearby offer more of the same with a few upscale hotels.
Playa Panteon in Puerto Angel offers the most relaxed swimming beach and a modern hotel at $25-30 USD
a night with snorkel tours, scuba diving, and sightseeing boat tours leaving from the beach in front of the
hotel. Hotel Prices change and can double during December high season
From Zipolite you can catch a Camioneta to the crossroads and then a $20 peso bus north to Zicatela
Beach, home of the Mexican Pipe-Line and its more party-ready town of Puerto Escondido.
(cove beaches) Puerto Escondido is still remote compared to the Mexican Riviera's Acapulco
Puerto Escondido offers rental equipment, tour attractions, nightclub happy hours, luxury hotels, and
beaches. With lodging from $12 USD a night up to $150, every budget can enjoy Puerto Escondido.
Breakfast for $50 pesos Pancakes, fruit, and coffee, Dinner: $6.50-80 Pesos, grilled Dorado, Guacamole,
tostadas steamed vegetables.
An option is to travel north along the coast to Acapulco. No need to spend more than $30 USD a day on
these beaches nor to pack more than a beach outfit and sandals on the Pacific Coast beaches.
Dining will be on fresh fish and fruit that come to the markets and then the restaurants reasonably priced and
in abundance. The temperature hovers at 86 with a strong mid day sun. You'll find bus service efficient and
inexpensive, and the lodging reasonable and readily available except at Christmas time and New Years,
Zipolite surfing is made attractive by budget lodging on
the Beach where Lodging includes Posada San Cristobal
which offers a restaurant and a variety of options from 150
Peso to Kikos where a tent site is 25 pesos a night..
the Beach where Lodging includes Posada San Cristobal
which offers a restaurant and a variety of options from 150
Peso to Kikos where a tent site is 25 pesos a night..
Zipolite Beach Lodging:
For independent travelers the Posada
Shambala offers budget accommodations
and a great view.
Oaxaca's Pacific Coast beaches never see crowds
except during the November surfing competitions at
Puerto Escondido and perhaps again at Christmas/
New Years. Otherwise these beaches offer solitude
and quality hammock time with not much else to do
but swim, beach comb, and dine on fresh grilled
Dorado.
Candles line Zipolite beach at night while visitors
watch the sunset .
Zipolite's beach-side posadas are quiet most of the
year except at Christmas and New Years.
Zipolite's nude-optional beach is one of the few
places in Mexico were nude bathing is allowed.
For independent travelers the Posada
Shambala offers budget accommodations
and a great view.
Oaxaca's Pacific Coast beaches never see crowds
except during the November surfing competitions at
Puerto Escondido and perhaps again at Christmas/
New Years. Otherwise these beaches offer solitude
and quality hammock time with not much else to do
but swim, beach comb, and dine on fresh grilled
Dorado.
Candles line Zipolite beach at night while visitors
watch the sunset .
Zipolite's beach-side posadas are quiet most of the
year except at Christmas and New Years.
Zipolite's nude-optional beach is one of the few
places in Mexico were nude bathing is allowed.
From Zipolite you can
collective cab(Camioneta 5
pesos) to Puerto Angel for
small waves and Mazunte
where you can find Eco touring
and the turtle Museum and
rescue project.
collective cab(Camioneta 5
pesos) to Puerto Angel for
small waves and Mazunte
where you can find Eco touring
and the turtle Museum and
rescue project.
Zipolite is one of Oaxaca's
quietest and best beaches.
Forty miles south of Puerto
Escondido, Zipolite lures a
few surfers, some European
nudists, and independent
travelers. The attraction is
freedom and lodging right on
the beach for 25 to 150
pesos per night except during
holidays.
A long-time favorite is
Posada San Cristobal
right on the beach with a
restaurant, bar, hammock
area, and lifeguard. station
nearby for 150- 200 pesos.
$12-$20 USD per night.
A new building in the complex
offers rooms with amenities
for 500 peso per night.
You need walk no further than
50 yards from your table to
the warm Pacific surf.
Kikos at the East end of
Roca Blanca (a block east of
San Cristobal) offers tent
sites for 25 pesos per night.
Get there by bus from Puerto
Escondido to Pochutla and
then collectivo to Zipolite or
ask the bus driver to stop at
the crossroads for
Zipolite/Mazunte and then get
a collectivo or Camioneta to
Zipolite.
quietest and best beaches.
Forty miles south of Puerto
Escondido, Zipolite lures a
few surfers, some European
nudists, and independent
travelers. The attraction is
freedom and lodging right on
the beach for 25 to 150
pesos per night except during
holidays.
A long-time favorite is
Posada San Cristobal
right on the beach with a
restaurant, bar, hammock
area, and lifeguard. station
nearby for 150- 200 pesos.
$12-$20 USD per night.
A new building in the complex
offers rooms with amenities
for 500 peso per night.
You need walk no further than
50 yards from your table to
the warm Pacific surf.
Kikos at the East end of
Roca Blanca (a block east of
San Cristobal) offers tent
sites for 25 pesos per night.
Get there by bus from Puerto
Escondido to Pochutla and
then collectivo to Zipolite or
ask the bus driver to stop at
the crossroads for
Zipolite/Mazunte and then get
a collectivo or Camioneta to
Zipolite.
Oaxaca's Zipolite Beach can be reached by air from Oaxaca's airport (OAX) to Puerto Escondido and then
OCC bus or local bus southeast along the coast to Pochutla, and from there a short taxi ride.
mountains to Puerto Escondido or to Pochutla. (8 hours) bring warm clothes for the mountain run. Motion
sickness a problem for some due to the extremes of the mountain road.
Several services run vans to the coast from Oaxaca city. They make runs to Pochutla from Oaxaca city. (6
hours)
The mountain driving can be tough on those prone to motion sickness, medicine is recommended by some
travelers.
OCC bus or local bus southeast along the coast to Pochutla, and from there a short taxi ride.
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mountains to Puerto Escondido or to Pochutla. (8 hours) bring warm clothes for the mountain run. Motion
sickness a problem for some due to the extremes of the mountain road.
Several services run vans to the coast from Oaxaca city. They make runs to Pochutla from Oaxaca city. (6
hours)
The mountain driving can be tough on those prone to motion sickness, medicine is recommended by some
travelers.
Transportation to Zipolite
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Zipolite Beach Lodging includes
Posada San Cristobal which offers
a restaurant and a variety of options
from 500 Peso suites in a new
beachside building to 150 Peso
rooms on the beach.
Posada San Cristobal which offers
a restaurant and a variety of options
from 500 Peso suites in a new
beachside building to 150 Peso
rooms on the beach.
Next door to San Cristobal, rooms rent for 200 Pesos a
night at the Posada Mexico with parking and an Italian
restaurant. Across the street, (above right) 150 peso a
night with free wifi.
At Kikos, a block east along the beach you can pitch a tent
for 25 pesos a night in an enclosed area facing the beach.
night at the Posada Mexico with parking and an Italian
restaurant. Across the street, (above right) 150 peso a
night with free wifi.
At Kikos, a block east along the beach you can pitch a tent
for 25 pesos a night in an enclosed area facing the beach.
Zipolite Beach Lodging includes the El
Quimista Cabanas and Lo Cosmico
Posada which offer cabins, shelters with
hammocks, restaurants and a variety of
options including massage and
aromatherapy nearby on the west end of
Zipolite beach near the Shambala
Quimista Cabanas and Lo Cosmico
Posada which offer cabins, shelters with
hammocks, restaurants and a variety of
options including massage and
aromatherapy nearby on the west end of
Zipolite beach near the Shambala
Two doors east of the San Cristobal Posada
find the Hotel Paradise , a new four story
place where rooms rent for 200 pesos a
night, no wifi as of Jan 2011.
It is best to ask questions when shopping:
free Wifi, hot water, ventilators, ceiling fans,
bar, restaurant, screens on the windows, off
street parking ?
find the Hotel Paradise , a new four story
place where rooms rent for 200 pesos a
night, no wifi as of Jan 2011.
It is best to ask questions when shopping:
free Wifi, hot water, ventilators, ceiling fans,
bar, restaurant, screens on the windows, off
street parking ?
Zipolite
Beach offers
great sunrises
and sunsets
Beach offers
great sunrises
and sunsets
Zipolite Beach Lodging:
For independent travelers the Posada
Shambala offers budget accommodations
and a great view from the hill on the west
side of the beach near the rocks pictured
above.
For independent travelers the Posada
Shambala offers budget accommodations
and a great view from the hill on the west
side of the beach near the rocks pictured
above.
Dawn in January at Zipolite Beach
Sunset mid January Zipolite Beach
Posada Shambala offers a great view
from the hill on the west side of the
beach with massage, aromatherapy
nearby.
from the hill on the west side of the
beach with massage, aromatherapy
nearby.
Zipolite Beach Lodging
Considerations:
Look for mosquito protection,
either a mosquito net over
the bed or screens on the
windows.
Ask about these options: a
ceiling fan, wifi, hot water,
restaurant with bar, secure
parking.
Considerations:
Look for mosquito protection,
either a mosquito net over
the bed or screens on the
windows.
Ask about these options: a
ceiling fan, wifi, hot water,
restaurant with bar, secure
parking.
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