Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Sports & Activities

Beach Sports Canopy Tours Whale Watching Sport Fishing Scuba Diving Dolphin Encounters Horseback Riding

For those seeking active pursuits, Puerto Vallarta offers an abundance of outdoor activities, such as ocean excursions, scuba diving expeditions, snorkeling, kayaking, floating parties, romantic dinner cruises, hiking, mountain biking, eco-tours, swimming with dolphins, whale watching, and 4-wheeling. Experience the natural beauty of Puerto Vallarta by exploring pristine sand beaches, parachuting over Banderas Bay, deep sea fishing, playing golf, horseback riding, scuba diving, and indulging in plane rides over secluded mountain villages. Tee off at the Marina Vallarta and Vista Vallarta golf courses –15 minutes from Casa Velas.

Water & Beach Sports in Vallarta. With 25 miles of coastline and golden beaches, Banderas Bay and Vallarta presents limitless activities. From secluded, pristine, white sandy beaches to rocky cliffs that end at the sea or tropical forests with palm trees that reach the shoreline, the beaches of Puerto Vallarta offer a diversity of activity and scenery. Ride a jet ski over the waves, paddle a sea kayak or try wind surfing and parasailing. The hotel can arrange activities, including waterskiing, wind surfing, deep sea and fly fishing, sailing, scuba diving, snorkeling, surfing, kayaking, regattas, and catamaran and yacht excursions.

Canopy Tours in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Exhilarating and educational, Canopy Tours are an eco-activity that guides you into Puerto Vallarta’s lush tropical rain forest and gets your adrenaline flowing. With Vallarta Adventures (www.vallarta-adventures.com), you can enjoy a Canopy Adventure, soaring along seven zip lines — one of them PV’s highest at 250 feet – crossing hanging bridges and rappelling to the forest floor, or the Outdoor Adventure - the canopy tour plus ride a mule, splash through streams and learn wilderness techniques. With Canopy Tours de Los Veranos (www.canopytours-vallarta.com), you speed over a river gorge along 14 cables while spotting exotic orchids, play on water slides or meet fawns, monkeys, pythons and tarantulas. The tour ends at a palapa bar with 80 brands of tequila and a riverside restaurant.  [Top]

Whale Watching in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Vallarta is one of the top places in the world to view humpback whales in their natural habitat. Catch a glimpse of the humpback whales as they make their annual migration through Banderas Bay December through March. See these amazing mammals display grace, power and beauty through their playful behavior. From November to March, humpback whales migrate to the warm waters of Banderas Bay. Several guided tours leave every morning to take visitors to see and learn about these huge mammals.

Sport Fishing in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Puerto Vallarta offers some of the best sport fishing in the world, and anglers from around the globe see if they can beat last year's big catch. Spend a blissful day out on the deep blue waters of Banderas Bay and fish with an experienced captain. Join a deep sea fishing charter and cast your lines for marlin, tuna, mahi mahi, dorado, sailfish, rooster tail and red snapper. Numerous charters are available on small pangas to large trawlers with fly bridges. Bass and other freshwater fishing is also available at lakes in the Puerto Vallarta area.  [Top]

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Scuba Diving & Snorkeling. With beautiful coral reefs and natural beauty, Banderas Bay is the perfect destination for scuba diving and snorkeling adventures. Off the islands of Los Arcos, Las Marietas and Las Caletas, you can experience tropical fish, mantas, dolphins, and turtles. Explore the rock formations of Los Arcos National Marine Park's underwater caves and canyons, secluded beaches with shallows teeming with tropical fish. Discover the wildlife reserves and marine ecosystem of the Marietas Islands with its deep caverns and rugged rock architecture. Tours range from short trips to all-day excursions, and night dives can be arranged for experienced divers.

Dolphin Encounters in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Swim with Pacific bottlenose dolphins and learn about these enchanting, gentle creatures at the Nuevo Vallarta Dolphin Center.

Horseback Riding in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. With gorgeous scenery, hillsides and valleys, Puerto Vallarta is a beautiful place to go horseback riding. Take to the hills, rivers, villages and jungles by horseback, exploring the countryside with tour guides, learning the history of the area and experiencing Vallarta in a natural way. Ride a quarter horse, thoroughbred or mestizo (mixed breed) to explore a jungle trail with orchids or catch the overspray of a waterfall. You can ride alongside a picturesque river or in the verdant foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountains, where the panoramic views of the bay are breathtaking. In Bucerias, you can trot along the beach.  [Top]