activities
MARINA CHACALA
Swim the bay
Snorkeling (out front or south of the point by kayak)
Beach Golf
Miniature Golf
Tennis
Volley Ball
Pool Volley Ball
Badminton
Smash Ball
Bocce Ball
Kayaking (launch at south end of cove)
Play Games Scrabble, cards, monopoly, risk, jenga, chess, backgammon (please clean up after your or your kids play)
More Games: Checkers, Set, Old Maid, Wizzard
Frisbee
Croquet
Horseshoes
Throw a cocktail party
Get Romantic
Garden
Cook
Jacuzzi
Marco Polo
Swim our pool
Yoga (watch on your lap top)
Watch a movie on your lap top
Watch an I tunes TV show
Boogie Board in Chacala
Get a massage (ask Nydia for Katia $70 an hour or 1200 pesos/hr)
Read
Bird watch
Find these plants in the garden
Listen to music
Dance
Play Bartender
Internet
Call home (skype is $29.95 for unlimited calls to the states for a year!)
Take Photos
Do some chores
Snooze in a hammock
BOATING
Surf at Colarine, The Caleta, Platanitos (45)
Boogie board
Fishing
Whale watching (November thru March)
Sight seeing
Boat to Las Cuevas and snorkel (20 minutes)
Boat to Boca de Chile estuary and sight see, fish or kayak
Boat to Los Ayala, Playa de Besos, the island
Picnic at the secluded beach at Punta Raza (25 minutes)
Boat to Rincon de Guayabitos, anchor, swim ashore, and walk the Malecon
2 half day boat trips are free per week. Ask Nydia to call Juan for quote.
Please tip $50/ boat trip.
WALKING
Walk all around inside the gated community (full loop 60 minutes)
Walk to town via the main gate or side gate (15 minutes)
Walk the full Chacala beach (30 minutes)
Walk to the petroglyphs in Chacala (north end of beach on rocks)
Walk to volcanic crater in Chacala (ask Juan 60 minutes each way)
Have a cocktail or swim at the Mar de Jade hotel (south end of town)
Walk to Casa Pacifica have a meal or cocktail
Walk to town and boogie or body surf
Shop in town
See if you can spot the following cool stuff: whales, bats, iguanas, crabs & fireflies (summer), turtles, geckos, dolphins, manta rays, phosphorescence in the water, armadillo, tejone, strangler fig trees growing around palm trees.
DRIVING
Lunch in PV, walk the Malecon (1.5 hours away)
Spend an afternoon in Sayulita, surf, boogie, lunch at Don Pedros (45 minutes away )
Walk the beach at San Pancho (40 minutes)
Rent a boat in Sayulita and fish or sight see $45/ hr ?
Surf Anclote near Punta Mita, boat to surf El Faro, Bahia, La Lancha (1 hour)
Rent a boat at Anclote and visit the Marietas’ blue boobi and snorkel (1.5 hour)
Drive north to San Blas do the Jungle Cruise (1.5 hrs there, 3 hours cruise. 1.5 hrs back)
Have Juan take you to the petroglyphs in Alta Vista (30 drive, 2 hours walk, 30 back)
Drive north to Matanchen bay once the longest wave in the world (1.5 hours)
North to Santa Cruz a world class left (1.5 hour)
Drive into Las Varas and explore (15 minutes)
Drive north to Tequila for tequila tasting (2.5 hours be sure to spend the night !)
Visit the beautiful town of Tepic (1.5 hours)
Golf at the four seasons (1 hour)
Do Guadalajara (3 hours)
WIKIPEDIA INFO
Phosphorescent Water