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Las Gatas Kayaking and Snorkeling Tour
Zihuatanejo, Mexico
- 5 hours
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Kayak and snorkel in Zihuatanejo Bay on a half-day trip to Las Gatas Beach that includes lunch on the beach, all equipment, and round-trip hotel transfer. Even beginning kayakers can navigate the calm bay inside the sea wall, where you can find coral reefs, colorful sea life, and an underwater statue of Jesus Christ.
- Half-day kayak and snorkel tour of Zihuatanejo Bay
- Guided snorkeling trip to the seawall
- Lunch included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off included
- Ideal choice for families
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transportation in an air-condition vehicle
- Lunch
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Start time
09:00 AM
Pickup details
8:30am from Ixtapa hotel district 2. 9:00am from Ixtapa hotel district 1. 9:20am from Zihuatanejo.
What To Expect
Begin with pickup at your hotel in Ixtapa or Zihuatanejo, and travel to La Ropa Beach to get fitted out with a kayak and lifejacket. Paddle alongside a guide as you make the short trip to Las Gatas Beach, where you pause for a cold beer or water before starting the snorkel tour of the seawall.
Everything from hermit crabs to tropical fish make their home on the sheltered inner surface of the seawall, and you can also find sea urchins and sea cucumbers among the coral reef formations. Swim as far as the ‘King of Kings’ statue, an underwater statue of Jesus made from melted-down keys donated by Zihuatanejo locals. Return to shore for lunch on the beach, choosing from a main dish of fish, chicken, shrimp or cheese quesadillas. All meals choices are accompanied by rice, salad, guacamole, and chips.
Relax on the beach after lunch, with ample time to soak up the sunshine or swim, then return to your kayak for the trip back to La Ropa Beach. This tour concludes with drop-off at your hotel.
Everything from hermit crabs to tropical fish make their home on the sheltered inner surface of the seawall, and you can also find sea urchins and sea cucumbers among the coral reef formations. Swim as far as the ‘King of Kings’ statue, an underwater statue of Jesus made from melted-down keys donated by Zihuatanejo locals. Return to shore for lunch on the beach, choosing from a main dish of fish, chicken, shrimp or cheese quesadillas. All meals choices are accompanied by rice, salad, guacamole, and chips.
Relax on the beach after lunch, with ample time to soak up the sunshine or swim, then return to your kayak for the trip back to La Ropa Beach. This tour concludes with drop-off at your hotel.
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Not recommended for child aged 2 and under
- Not recommended for adult aged 81 and over
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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Richard_M
Our guide was awesome. Super friendly and knowledgeable. Very fun trip, would recommend for all skill levels
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Kristin_T, Apr 2024
Pablo is fantastic! The kayaking is so peaceful and beautiful. Pablo is very knowledgeable about all of Zihuatenejo and the beaches. He shared lots of information and history. The snorkeling was beautiful. Pablo is very kind and helpful to ensure the best experience.
Liz_M, Apr 2024
Luis is very efficient and communicated with me as soon as I booked. He sent me a text to confirm and to ask if I had any questions. We were picked up right at our hotel lobby. They called to let me know they were almost at the hotel, so we could meet them. I appreciated that. From ixtapa. It was about a 20 min ride. We got to the dock and met Pablo. My sister had never kayaked before so he eased her anxiety and put us in a two-person kayak. He checked on us constantly and made sure we were always in the group. Kayaking was fun! It took us about 40 minutes to get to Las Gatas. On the way, Pablo gave us information about the region. I don’t know about the rest of the group, but I wasn’t really tired when we got to Las Gatas. Once there, we got ready to snorkel. We followed Pablo at all times. We saw lots of fish, sea stars, a very shy octopus and even an eel. Some in the group dove down to see Jesus. 😀 We had lunch after snorkeling. The lunch was yummy. Some had shrimp, others had fish. But there were many other options to choose from. We each got one drink (included). Note*** if you want more than one drink, you’ll need to pay for it. A piña colada is about $7. So not bad! Restrooms were readily available and clean. We had about half an hour after lunch to look around, shop or just go in the water. My sister and I sat at the restaurant to relax for a bit longer. Pablo came over and we had a great chat about where we were from, and he proceeded to tell us some more about the area and its history. We got back to La Ropa where our ride awaited. We dropped off our new friends first and headed to Ixtapa. It was a great day!!! I wholeheartedly recommend this tour. And if you get Pablo, say hello from the two Puertorican teacher sisters! 👋🏽😊
Darrell_R, Jan 2024
This was our third tour with Luis' company. We already reviewed the food tasting and archaeology tours. This tour was just as good as the first two and we would highly recommend it. Our guide was Pablo who was also our guide on the archeology tour to the ruins. We met near the fisherman's wharf and kayaked along the beaches to Las Gatas. Pablo was very familiar with the area and told us about the history of the beaches and the area in general. When we got to Las Gatas, we were greated by a group of people at the restaurant where we would have lunch. They took our kayaks and stowed them while we snorkeled and ate lunch. The snorkeling was not the best we have ever experienced (that was in Roatan and hard to beat), but not the worst. We saw lots of smaller blue angel fish, gobis, needlefish, etc. It was fun to be on and in the water after hanging out by the pools in zihuatanejo. Once again, we were on a small tour. There was only one other couple on our trip and they were very interesting. We had a lot in common so we had a good conversation throughout the trip.We kayaked back to La Ropa where Luis was supposed to meet us for a drive back to Hotel Irma. He was not there when we arrived so Pablo arranged a taxi at the companies expense to take us back to our hotel without delay. The whole trip was a lot of fun and we would highly recommend it.
Robert_V, Jan 2024
Well organized and fantastic trip. The kayaking in the Zihuatanejo Bay was beautiful and the snorkeling experience was one of the best I ever had. There is an enormous diversity of fish and because it’s rather shallow they are all close by. Gear, guidance , lunch transport etc was all perfectly arranged
Shawn_H, Dec 2023
We had an amazing morning leaving the pier by kayak. We took kayaks around zihua Bay with our guide telling us about the community and buildings along the way. We landed our kayaks on Las gatas beach and had a table to ourselves where we could leave our things and go snorkeling. Everything was looked after and we returned from snorkeling to great drinks and a delicious lunch of Mahi Mahi and shrimp. While snorkeling we saw so many fish along with a historic anchor from an original voyage of the area. There was also a 12 foot tall statue of Jesus that was lowered into the bay years ago. We then kayaker back to LA ropa Beach where we got a ride back to our condo. It was a great day. 10 of 10 reccomend this tour! Also the water is very warm in December.
Richard_M, Nov 2022
Our guide was awesome. Super friendly and knowledgeable. Very fun trip, would recommend for all skill levels
Liesl_S, Oct 2022
This was by far the highlight of our trip. We were a group of five with our tour guide Pablo. Four of us had kayaked before, one of us had not. Pablo guided us all on our Kayaks to Las Gatas beach for snorkeling, everyone stayed together and loved the kayaking experience across the Bay. We took a break at the beach and then geared up for snorkeling. We had one person in our group who hadn't snorkeled before, so Pablo helped guide them during the snorkeling piece of the tour. Everyone in our group was able to see tons of fish and loved their snorkel experience. After snorkeling, we had lunch at the beach and then kayaked a short ways back to the van that took us back to our hotel. It was a perfectly planned tour and such a great day!! Thank you Pablo and Luis! We would definitely do this again.
geeta_j, Apr 2022
Luis is very engaging. Kayaking and lunch were what we expected. The snorkeling was in a tiny area where we couldn’t swim freely. It was good for beginners but not people who had experienced open water reef snorkeling.
Patricia_F, Mar 2022
Luis and his assistant Leo made this trip fun. Kayaking across the bay, Luis gave us a lot of information about things to see and do around the bay. The snorkeling portion of the trip was the highlight of our vacation. Luis was so knowledgeable about the marine life and the history of the area. We highly recommend this adventure!
Mary_H, Mar 2022
Luis was an amazing guide, very knowledgeable and helpful. I was nervous with the snorkeling at first, but he made me feel safe through the whole experience. I will only book through him on my next trip to the area.
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