The Best Way to Spend 48 Hours in Puerto Escondido, Mexico!

The Best Way to Spend 48 Hours in Puerto Escondido, Mexico!

We had the most amazing and jam-packed 48 hours in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. We started our exploring in La Punta, which is a really trendy and touristy part of Puerto Escondido that is known to be great spot for digital nomads. This area is great for cute coffee shops and shopping, and happens to be next to Zicatela Beach which is one of the most popular beaches in Puerto Escondido. We did a little sun bathing at Zicatela Beach while watching the surfers and the pretty intense waves that make this beach best for strong swimmers!

For lunch we headed to Zicatela Market which had great shops and venders in addition to the amazing authentic Mexican food options. We opted for the grilled fish and tostadas which we would highly recommend if you’re traveling to Puerto Escondido!

Puerto Escondido has many incredible beaches, and during our visit, we discovered that Bahia Principal is a much calmer swimming option than Zicatela Beach. There were tons of families swimming at Bahia Principal, but we were just passing through on our way to Puerto Escondido’s coastal walkway, called Andador Escénico. This pathway was built in the 90s and it’s age is really starting to show, but the scenes from this path were incredible. We recommend going at low tide though – it would be a bit of a scary walk at high tide! To end off our first day exploring Puerto Escondido, we headed back to Zicatela Beach for the best sunset views in Puerto Escondido.

For our second day of exploring, we treated ourselves to the best breakfast in town at a restaurant called Malagua – we can highly recommend a visit here! After picking up Evie from the Air BnB, we drove to Playa Coral and discovered we may have accidentally ended up at a nudist beach… we’re honestly still not sure. Either way, we had a great time enjoying another one of Puerto Escondido’s famed beaches before heading a little ways out of Puerto Escondido to Laguna de Manialtepic.

Laguna de Manialtepic is most famous for it’s bioluminescent plankton that are best seen at night. We joined a tour company called Explora Servicio Turistico for their mangrove tour of the laguna, and got to experience a beautiful boat ride as well as a stunning kayak through the mangroves (and the water lilies!). Explore Servicio Turistico also offers tours to view the bioluminescent plankton and they unexpectedly brought us into the water once it got dark enough to see the plankton! It was such a cool experience and we would highly recommend checking it out for yourself if you’re visiting Puerto Escondido. To book a tour with Explora Servicio Turistico, you can message or call +52 954 162 1843 or +52 954 126 8598 using Whats’App to book your own tour!

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== Chapters ==
0:00 Intro
1:28 Slow morning in La Punta
4:04 Red flags on Zicatela Beach
5:47 It’s market time
7:11 Best meal in Mexico thus far
8:34 Grabbing Evie
10:07 A new crowd at Playa Principal
11:00 Coastal walk
14:08 Chasing sunsets as per usual
15:37 Couldn’t resist this breakfast
16:59 Quick way to Playa Coral
21:37 Tour at Laguna de Manialtepec
23:06 Bioluminescence in the lagoon
24:12 It’s kayak time
27:18 Just in time for sunset again

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