Huatulco City Tour: A Comprehensive Overview with Cultural Experiences and Local Flavors Sampling
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21 Ratings
Huatulco
Discover the vibrant city of Huatulco with our comprehensive city tour. Immerse yourself in the local culture, sample delicious flavors of Oaxaca, and explore important landmarks. Become an expert on the different areas of Huatulco!
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Playa La Bocana - excellent view points for nice pictures
What's Included
  • Complimentary mezcal tasting
  • Climate-controlled vehicles
  • Refreshments included
  • Maps and visual aids provided
What's Not Included
  • food
Additional Information

A guided tour of the region to give you a broad understanding of our town’s layout, pinpointing key locales in our area, prime sites for beautiful photos, and time spent in our main plaza. Here, not only will we examine the church, but we’ll also stop by a weaver’s shop, where items ranging from small napkins to large tablecloths can be purchased - all handcrafted, of course. Additionally, the tour includes a taste of various Oaxacan flavors, including mole, chocolate, string cheese, salsas, grasshoppers and, notably, a wide array of mezcal tastes and qualities. Rest assured, you’ll be utterly familiar with the different sections of the area post-tour.

Location
Playa La Bocana
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
4.6
(21 Ratings)
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Ross_w
Mar 10, 2024
Beautiful views from cliff. - The view from the lighthouse area. Shopping in the city. The church. Javier’s commentary re the history and how residents obtain water for their homes.
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Sandhyaranijha
Jan 5, 2024
Great guide and great views - Alberto was fantastic. No question was too silly, he knows so much history and biology, and he made it easy to fall in love with this place he loves. He also gave us an excellent dinner recommendation when we said we were looking for someplace vegetarian-friendly!
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Raymond_d
Dec 13, 2023
Huatulco city tour - Excellent trip driver Ricardo and Manuel, looked after us really well and the tour was great too, definitely recommend them and the tour.
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Sandrabq7667xu
Oct 28, 2023
Alberto is a rock star! - Alberto was an amazing tour guide!! He picked us up from the airport and took us to our hotel. He took us on a walking tour of the city, a yacht tour of the bays and mud bath with local women. He's extremely knowledgeable and has a background in biology, so if you're a science nerd his knowledge will help you connect with the area, which I absolutely loved! We were in a group of 13 and were always comfortable and safe everywhere we went. I will absolutely be using Alberto and Homietours when we visit again!! Much as gracias Alberto!
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Rory
Dec 9, 2022
Great experience - Our tour guide was Emanuel. My favorite part of the tour was how much insight he gave us into Huatulco, and the people and history there. It combined well with the sights and the shopping. I would come back to Huatulco.
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Scott_m
Apr 11, 2024
Good tour - Good excursion. A little confusing at the beginning - some people were given red tags, others green, but we ended up on same van. Not sure what the different colors were meant to represent, and the rep said I’d didn’t matter. But once we started the tour, it was good. We covered a lot of areas, and guide was good.
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Walksrocco
Mar 5, 2024
Nice overview tour! - It was a decent tour. Raciel took us to many beauty spots and lookouts around Crucita and the marina area. He was a good tour guide. We went to two businesses in the town. One was a tourist shop that sold souvenirs and mescal. We were offered different mole sauces, corn chips, dried grasshoppers, and sample the mescal and/or hot chocolate. We were there too long, in my opinion. Then we went to another, higher level tourist shop which was, for me, much more interesting. We were shown a demonstration of the process of making the beautiful hand woven rugs of the region. She explained the use of the insect cochineal in making dye for the wool. Real works of art! Then, we were directed to walk around the town plaza square and meet him on the other side in approx 20 minutes. This also very interesting and felt safe. I wish we had spent more time at the plaza, but we did have time to visit the church briefly, but Mass was going on, so not possible to learn about the church at that time. Overall, it was a good tour and the van was very nice and air conditioned.
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Kathleen_s
Jan 14, 2024
A good tour of a so-so town - There's just not that much to see in Huatulco. It's a manufactured vacation destination. Our guide did take us to see a neighborhood woman who gets by by making tortillas and a weaving shop where old fashioned looms are still used, plus a church and drive through the countryside. Ok, just not all that.
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Gary_w
Dec 13, 2023
Not much to see in Huatulco - Not too much to see in Huatulco and the surrounding area. Ricardo, the driver and Manuel the guide, did their best to make the tour enjoyable. Of course, too much time was allotted for shopping.
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Rogeressex17
Feb 20, 2023
Enjoyable tour - Alberto was a good guide, very knowledgeable with excellent English. Initially he took to to several viewpoints along the coast, explaining about Huatulco's green credentials. He was happy to take photographs of us with the bright blue Pacific as the backdrop. Then he took us into the town centre and dropped us off for just under an hour to do our own thing (while he did a taxi run) picking us up in front of the church in the photo. We didn't get to visit a (weavers) looms shop, but had a quick stop to see them make tortillas and to taste one. We also didn't get to sample the different flavours of Oaxaca like: mole, chocolate, string cheese, salsas, grasshoppers and especially a huge range of mezcal flavours, as he seemed to be in a rush to take us back to our ship to pick up another tour party. Still the tour was much cheaper than the equivalent one our cruise ship was offering.
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