More than 800 volunteers, including children, teens, and adults, removed over 1.5 tons of trash from Puerto Peñasco’s beaches during a citywide event to celebrate International Coastal Clean-up Day. On the morning of October 19th, hundreds of people toting buckets and trash bags took to the city’s coastline for the

The Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans (CEDO) opened its doors in Puerto Peñasco in 1980 under the leadership of Director Peggy Turk-Boyer. Housed in its main offices next to a majestic whale skeleton, CEDO has distinguished itself for work on conservation programs and monitoring the biodiversity

Whale sighting activities off the coast of Puerto Peñasco have been officially authorized by the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources under Mexican Official Law NOM-131-SEMARNAT-2010, which establishes regulations for whale watching excursions for the 2020 season from January 1st thru April 30th. This means whale watching tours that allow

A group of students and graduates from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City, currently touring outlining areas of the country, will be including the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve and its tremendous diversity in an ongoing scientific, cultural, and social documentary.  The project, format of which is similar

Gastro 638, a collective consisting of local chefs, continues to surprise tourists and locals alike with pairing dinners and gastronomic festivals in the port. Their second large culinary event of the year, “Gastro Fest 638”, will be held October 5th at Playa Balche at Mayan Palace. The event, geared at

Puerto Peñasco is chock-full of fun through the last three months of the year, and you don’t want to miss out on everything planned to enjoy for what’s left of 2019. We’ve got cultural, athletic, culinary, and musical events, as well as the highly anticipated Rocky Point Rally.

At a recent meeting headed by Puerto Peñasco Mayor Ernesto “Kiko” Munro, along with Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCV) President Héctor Vázquez del Mercado, representatives from the local administration, safety and health agencies, as well as members from the local business committee, work committees were formed that are meant to

The collective of Puerto Peñasco chefs known as Gastro 638 have been surprising tourists and locals alike with their now popular gastronomic wine-pairing dinners. To date, the chefs have presented culinary events in various restaurants at local resorts. On June 21st this past summer, a pairing dinner was held at

The new film Sonora, directed by Alejandro Springall, brings to the screen the script based on the novel La Ruta de los Caídos of Puerto Peñasco author Guillermo Munro. With a release date of September 6th, more than 300 copies of the film will be shown in theaters across Mexico.