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Parasailing

Parasailing

Challenge yourself to take to the skies with a parachute! If you’re someone who enjoys adrenaline and heights, as well as the wind wooshing by, then parasailing is just for you and available in Puerto Peñasco!

This entertaining sport will let you gaze over the city, from the Pinacate peak to Isla San Jorge, Sandy Beach, and even the outline of Baja California from the clear skies of Puerto Peñasco for an approximately 15 minute ride.

The parasail is anchored to a special speed boat, making it safe and secure, allowing you to take photographs of your surroundings from above. Parasailing adventures depart from near the malecón or Sandy Beach, and can carry from 1-3 people depending on weight. As well as being fun, safety measures involve appropriate equipment including cinches and a harness, which are necessary and comply with regulations.

There’s even an option to dunk down to your waist as part of the adventure. Costs range from $55 US individually to $100 US per couple and $15 US for anyone else in the boat just along for the ride.

TOUR OPERATORS

Address: Avenida Plutarco Elías Calles, Recinto Portuario, 83553 Puerto Peñasco, Son.
Phone: 638 104 4813 From USA 011 (52)1 638 104 4813
Email: fedeparasail@hotmail.com

Address: Blvd Benito Juarez, Calle 6 y, Recinto Portuario, 83554 Puerto Peñasco, Son.
Phone: 638 383 6525 From USA: 011 (52) 638 383 6525
Website: rockypointfishingclub.com

Address: Calle Miguel Hidalgo entre Alamos y Naranjo
Phone: 638 384 6973
Email: xploreactivities@gmail.com / abdigace@hotmail.com

Phone: From USA. 011 52 662 148 4280, MX 662 148 4280
Email: nallelyfimbres@hotmail.com
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Visit the Oyster Farms and enjoy fresh oysters straight from the sea to your palate

Visit the Oyster Farms and enjoy fresh oysters straight from the sea to your palate

Savor the taste of fresh oysters and experience shucking them straight out of their shells! Follow the turn-off just 7 kilometers from Puerto Peñasco, on the highway toward Caborca, leading out to one of the most visited oyster farms frequented by visitors and residents alike. The area itself is home to several oyster farms renowned for their excellent quality, which is why for years oysters have been exported from here to different parts of Mexico and to neighboring countries. The most visited oyster farm is run by a women’s cooperative, which also offers a small restaurant “El Barco”, serving seafood recently pulled out of the sea. You can enjoy recently shucked oysters taken right from the estuary, or delight in one of the restaurant’s dishes, straight from the Sea to your Palate.

TOUR OPERADORES

Address: Fracc. Las Conchas
Phone: US 520 320 5473 – MX 638 382 0113 
website: cedo.org

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Live the Ultralight Experience

Live the Ultralight Experience

If the thrill of adrenaline is your thing, don’t miss an opportunity to explore the heights aboard an ultralight while taking in the incredible view of sea, beach, and the city from nearly 700 feet up! This amazing flight will undoubtedly give you one of the best adventure experiences, accompanied by a profesional pilot for your safety. Each ultralight comes equipped with parachutes, which open automatically in just 5 seconds from 50 meters up for your safety. Ultralights can be found in the area of the Reef or near Playa Bonita.

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Shopping along “Rodeo Drive”

Shopping along "Rodeo Drive"

A classic spot you shouldn’t miss during a stay in Puerto Peñasco is that of the curios shops and galleries on the old road to Cholla Bay, also affectionally called “Cholla Mall”, “Rodeo Drive,” or “Shacks.” Once there, you will come across various types of folkart and souvenirs to take home, from pieces of shell-art made by local artisans to ironwood figures, Mexican ceramics, silver jewelry, t-shirts, sunglasses, sombreros, the traditional jorongo (Mexican blankets and serapes), bags, and iron work, among other treasures. Tucked between the galleries and curios shops, you will also come across a candy store offering a variety of typical Mexican sweets. A traditional Mexican restaurant will delight your taste buds with their cuisine and tequila tastings. The area is also known for its colorful decorations and fiesta each November in honor of Day of the Dead, and home to contests for altars as well as the traditional Catrina, along with a procession of contestants in elegant costumes.

TOUR OPERADORES

  • Sea Side Concierge 638-383-0700
  • Barco Rey del Mar 638-383-5490
  • Del Mar Charters 638-380-9678
  • ECOFUN 638-388-9699
  • Rocky Point Fishing Club 638-3836525
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Adventure to the Dunes

Adventure to the Dunes

Majestic dunes encircling parts of Puerto Peñasco offer a desert landscape worth admiring. Given nature’s wonder where the desert meets the sea, we are surrounded by incredibly immense sand dunes that can reach heights of 200 meters. Some of these are ideal for photo sessions, while others invite ATV adventures. If you’re even more daring and come across some of the tallest dunes, try your hand at sandboarding. Near the area of Sandy Beach there is ample space to try out these actvities, and nearby is “La Loma”, otherwise known as Competition Hill. This iconic spot is where hundreds of visitors go to race ATVs and off-road vehicles up the mountain. If you’re into adrenaline on the sand, be sure to check out guides who can take you sandboarding, or rent an ATV, but always follow safety guidelines to be sure you have a good time.

TOUR OPERADORES

Phone: 638 384 0216
Email: ptosandboarding@gmail.com
Instagram:
instagram.com/puertopenascosandboarding

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Visit one of Mexico’s 13 Natural Wonders “The Pinacate Biosphere Reserve”

Visit one of Mexico's 13 Natural Wonders "The Pinacate Biosphere Reserve"

“The Pinacate and Grand Desert of Altar Biosphere Reserve”

has been declared a Natural World Heritage Site by UNESCO given its beauty and tremendous biodiversity, being one of the most biodiverse deserts in the world due to its flora, fauna, and craters. Surrounded by extensive sand dunes, the Pinacate mountain range consists of the Pinacate peak, Santa Clara dormant volcano, the Elegante, Cerro Colorado, MacDougal, and Sykes maar craters, among others. The area has a rich history as also being the ceremonial heart for the Tohono O’odham of the past. This space of majestic and enigmatic beauty was also a training site for NASA astronauts for future trips to the moon, given similarities with the surface of the moon. If you choose to visit this incredible spot, we recommend you check with experts who will gladly guide you through this magical experience.

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Offroad adventure

Offroad adventure

For visitors who enjoy extreme activities, navigating the sand on ATVs is an indispensable activity. The speed, the adrenaline along with the dunes, the rocks and the mountainous land make a very attractive mixture to challenge your skills as drivers.

Discover landscapes, explore Puerto Peñasco in these vehicles and bet on adventure, let yourself be drunk by that feeling of holiday freedom and excitement.

TOUR OPERATORS

Phone: 6383868866
Email: xtremerentals@gmail.com / abdielsaarentals@gmail.com

Address: Calle Miguel Hidalgo entre Alamos y Naranjo
Phone: 638 384 6973
Email: xploreactivities@gmail.com / abdigace@hotmail.com

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El Pinacate

El Pinacate

and Grand Desert of Altar Biosphere Reserve

The stunning landscape of volcanic craters bathed in black lava of el Pinacate, as well as the dunes of the Gran Altar desert, in Sonora, were declared world heritage site by UNESCO. Its ten huge, very deep, circular caters constitute only part of the beauty of this unique place in the Sonoran desert, which is home to the greatest biodiversity of the four North American deserts.

El Pinacate is an exceptional area for ecotourism and for watching hundreds of birds glide through the air with a fascinating desert scenery as its background. Within the volcanic area there is a museum showing the prehistory and evolution of this area, which, due to geographical defects or external effects, has been transformed over time.

This natural protected area is home to over 1,000 species of flora and fauna, and is considered as the desert with the greatest biodiversity in the world. Here live 40 species of mammals, 200 of birds, 40 of reptiles, as well as amphibians and two species of native fresh water fish. There are also some endangered species such as the Sonoran pronghorn, the bighorn sheep, the Gila monster and the desert turtle.

El Pinacate and the Gran Altar Desert also have a great wealth of archaeological remains, dating back to over 20,000 years. The papagos or tohono o’odham (desert people) a group of people still living in this territory, consider it as being a very important cultural site, as they maintain the belief that the origin of their creation took place on the Pico Pinacate, where they still perform sacred ceremonies.

The designation of El Pinacate and the Gran Altar desert makes Mexico proud, it was for this reason that UNESCO received its candidacy in which it is accredited that this Natural Protected Area has an outstanding universal value, with natural and important ecosystems for the preservation of the biodiversity, in addition to a unique scenic and aesthetic beauty unparalleled in the world. 

The distinction grants Mexico the fifth natural site designated world heritage of humanity, earlier, this distinction was granted to the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, the El Vizcaino Whale Sanctuary, the islands and Protected Areas in the Gulf of California, and the Biosphere Reserve of the Monarch Butterfly.

Biology Station: 638 383 1433

Schuk Toak Visitors Center: 638 388 2277
Business Hours: Mon – Sun 8:00am to 5:00pm

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TOUR GUIDES

  • Claudia Reyna 637 110 2507 reynapinacate@gmail.com
  • Ecoturismo Caborca Israel Nava 637 104 5887 expedicionesdesonora@hotmail.com
  • Alma del Desierto 637 117 6681 almangy2009@hotmail.com
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Adventure at Bird Island!

Adventure at Bird Island!

Isla san jorge

Isla San Jorge aka Bird Island

One of the main natural attractions awaiting discovery when in search of adventure upon visiting Puerto Peñasco is a trip to Isla San Jorge, also known as “Bird Island”. Be sure to spend an incredible day getting to know this beautiful corner in the Sea of Cortez! Decreed a federal reserve in 1978, this small group of rock formations is home to birds characteristic to the Upper Gulf of California, as well as migratory species, and also exhibits one of the most important populations of seals and sea lions in the country!

The trip begins early in the morning by boarding a boat at the marina in Puerto Peñasco for the approximate 1½ hour trip to the island. This time allows you to take in the beautiful early morning and enjoy the coast extending southeast of town. If you’re lucky, along the way you may come across groups of dolphins accompanying the boat, entertaining everyone with their acrobatic maneuvers. If your trip is in the winter, we recommend you bring along binoculars and stay alert for possible whale sightings.

In nearing the island, you can readily appreciate various birds that fly alongside the boat on its journey. You’ll also be sure to note the characteristic smell given that the island is inhabited by thousands of birds, evidence of which is plain to see.

After arriving at the island generally from the North, which is protected from currents and winds from the south, the most exciting part of the trip begins. Take in this paradise in the company of hundreds of seals and sea lions who, curious to your presence, jump into the water to investigate and play around visitors. This is also when you can enjoy a variety of activities from merely observing and photographing the area to hopping aboard a paddleboard or kayak, or swimming in the sea.  Though landing on the island is not allowed, kayaks can get pretty close for observing the majestic sea lions. Or you may choose to swim, surrounded by curious and playful seals. In normal conditions, water visibility also makes this an ideal spot for snorkeling or diving.

After enjoying the Sea of Cortez, Bird Island, and its hosts, take pleasure in the return to Puerto Peñasco, resting and refreshing in the sea breeze while preparing to relish in a beautiful sunset as you top off a grand day of adventure!

TOUR OPERATORS

Address: Fracc. Las Conchas
Phone: US 520 320 5473 – MX 638 382 0113 
website: cedo.org

Phone: 638 109 7823
Instagram: @Daybreak.rp

Address: Recinto Portuario, 83554 Puerto Peñasco, Sonora
Phone: +1 520-407-6054
Website: delmarcharters.com
Email: reservations@delmarcharters.com
craig@delmarcharters.com

Address: Calle Recinto Portuario, 83554 Puerto Peñasco, Son.
Phone: 638 388 9699 From USA: 011 (52) 638 388 9699
Email: ecofunrentals@gmail.com

Address: Avenida Plutarco Elías Calles, Recinto Portuario, 83553 Puerto Peñasco, Son.
Phone: 638 104 4813 From USA 011 (52)1 638 104 4813
Email: fedeparasail@hotmail.com

Address: Safe Marina Recinto Portuario. 83560
Phone: 638 110 3487 From USA 602-904-1700
Website: panchovillarockypoint.com 
Email: panchovillarockypoint@gmail.com

Address: Blvd Benito Juarez, Calle 6 y, Recinto Portuario, 83554 Puerto Peñasco, Son.
Phone: 638 383 6525 From USA: 011 (52) 638 383 6525
Website: rockypointfishingclub.com

Address: Calle Miguel Hidalgo entre Alamos y Naranjo
Phone: 638 384 6973
Email: xploreactivities@gmail.com / abdigace@hotmail.com

Phone: From USA. 011 52 662 148 4280, MX 662 148 4280
Email: nallelyfimbres@hotmail.com
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Phone: +1 623–400–3474
Email: info@fishonpuertopenasco.com
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www.fishonpuertopenasco.com

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