Huatulco beach with more bays

Santa María Huatulco, aka Huatulco, is a municipality in Oaxaca (Mexico). It was founded about 489 years ago and has a population of 33,194 inhabitants. 

On January 8, 2011 celebrated the 472 anniversary of his qualifications as a people. 

The municipality of Santa María Huatulco is located approximately eight hours from the capital of the state. One of the cities with the highest population of the municipality is the Small cross, part of tourism development Huatulco. Every year thousands of tourists visit it. It has an international airport, the International Airport of Huatulco. 

Its main attraction is its 9 bays and 36 beaches. The bays are named: 

Rabbits: has two beautiful beaches: Playa Punta Arena and Rabbits; 

Tangolunda: Zapotec means "pretty woman"; considered the main hotel area of the municipality, with a golf course 18 hole par 72 course with beautiful sea view; 

Santa Cruz: has three beautiful beaches: Delivery, Peppermint and Punta Santa Cruz; is one of the largest bays in the place, since there is the dárcena or pier where you can catch all the boats and a cruise ship pier of international stature; 

Chahué: Zapotec means "fertile land" or "damp earth"; boasts a marina for yachts; 

Maguey: this beach about 500 meters long and 25-50 meters wide is visited because of the calm waters, the water is clear with green and blue hues, and has warm temperature; 

Body: virgin beach approximately 240 meters long and 20 meters wide; the slope is moderate, as the waves; 

Cacaluta: Zapotec means "black bird" or Cacalote; receives every year to various migratory birds; 

Chachacual: a large ecological reserve is integrated to Huatulco National Park; has two attractive pristine beaches: Chachacual and India; to date the only access is by sea; 

St. Augustine: with approximately 1,500 meters long and 20-80 meters wide, has a white coral reef just a few meters offshore; has two beaches: San Augustine and Cacalutilla. 

Huatulco has a high potential for ecotourism, stand out in this kind of business on the tour to the magical waterfalls Copalitilla, the bike tour, rappelling, ziplining, horseback tour, Mayan Temazcal Santa Cruz, bird watching, etc.. We also have been developing for some years ago community tourism activities, which consist in learning about community life surrounding tourism development.