Today we took a boat from Nuevo Vallarta south to a private reserve called las Caletas, owned by an entertainment company called Vallarta Adventures. They offer several excursions around the Puerta Vallarta area, including jeep tours of the Sierra Madre mountains, dive trips to the Marietas islands, and an outdoor adventure trip that includes ATVs, donkey rides, rappelling, and other unnatural acts.
Our trip was tame by comparison. We went to the Vallarta Adventures HQ, caught the small catamaran to las Caletas, and disembarked. Las Caletas is a beach reserve with trails up into the hills, several bars, and a restaurant. The trip price included the boat transport, breakfast, lunch, snorkelling, a monkey & parrot interaction, and the chance to get away from things for a day. We did get a couple of extra excursions (i.e., they cost extra). The spouse got a massage and I snorkelled with a 320 lb sea lion. Very interesting.
I considered diving, but the dive master talked me out of it. He said that although some people were doing their open water dives, certified divers would not enjoy the dive because water conditions were so bad. He was correct: I cut my snorkelling trip short because all I saw was murk. I generally have better vis in our freshwater lakes than I saw at las Caletas! Apparently, good dive conditions are several months off.
We had good paella, and some fantastic flan and tres leches.
So far, for an "all-inclusive" vacation, we're spending a lot on extras. Oh, well. It's Spouse's only chance to travel this year since she didn't have any vacation built up. We're having fun, though!
Mas mañana!
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