Plan Your Mazunte Stay

This is a guided travel planning checklist on how to get to Mazunte, what to expect and what to bring to your trip to Mazunte, Mexico.

The most crucial factors to consider are temperature, rainfall, crowds, and peak or off-peak season.

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  • Any time of year can be wonderful at Posada Arigalan. The most crucial factors to consider are temperature, rainfall, crowds, and peak or off-peak season.

  • There are two sharply defined seasons in Mazunte, Oaxaca (as in most of Mexico) - the tropical/moist weather of summer and early fall, and the dry weather of winter and spring. In July, August, and September the increase in cloud cover can push the average daily temperatures below those of the very warm late April, May and early June. The advantage of visiting in the summer/fall is the lush, green landscape.  

  • Peak Season is from December through mid-April. Peak Season includes the merriest and most colorful times in the area! There are two periods when the beach area is more populated — Christmas to New Year, and Semana Santa, the pre-Easter Week — although you will never experience crowds like those in busier destinations like Cancun. 

    • If you wish to experience more local color, then come during one of the many local festivals. 

    October through mid-December is a good time as the landscape is still very lush, the beaches are beautifully uncrowded and temperatures are cooler. The occasional showers of July, August and September frequently cool things enough to make your stay enjoyable. No matter when you come, the sky is always blue, the water turquoise, the people friendly and the food outstanding. 

How to get to Mazunte.

Driving to Mazunte and arriving at Hotel Arigalan

Once you enter Mexico you will find outstanding roads (some toll roads), which offer some of the most panoramic views of this beautiful country. Gasoline is controlled by the government and Pemex gas stations are plentiful on the main roads leading to Oaxaca and Posada Arigalan.

Mexico is a beautiful country with the most wonderful scenery that can be found.

From the high and low deserts to the snow-capped mountains and jungles, you will find thousands of reasons to drive your car, which allows you to stop and enjoy the scenery. Keep your camera handy as you will need it around every bend.

Mazunte airports

Apart from Mexico City, Mazunte can be accessed via three airports:

  • Oaxaca (OAX). By road, from Oaxaca to Mazunte, depending on the choice of road it takes between 6 hours (mountain) and 9 hours (highway) by bus. The bus companies are ADO or Lineas Unidas. There is also a flight connection (45 minutes) with AeroTucan.

  • Huatulco (HUX), 40min drive to Arigalan. 

  • Puerto Escondido (PXM). 50min drive to Arigalan.

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What to bring to Mazunte

Posada Arigalan is located in the small and quiet ecological reserve of Mazunte, and as such, it is protected from "development" by big hotels. 

There are plenty of small shops nearby where you can find groceries and necessities for daily life. Pharmacies, bakeries, an organic store, and many locally produced products are available. The Sunday Market offers a wide range of local food and art from the area.

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With detachment comes the difficulty of finding certain items.

Of course, one can travel to Huatulco or Oaxaca and find almost any desirable product if need be, but you will find it useful to bring these items:

  • Don't forget sunscreen if you aim to spend time on our beautiful beaches.

  • This will come in handy at night when you want to walk on the beach or areas that dont have street lights. 

  • Although the mosquito population is not severe, we are in a sub-tropical area with lots of tropical vegetation that promotes the life of many living things. Organic natural Repellents can be found in stores in Mazunte.

  • Mexican electricity is supplied at U.S.-standard 110 volts, 60 cycles. Plugs and sockets are generally two-pronged, non-polar. A two-pronged polar plug has different-sized prongs, one of which is too large to plug into the non-polar sockets in use in Mexico. You must bring adapters if you are going to use appliances with polar two-pronged or three-pronged plugs.

  • Although film is available, it is desirable to use digital if possible. We have free Wi-Fi for our guests traveling with their own laptops. There are Internet cafes in town, with access to scanners, copiers, SKYPE telephone and other amenities available at a reasonable cost. 

  • Besides sunglasses, you will find a hat to keep the sun off of your head during the day on the beach quite a necessity. With an average 85-degree Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius) weather you will want to bring clothing that is both lightweight and light in color.

    Mazunte is very laid back with most people wearing very casual clothes such as shirt and shorts. Men will often not wear a shirt and it is not unusual to see many wearing sarongs or a veshti. Women will be most comfortable wearing simple skirts, shorts and blouses, although it is not at all uncommon to see bikinis with a beach cover-up or a bikini top and skirt. Shoes should be light or open sandals. Loose-fitting, hand-washable, easy-to-dry clothes make for trouble-free Oaxacan coast vacationing.