Los Corrales and Cabo Corrientes from Puerto Vallarta
- From Departs from Puerto Vallarta
- 8 hours
- up to 50 guests
- All year
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An eight-hour motor yacht day from Marina Vallarta to the very end of Banderas Bay: round the lighthouse point of Cabo Corrientes to Los Corrales, a fishing village with a pier, for a long stop and a lunch of oysters before the run home.
Highlights
- Cross Banderas Bay from end to end, to the point where it meets the open Pacific
- See the lighthouse on Cabo Corrientes from the water
- Step ashore at Los Corrales, a fishing village most people never see by land
- Fresh oysters at the water's edge, the dish the village is known for
- The whole motor yacht and its crew for your group
About this trip
This is a route we designed from places we have checked, not a set tour sold by one boat. Most bay days turn back well inside the bay. This one crosses it from end to end and goes just past its last point of land, to a village on the open Pacific side that few visitors ever reach, because the way in by land is a long drive and then a hike.
The yacht runs straight across the bay to Cabo Corrientes and slows off the point for a look at the lighthouse. A few minutes further on, around the cape, lies Los Corrales: a small fishing village with a pier and a restaurant by the water. The yacht makes for the pier, and the middle of the day belongs to the village. Oysters are what Los Corrales is known for, so lunch there is the reason for the trip.
The run is long, a little over five hours under way for the whole day, so we list motor yachts only and start in the morning. Past the cape the water is more exposed than inside the bay; the captain decides on the day how long the yacht can stay at the pier, and may cut the visit short if the swell builds. The price is for the whole yacht with its crew, and what is on board (drinks, food, water toys) differs from yacht to yacht.
Itinerary
After departure: 0:00
Board at Marina Vallarta
Meet your crew at the dock for the safety briefing. The yacht clears the marina and heads southwest across the bay, about 29 nautical miles in a straight line to the cape.
After departure: 2:30
Off Cabo Corrientes
After roughly two and a half hours at 12 knots, less on a faster yacht, the yacht holds off the point for about 20 minutes so you can take in the lighthouse and the coast either side of it.
After departure: 2:55
Ashore at Los Corrales
About a nautical mile around the cape to the village pier. Around two hours here: walk the waterfront, sit down to oysters at the restaurant, or keep lunch on board if you would rather stay with the yacht.
After departure: 4:55
Return to Marina Vallarta
The yacht rounds the cape again on the way home: about 30 nautical miles back to Marina Vallarta, around two and a half hours at 12 knots, often less on a faster yacht.
Yachts that run this trip
Questions
Why does the trip take eight hours?
The route runs about 61 nautical miles, rounding the cape on the way out and again on the way back, which is a little over five hours under way at 12 knots, the speed we plan with because the yachts' cruising speeds are not published. Add 20 minutes off the cape and about two hours at the village and the day comes to about seven and a half hours, which leaves room for a slower sea. A faster yacht gives you more time at the pier.
How is this different from the Pizota and Cabo Corrientes day?
That route swims at a cove inside the bay and only looks at the cape from the water. This one skips the swim stop and puts the time into landing at Los Corrales, on the far side of the cape, for a meal in the village.
Can we always land at the pier, and is there a fee?
Landing depends on the sea at the pier on the day, and the captain has the last word. We'll confirm the landing, any fee and whether the restaurant is open before your date.
Should we bring food?
The yacht carries drinks and food as listed on its own page, so lunch on board is always there if the village kitchen is closed or the landing is cut short. The oysters are the reason to go ashore, and they are sold in the village, not on board.
Can we stay for the sunset?
Not on an eight-hour day that starts in the morning: the yacht leaves the village in the early afternoon to be back in daylight. The light over the village is said to be best at sunset, which a longer charter or a trip of more than a day could allow.
Why are there no sailing catamarans on this trip?
At sailing speeds the round trip alone would fill most of the eight hours, with almost no time left at the village. The route is listed for motor yachts only.
Which marina do we leave from?
This trip boards at Marina Vallarta. Some of the yachts listed here are based at Marina Riviera Nayarit in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle and come round to Marina Vallarta to pick you up.
$2,600+ Tax
8 hours · 2 guests