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Chacahua Bioluminescence: Nature's Nighttime Show
4.8
45 Ratings
Puerto Escondido
Discover Chacahua’s stunning bioluminescence and breathtaking sunsets on an unforgettable afternoon journey. Experience nature’s wonders like never before.
Discover Chacahua’s stunning bioluminescence and breathtaking sunsets on an unforgettable afternoon journey. Experience nature’s wonders like never before.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Laguna de Chacahua - A one-hour drive north from Puerto Escondido leads to the National Park of Chacahua, which shares its name with the local community. Here, a delightful boat ride awaits within the national park. As we cruise, a stunning sunset unfolds, accompanied by a comprehensive explanation of the history, culture, and traditions that…
- Laguna de Chacahua - A one-hour drive north from Puerto Escondido leads to the National Park of Chacahua, which shares its name with the local community. Here, a delightful boat ride awaits within the national park. As we cruise, a stunning sunset unfolds, accompanied by a comprehensive explanation of the history, culture, and traditions that define this Afro-Mexican community. As night falls, anticipation builds for an unparalleled bioluminescence experience. Guests have the option to swim and enjoy the refreshing waters of the national park, where both bodies and water naturally glow in the dark. To conclude, we navigate once more through the natural mangrove mazes, under a sky filled with countless stars!
What's Included
- Bottled water
- All Fees and Taxes
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Bottled water
- All Fees and Taxes
- In-vehicle air conditioning
Additional Information
As a team we try to create journeys that are worth investing your time and confidence. We try to do our best to get out of the same schedules that our fellow colleagues offer this tour is whole afternoon experience that show us all the beautiful unique things mother nature has to offer the bioluminescence in Chacahua is voted as the best place to see it…
As a team we try to create journeys that are worth investing your time and confidence. We try to do our best to get out of the same schedules that our fellow colleagues offer this tour is whole afternoon experience that show us all the beautiful unique things mother nature has to offer the bioluminescence in Chacahua is voted as the best place to see it in Mexico. And the colors the sky paints during the sunset is just something else. We appreciate your preferences and will give our full effort to make sure your Journey is special!
Location
Puerto Journeys (Tours & Boat Trips)
Alejandro Cárdenas Peralta
Zona Adoquinada de Puerto Escondido enfrente de Congo Bar
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(45 Ratings)
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Beatrizcelenev
Feb 24, 2026
The best experience Bioluminescence - Excellent agency for this type of activities, punctual, safe and if you battle in English like me, always explain it in both languages and when the time came, it was magical, we were very lucky with Bioluminescence. Especially thanks to Natalia, always very cute and friendly since I asked about the tours and Jaziel excellent guide and driver, explained very well everything about it and always with a very friendly treatment since with everyone was managed to have a good connection.
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Z7611hycarlam
Feb 20, 2026
Authentic tours - Puerto Journeys is a local provider in Puerto Escondido that makes it worth exploring nature and the city in a social group that is always appropriate in number! The tour guides are there with great kindness and heart, so that you can feel comfortable and safe even as a solo traveler. I have already taken several tours in several holidays at this place with Puerto Journeys. Can recommend it to anyone!
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Margaret
Feb 18, 2026
Amazing, swimming with glowing water! Entire experience was perfect! - Both the guide, Jaziel and capt were highly knowledgeable about the area and able to describe what we were seeing. They were able to explain the difference in the mangrove flora , took us by several islands and explained what we were seeing. We are able to taste the salty leaves from the salt mangrove. We went through two separate lagoons via canals through the mangroves and ended up at a beachside Cabana. We swung on hammocks over the water had wonderful drinks then went back out after watching the sunset to swim in the bioluminescent plankton which was indescribably wonderful. Then back to our starting point in the dark which was kind of scary and fun at the same time. That Captain was amazing and knew the waterways with total confidence.
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Roberta_d
Feb 15, 2026
The boat trip through the... - The boat trip through the lagoons was so interesting, and the bioluminescence was fantastic. If you've never seen this magic effect, this is a must trip. And chacahua is year-round.
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Penelope
Feb 9, 2026
Magical Day in Chacahua With Maury - Fabulous trip with Maury, who spoke like a native English speaker. Saw many birds, lounged on a beach, watched a beautiful sunset and swam in bioluminescence. An unforgettable day in Chacahua.
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Cristina_b
Feb 4, 2026
Mangroves, birds and sunsets - Mauri, the captain and his assistant made this visit a 10/10. The environment is unbeatable and the team perfects it even more, you can see the affection for their land and the care and attention they put to everything. I went to know the lagoons of Chacahua and its flora and fauna, the addition of bioluminescence was a plus that just completed the experience! Highly recommended if you like nature and tranquility.
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Glenn_s
Jan 29, 2026
Chacahua Lagoon Tour with Mauricio - This was an amazing and memorable experience! The tour was educational, fun, unique, relaxing, interesting and stress-free. Our guide Mauricio was helpful, knowledgeable, kind and accommodating. Make sure to ask for him. The captain of our boat was also great because he was very good at finding birds in the mangroves, even stopping the boat a few times and waiting so that everyone could see whatever bird he had found. It was a long, full day but the adventure was worth it!!
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814odettes
Jan 28, 2026
Chacahua trip - an essential trip! - wow. what can I say! a truly beautiful experience. Maury our guide was great, friendly, knowledgeable and funny, and made the experience so memorable for us. full of facts, stories and great sense of humour. they went out of their way to accommodate what we wanted out of the trip. a day we will remember for sure.
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Timothyc397
Jan 26, 2026
Super Fun and Educational! - This is an excellent excursion with an exceptional guide, Maury. It entails an approximate 90 minute drive west from Puerto Escondido to El Zapotalito village, a boat ride across lagoons and through mangroves, a visit to Chacahua village for beach, surfing, swimming, sunbathing, food and beverages (surfboard rental is 200 pesos, and it and restaurant food/drinks are not included in the cost of the tour package), sunset on a beautiful beach, then a night boat ride back across lagoons and through mangroves to El Zapotalito, stopping to admire the bioluminescence in the water with opportunity to swim and stargaze on the return trip. Finally, the approximate 90 minute drive back to Puerto Escondido.
Lots of information about the mangroves, flora and fauna, bioluminescence, plus history of Chacahua and the area, all provided by Maury. This exclusion is much more worthwhile than those that strictly involve a short boat ride to see the bioluminescence.
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N7949xkbrendal
Feb 17, 2026
Worth it but go with change for the bathroom! - Going to the mangrove, the bioluminescence and the starry night was very worth it, we went as a couple and our guide Oliver was very attentive, he picked us up on time at the hotel, he gave us water and some toast there, he knew a lot about the culture of Chacahua, the only thing we did not like is that they charge the bathrooms and are dirty, even if you eat in the restaurant of Laguna Chacahua, they charge you 10 or 5 pesos, they have no watering cans and are very dirty, from there on out everything very excellent!
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