Local Tour Recommendations

We have two friends who come to visit annually, one in December and one in April. The December visitor wants to paddle daily, then do new things. This year we went to the ruins, kayaked at Barra de Potosi, visited the church in Petatlan, and surfed at La Saladita. Fun stuff.

Our April visitor just wants to follow us around, so we will go visit the cocodrilario and watch the roseate spoonbills and storks, visit the coconut museum, finally, walk Paseo del Pescador, visit the nurseries in La Puerta and visit El Refugio de Potosi. IF the parthenon is officially ready, we'll do that, otherwise in December.

These are all local things. There is a lot to see and do up the mountain, but it's COLD!!!! Uruapan is closer than Patzcuaro, lower in elevation. so warmer, and has some beautiful, fascinating things to see, like Parque Nacional Barranca del Cupatitzio, go up the mountain to Paracho if you have any interest in stringed instruments at all, and then, a truly cool thing, the volcano Paracutin. There is so much to see in that area and it's not nearly as cold as Patzcuaro.

José Manuel Guzmán at Las Adelitas is a bilingual tour guide who does a great job and is officially certified.

Check out tourswithcarlos.com………Juan Carlos Garcia Garcia…..he has been a friend for 20 years and will take excellent care of you…… we just left Zihua a week ago and he took us on a tour to Santa Clara, Patzcuro and around the lake, San Miguel Allende and Morelia to see the butterflies…….. he speaks very good English and you won’t be disappointed…… when you call him let him know Grumpy said to make you busy…… he can do a custom tour for you like he did for us……. Peurto Vincente Guerrero is about 90 minutes from Zihua and lots of small towns on the way …..and a beautiful bluff about 15 minutes from PVG, with a nice restaurant and view of the ocean….we were lucky enough to see a couple whales on our day while having our breakfast……Have a great trip