Boca de Tomatlán, colloquially shortened to Boca, is a small

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in the state of

Jalisco Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by s ...

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. It is popular with

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visiting the nearby city of

Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta ( or simply Vallarta) is a Mexican resort city near the Bahía de Banderas on the Pacific coast of the Mexico, Mexican state of Jalisco. Puerto Vallarta is the second largest urban agglomeration in the state after the Guadalajara ...

due to its beaches.

Geography

Boca de Tomatlán is located on the southern edge of

Bahía de Banderas Bahía de Banderas (, Spanish language, Spanish for ''Bay of Flags'') is a bay on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, within the Mexican states of Jalisco and Nayarit, being the westernmost municipality in Nayarit. It is also the name of an administrati ...

. It is located about from downtown

. The village is located on both sides of the Horcones River, which ends its journey from the

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here.

Climate

Boca de Tomatlán has a

Tropical savannah climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry "winter") and ''As'' (for a dry "summer"). The driest month has less than ...

(

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''Aw''), with dry winters and rainy summers. The village has a high amount of rainfall from June to October.

Nearby settlements

* Colomitos * Las Ánimas *

Las Caletas Las Caletas is a beach near Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. The home of Hollywood director John Huston John Marcellus Huston ( ; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote the s ...

* Majahuitas *

Mismaloya Mismaloya (from Nahuatl: ''michmaloyan'' "place where they grab fish with their hands") is a small village, located on the coast of the Bahía de Banderas in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Mismaloya lies on Highway 200, south of Puerto Vallarta. ...

* Playa Caballo *

* Quimixto *

Yelapa Yelapa is a small beach town in Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco, Mexico. The village lies in the southernmost cove of Bahía de Banderas (''Bay of Flags''). Etymology Yelapa’s name comes from an indigenous saying meaning "''where two rivers m ...

Tourism

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commonly stop by the beach to drop off tourists. In addition, the road to Boca de Tomatlán on

Mexican Federal Highway 200 Federal Highway 200 (''Carretera Federal 200''), also known as Carretera Pacífico, is a federal highway of Mexico. The Carretera Pacífico is the main leg of the Pacific Coastal Highway within Mexico and travels along the Pacific Coast from ...

also offers views of

Los Arcos National Marine Park Los Arcos National Marine Park is a national marine park in Mexico. It is located in the Bahía de Banderas, near the settlements of Puerto Vallarta and Mismaloya. The arches themselves are called Los Arcos de Mismaloya, "the Mismaloya Arches" i ...

. Adventure tour groups also pass through Boca, with the most prominent being

Los Veranos Canopy Tour Los Veranos Canopy Tour (Spanish for "the summers") is an adventure park nearby Boca de Tomatlán, Jalisco, near the resort city of Puerto Vallarta. It is known for its 16 zip lines spanning over , claiming to be the largest canopy system in the ...

. The beach usually has small seaside restaurants serving seafood. People mainly come to this area to see the wildlife as well, with

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tours being offered from November to March. Parrots, egrets, herons, pelicans, hummingbirds, seagulls, and frigatebirds all frequent the area, making it a popular place for

birdwatching Birdwatching, or birding, is the observing of birds, either as a recreational activity or as a form of citizen science. A birdwatcher may observe by using their naked eye, by using a visual enhancement device such as binoculars or a telescop ...

References

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