Nestled on a wetland estuary between the Sierra Madre Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, Hotelito is located in one of the most important sea turtle and bird reserves in Mexico, 60 miles South Puerto Vallarta.
More than 150 species of birds live on the land and the estuary surrounding Hotelito. Rowboat tours take you deeper into wooded areas teaming with an impressive variety of land and water birds.
Beginning each July, sea turtles make their way to Hotelito's beach to lay their eggs. In this safe place, under the watchful eye of our staff biologist, you have the opportunity to witness the eggs hatching and the baby turtles scrambling over the beach toward the ocean. Nature here is as it was intended - alive, thriving, and free!
The “Playon de Mismaloya” was declared a sanctuary for marine turtles in October of 1986. Since HOTELITO Desconocido was built in this area, it has supported a program to protect the olive ridley turtles that come to nest along the beach. Every year, biologist from different states of Mexico comes here to run the program. What they do is to patrol the beach in order to collect the eggs laid by the females and to protect the female until she goes back to the sea. The eggs are buried again in a nursery to protect them from predator and pouching, until they hatch. Every year thousand of hatchlings are released at HOTELITO Desconocido, hoping that at least one of a hundred will come back again to continue with the miracle of life.
We invite you to share in this remarkable experience that is Hotelito.