Welcome to Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Mexico, and nearby communities of Troncones Beach, Pantla-Buenavista and Barra de Potosi.

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Las Gatas Nature Study Center

Our friend Owen Lee is back in town for the season and has just announced the reopening of the Nature Study Center at his Las Gatas Beach installation in Zihuatanejo, Mexico. The official reopening ceremony will be happening this Saturday, November 28 (amendment: date moved to Dec. 5, 2009) starting at 3 p.m. at the [...]

Nesting turtles

Local newspapers have reported that there was an almost record count of turtles nesting in the area this past weekend. An article in the Despertar de la Costa reported that more than 120 sea turtles of the Lepidochelys olivacea species (Olive Ridley, in Mexico known as the Golfina) arrived on Saturday night to our area, [...]