Getting Around El Cuyo

This question has come up a few times recently, so I felt it’d be useful to put together a little blog post with this information!

Getting around El Cuyo is fairly easy on foot – the town stretches east to west alongside the beach and is approximately 2.5km long. From north to south, between the sea and the lagoon at the widest point, the island is less than 1km wide.

However, if you want to explore every backstreet you might want a speedier option. Please be aware that there are LOTS of little backstreets that all look similar and it’s like a maze – but as it’s an island at least you know you’re never going to wander too far before you hit water! With this in mind, you might decide that hiring bicycles or a quad bike is a good idea.

BICYCLES… 

can be hired from Naia Café. They have 4 and cost 100$ for the day. Zazil Ha and La Conchita restaurant also hire bikes out for similar prices

GOLF CARTS…

can be hired from Miramar restaurant/Aida Luz hotel (facing the church on the main square). They’re 200$ per hour.

QUAD BIKES…

can be hired from Ivan at the Perla shop (with the beautiful flamingo wall art on the main square). They’re 200$ per hour.

MOTO-TAXI…

is another option! If you fancy travelling like the locals and you just want to get from A to B (for example if you arrive by public transport and need to get to your accommodation and you don’t fancy carrying you suitcases for 2km) – you can take a moto taxi. This is an experience in itself! It’s a motorbike with a seating area attached to the front with benches…

La Iguana moto-taxi is run by Tacho, and prices to just about anywhere in town costs 10$ per person. He is contactable by whatsapp on + (521) 287 131 5670 or on + (521) 986 120 7959. He doesn’t speak English so if you’re needing a pick up and don’t speak Spanish I recommend you use the following template!

• • Hola! Necesitamos un taxi

  insert the date and time

  Somos

• insert number of people 

• • Estamos

  insert where you want collecting from

• • y queremos ir hasta

  insert destination

• Es posible? Puedes contestar a este numero por favour? Muchas gracias.

Please note that there are a lot of vacation rental houses here and as there’s no real roads or very precise addresses, it’s worthwhile having a picture ready on your phone of where you’re going.

That’s it for today! Let me know if this is of use and if there’s anything more I can help with!

Cathy x