Hotels and other Accommodations
Catemaco hammock spaces, luxury inns and
trailer camps accommodate any budget and any
length of stay.
Restaurants
Had any good fresh water snails lately?
Catemaco´s many restaurants and the Tuxtlas Gulf
beach
palapas will satisfy your taste for seafood in
myriad ways.
Places to Visit
Breath-taking water falls, hidden lagoons and
solitary
beaches will occupy the days of your
visit. More butterflies live here than in the rest
of North America.
Activities
Lazily drifting on placid rivers, rappelling cliff
sides, running 50 kilometers around Laguna
Catemaco, or mellowing with a Margarita on
the shore will slough your days away.
Tourism
It takes 365 days a year to get to know Catemaco & Los Tuxtlas
To find out what to do in Catemaco "cuando calienta el sol"
click here please.
Overview
Tourism facilities are primarily located in the cities of Catemaco, San Andrés Tuxtla and Santiago Tuxtla. The
coastal and highland areas are still in the touristic stone age.

Getting here
Highway 180 crosses Los Tuxtlas, running from the Texas border to Cancun. Drive times from Veracruz city
are 3-4 hours, Mexico City 7-9 hours. The closest airports are Veracruz and Minatitlan.
About 8 daily first class buses arrive daily from Veracruz City. Second class buses run 24 hours a day.
Overnight buses are available from Mexico City.

Getting Around
There is no rental car service in Los Tuxtlas. Bike and seasonal motorbike rental is available in Catemaco.
All cities abound with private taxis with inexpensive rates starting at 14 pesos.
Intercity buses connect the 3 major cities, about 6 pesos from Catemaco to San Andres.
Communal taxis seating up to 6 in small Nissans connect major towns.
Piratas (4 door Nissan pickups with rain roofs and seating up to 15) connect to most coastal and rural places.

Where to stay
In Catemaco most of the year,  the 2 better hotels charge more than 1200 pesos double, and most hotels on or
near the Malecon ask for 500 - 800 pesos. Relatively inexpensive hotels near the center ask upward of 179
pesos.
On the coast, at present only the Montepio area has a semblance of hotels starting at 250 pesos.
In the hills are various communal ecotourism enterprises that are geared towards groups.

Where to eat
Most restaurants serve typical Mexican fare, with an emphasis on seafood in Catemaco. Breakfasts start at
around 25 pesos and fish or meat dinners start around 60 pesos. Most restaurant prices are uniform, except
for inexpensive eateries around the central market.
The few restaurants on the coast feature fresh fish dishes that can get expensive. During high season dozens
of palapas serve more inexpensive dishes.

What to see
If you like nature there are literally hundreds of sites around Los Tuxtlas worthwhile visiting, starting with the
Eyipantla waterfall.
As for buildings, the Catemaco Basilica and the Santiago Tuxtla museum rank high.

What to do
Most visitors take a boat ride to see monkeys on the islands of the Catemaco lake.
Nanciyaga, the "ecotouristic" mini theme park with crocodiles, shamans and mud baths is the area's best
known attraction. If you like, you can get a so called "limpia" from dozens of brujos around Catemaco (around
200 pesos).

When to come
Anytime is a good idea. Hottest but dry months are mid April to mid June, rainiest months are August,
September and October, and nastiest wet and cool months are December and January
.

When not to come
The weekend of Semana Santa (Easter). All of Los Tuxtlas turns into a madhouse.