Hiking Boca de Tomatlan to Playa las Animas (Puerto Vallarta)
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- The complete hike from Boca de Tomatlan to Playa las Animas in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico! After our sudden trip to the United States, we decided to visit beautiful Mexico again! We spent 2 weeks in Puerto Vallarta in the state of Jalisco. We unfortunately didn't film a lot there, but we did film this beautiful hike! There are five beaches including Boca de Tomatlan, Playa Colomitos, La Troza, Playa Caballo, and Playa las Animas! :) We hope it helps you navigate the trails and how to catch the water taxi! (And find the best street tacos in Puerto Vallarta!)
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:46 Boca de Tomatlan
2:10 About the Hike
3:18 Playa Colomitos
5:33 La Troza
6:38 Playa del Caballo
7:34 Playa las Animas
8:45 the Water Taxi!
10:58 Puerto Vallarta Old Town
11:33 Street Tacos in Vallarta
14:30 Thanks for watching! Subscribe for more adventures! :D
Loving the drone vibes. Honestly the first beach cove looked the best imo. Alan's happy taco face is the best, also I feel ya guys on the getting old part. Lol.
Thank you!! The first was definitely the most picturesque!
Ugh it's the worse right? Can we rewind to our 20yo bodies? lol
That was small town friendliness from that guy. That IS a beautiful hike.
Oh, those waters!! “Smallest beach in all of Mexico.” And an awesome one! Along with the others you’ve found!
You found the beach…but i’d be all for the more secluded ones!
🚦🌮!!!! 🛑4🌮!!!!
That looks 😮🤤!! As does the sunset. Even with the only part you saw. Wow.
We loved the small town vibe!! Wish we could send you some of these tacos, they’re so good!!
That was a gorgeous hike. That 2nd beach was gorgeous! Beautifully filmed guys. Loved it 🍻
Thank you so much!! So happy you enjoyed it! And definitely, the beaches there were stunning!!!!
The coastal views are stunning! My kind of place.
It was absolutely gorgeous!! Definitely worth adding to your bucket list!!!
I am watching this at dinner time and damn do those tacos look good…
Ugh they’re amazing!!!! What did you have?
Woohoo looks like you’re having a mega time in Mexico! Amazing drone shots,and beautiful edits. You really captured the vibe here and loved the hike 🙌 we’re usually based in Puerto Escondido, but really wish we made it up to Puerto Vallarta!
It was so nice to be there, especially after suffering in Europe's cold!! lol
Thank you so much!
Where are you guys right now?? You should definitely make the trip to PV when you get the chance! It is beautiful!
Burrata and al pastor tacos!!!! ❤️❤️❤️ yum!!!!
Mexico does food right!!!
*I have been here. It's gorgeous! Just take a taxi or uber to the town named "Boca De Tomatlan" which is about 40 minutes south of Puerto Vallarta and from there you can take a 🚤 small boat that will take you to the 5 beaches. You just tell them which beach to take you to and pick up time orrr you can hike there. One of the 5 beaches, "Las Animas" has 🍽 restaurants & chaise lounge chairs. If you go to the other 4 beaches make sure to bring a lunch & water.* *The water is an emerald green.* *Playa Colomitos is the smallest beach in Mexico. Enjoy your trip!* 🤩
Thank you!!! Such a well written explanation!!! It really is a wonderful day trip!
@@IfWeGoTo *Thank you. It is fun & beautiful to visit. My parents are from that state, Jalisco ❤.*
such a beautiful beaches and awesome drive and walk through that beautiful place. Great sharing 👍 greetings and watching from Spain
Thank you so much! We’re hoping to visit Spain this summer :)
This just got me hungry.
Don’t worry, tacos do that to me too 🤣
This video made me hungry for tacos
But aren’t you always hungry for tacos?!
looks like a beautiful place, great work guys!
It is a stunning part of the world! Thank you so much! We’re glad you enjoyed it!!
Looks like a great adventure!
It was one of our favorites in Vallarta! Definitely recommend that hike! It's gorgeous there. Thanks so much for watching :)
Wow amazing place my friend i already remember the beaches in my province of romblon2 philippines..thank you for sharing some places my friend..keep safe booth of you.
Thanks friend!!! You do the same!
Great video guys! Loved the b roll and the humour🙃
Thank you!!! I’m so happy the b-roll turned out cause I somehow bumped the lens stabilization that day and didn’t notice. 😂
@@IfWeGoTo Looked great! What camera are you using?
@@AwakeAbroad Thanks guys!! Hope Puerto is still treating you well!
We have a canon eos R and a couple of these shots were on my phone! Nothing too fancy, but it gets the job done!!
Scenery is very beautiful my friend
It is definitely a beautiful place! Thanks so much friend!
So beautiful stay safe and happy
Thank you!!! You do the same!!
Koalafied to Party 🤣. Good job on working on your Spanish! Twisted ankle and knee to chin? 🤕 Tacos looked delicious!
We saw that shirt in Australia and had to get it. It’s too good. 😂
Haha, it was worth it for the views and tacos!!
Nice video guys how long did it take you guys do do all of that those beaches with gorgeous !!!
I think between 3-4 hours!! We could’ve stayed longer but didn’t bring beach towels! 🤦♀️
Very nice thanks for sharing new friend here 🙏❤️
Thanks so much for watching!!! 😃 Do you make videos as well?
Subbed, I'm a friend of your mom's. Went to Silver Creek with her. She was pure sass. You'd know that.
Thank you!! Hahaha trust me!!! I do! 😂
I think Colomitos is way better than Las Animas. You get there with enough energy left to enjoy the day. I saw people all tired, sweaty, struggling and they continue the walk up that big hill from Colomitos without even taking a moment to take it in. It's not for everyone but stop at Colomitos, wait out the boat people and you've got a private beach until the next day. If you ever go back, I recommend taking a boat to Yelapa and walking to Isabella. For me the mass of people is not ideal. Could also make camp at the waterfall in Quimixto.
Most people that go to Yelapa don't go further than the bar. Some check out the village itself, maybe the small waterfall, but far fewer take the boat and then go on to Isabella.
Great stuff! I love your walks and I love your rather pink hair - you could've definitely left it for longer.
Thank you!! Hope you’re doing well!!
I definitely want to go pink again! This was actually after I messed it up and why I let it wash out!! But I wanted a more neon color!! I’ll have to try again!
Question….Thanks for the vid. I’m not a strong swimmer, would you recommend a life vest to bring to these adventures??
Hi!! Thanks for writing!!
I think if you're not a strong swimmer, it's always a good idea to bring a life vest if you are headed out on the ocean! I know some of the tours provide them... though I cannot recall if the water taxi did - a lot of boats do have them on board somewhere as an option though.
If you want to be sure, we saw them for sale pretty affordably at bigger markets (Like Soriana!) and I bet some small oceanfront shops carry them too!
@@IfWeGoTo wow. I wasn’t expecting a response so fast. Thank you so much! I really enjoy your channel.
Aww thank you!! Anytime!! I hope you have an amazing trip to Mexico!! It’s so beautiful there!! 😃
👍🙏🇩🇪🇩🇪💕❤️❤️🙏
Thank you!! 🤗
We love the pink hair
Thank you guys!!! Hope you’re doing well!! Excited to check out your cruise videos!
@@IfWeGoTo we head to Switzerland in a few weeks! Super stoked
Omg I’m so excited for you guys!!! What time do you think you’ll be there?? We’re hoping to get to Europe in Mid May!!
@@IfWeGoTo we will be there in early April!
@@MathewLauren Dang sounds like we'll just miss you guys!!
Did they charge $100 dollars?
I believe the water taxi was only 20 from las animas to Boca de tomatlan!
Camera work is very shaky but otherwise great video!
Thank you!!! I had a big oopsie that day and didnt realize I had bumped the lens stabilization off until we made it to town! 🤦 That combined with my tendency to shake the camera as is didn't look great! hahaha
Glad you enjoyed it despite the camera work!! :D
You've got the Spanish words correct, you just need to work a bit on your pronunciation. ;^) Thanks for this vid though, as we've wanted to do this hike for a while.
We definitely just need to practice practice practice! I (Brandi) have been thinking about enrolling in some Spanish classes again! It has been years since my last one.
Hope you both enjoy the hike! It is gorgeous!! :) Are you living in Vallarta?
@@IfWeGoTo We've been going to PV twice a year since '97 and we've done a few beach hikes, but not the nice long one you guys did.
Wow!! That’s so cool you guys get to visit so much. I bet you’ve found some awesome hikes! I’m sure you’ll love this one too!
my guy has no idea
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Damn, she fine.
Hahahah ty ty.
Stop singing when you speak Spanish lol
Hey I’m trying to learn and am a bit slow when I have to think about what to say. At least I’m trying. :)