Home on the Beach

Playa Santispac is on Bahia Coyote within Bahia Concepcion. The central area has 2 bar/restaurants - Ana's and Ray's. There are several beach front palapas for camping and many leased sites where people leave trailers or simple structures year round. There is a large packed-sand area between the restaurants and the beach sites where, in high season, motorhomes are crammed in. Fortunately, October is a slow month and most places are uninhabited now.

The north side curves around and there are about a dozen palapas and campsites and, further on, a few permanent houses. This part is a small peninsula with good shell hunting on the inner side and a more remote beach on the larger, bay side. There are a couple of nice places to camp there but it is windier and the water is rougher.


We followed a dirt road south along the water for about 1/4 mile to a more private sandy beach backed by mangroves and a small lagoon. The family now camped here are leaving tomorrow, so we rented all 4 palapas hoping to have the beach to ourselves most of the time.


The water is shallow and calm here - great for launching kayaks or swimming. And it's a peaceful, quiet setting for just relaxing with a good book too.