Oaxaca: Posada Rancho Cerro Largo

This place located an hour and a half drive up the coast from Huatulco deserves a special posting. It’s in fact just south of Mazunte and very close to San Agustinillo.

A second visit to this gem was partly to have my buddy Diane experience it. As an aside, she is the taker of many of this trips photos.

This is a place to relax, enjoy the environment and eat good food (vegetarian). Yoga is offered to those interested by Posada owner Mario Correla who is a master yoga instructor.

By the time we reserved the top pick ‘rooms’ (they are all wall-less with palapa roofs) were taken but we still had lots of privacy and shade from afternoon sun as an option.

The dining area is an L shape where the most healthy and delicious breakfast and dinner are served. Lots of conversations to participate in if one chooses, Spanish and English mainly.

We did go into the water but one has to pick ones moments. On climb back up there are many spots to stop and enjoy the views, eastward and westward.

This being the Pacific, all evenings provided dramatic sunsets. Not a voluntarily early riser but did manage one amazing sunrise.

Our friendly armadillo pays a visit. Family parrot gets out a few times a day and while mostly quiet does sometime give his opinion. The pelicans are oblivious to humans. They are either sleeping as they drift around or fishing dramatically around you.

Mario is the calm reflected in his Posada. Welcoming, an incredible yoga master who varies daily practices in the open-wall studio. Yoga was a daily pre-breakfast routine for us.

Posada Rancho Cerro Largo is a rare find – a reprieve from the coastal vibe of once quiet, but no longer, coastal fishing villages.