Driving Directions
From the Airport in Puerto Vallarta to Playa Las Tortugas:
It’s easy to find your way from the Puerto Vallarta International Airport to Playa Las Tortugas, and you’ll find the roads are normally well-maintained. In Mexico the use of “speed-bumps” is customary in smaller towns, particularly around schools or popular pedestrian crossing spots, so watch for them and read the Printable Driving Directions for more specific locations. We also offer door-to-door transportation from the airport, and for more information please contact Gabriel .
The federal highway in front of the airport takes you three-quarters of the way to our door. Then you make a left in Las Varas on to the state highway that brings you to the turn-off for our road. Your scenic drive north is about two hours, leading you through areas of old-growth jungle, coastal hills, typical Mexican towns, to the sandy road that leads here.
As you leave the airport parking lot, turn left leaving the toll booth and then bear right instead of returning to the terminal. Follow the signs for COMPOSTELA, which will take you the opposite direction from Puerto Vallarta. Merge onto Highway 200 in the direction of COMPOSTELA (TEPIC and GUADALAJARA). If you find yourself exiting the airport by the shopping center, turn left at the light in front of the shopping center (only with a green arrow), making a u-turn away from Puerto Vallarta. Follow Highway 200 for 84 km to LAS VARAS.
The first 21 km of the road from Puerto Vallarta toward Playa Las Tortugas is a four-lane highway which then becomes a federal two-lane highway, that is gradually being expanded to four lanes.
There are now several stoplights along this highway, including where you pass by Playa Los Ayala, Rincon de Guayabitos, and in Las Varas. Approaching the town of LAS VARAS, move into the right access lane, turn left at the second stoplight, and head toward SAN BLAS.
Our guests occasionally miss the turn in LAS VARAS so please pay close attention. When approaching LAS VARAS, move into the far right access lane (where there’s a sign for ZACUALPAN) in order to make a left at the second stoplight, toward ZACUALPAN and SAN BLAS. The town of LAS VARAS has several stoplights. Turn at the second light when arriving from the direction of Vallarta and the airport.
For more exact directions including mileages / kilometers from Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara, or Tepic/Mazatlan please click on the appropriate Printable Directions link in the left menu bar, just above. You can download or print the directions.