Bahias de Huatulco National Park – Located in the town of Santa Maria Huatulco, west of Santa Cruz Huatulco. This is an important protected area. This park covers 11,890 hectares (29,368 acres) and has some 9,000 lowland jungle plant species in its gallery forest and mangroves.

Huatulco has nine thousand plant species (more than 50% of the nationwide species) and closer to the coast, there are 264 mammal species, including armadillos and white-tailed deer, and 701 bird species, such as hummingbirds, pelicans and hawks. The park also has 470 reptile species, including black iguanas, salamanders and snakes. Off the coast you can spy dolphins, whales and turtles, depending on the time of year and and 100 amphibian species.

Eighty percent of the vegetation is low forest caducifolia, but with species up to 59 feet high which is very peculiar for this type of forest. Huatulco is also rich in marine fauna, such as oyster, lobster, shrimp, dolphin, turtle, red snapper, marlin, clam, snail and occasionally whales.

The Bays of Huatulco are one of the largest ecosystems in the Mexican Republic, to such an extent that former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo declared it a protected zone. It has since been declared a national park.

And now, Las Brisas has come and established a wonderful setting to enjoy all of this natural wonder.