Mexico
Cabo Corrientes
Fishing villages, forested headlands and open Pacific beaches shape Jalisco's far coast.
South of the last resort towers the coast changes its mind. Forested headlands take over, the beaches run long and empty, and the road reaches the fishing villages late or not at all.
Cabo Corrientes is the rugged headland where Jalisco's coast turns south, a country of fishing settlements, forest and open Pacific water reached by boat or long road routes depending on the community. Inland, the hill town of El Tuito anchors the raicilla country, the region's own agave spirit with its origin denomination won in 2019. Beaches and sea trips fill the days without any promised whales.
Couple
Find a fishing-village beach for a slow day, then taste raicilla at its El Tuito source.
Solo
Take the far coast at its own pace, boat where the road thins out.
- Cabo Corrientes is a rugged Jalisco headland of fishing settlements, forest and open Pacific coast.
- Communities connect by boat or long road routes, so access varies along the coast.
- Beaches, raicilla country and sea trips support the visit without guaranteeing whales or rays.
Raicilla, the coast's agave spirit with its own origin denomination since 2019, is made in El Tuito's tabernas.
At Tehuamixtle on this coast, giant oysters come open in the shell with lime, salt and chilli, feted at an annual fair.
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