Mexico Guide
Acapulco and the Pacific beaches
Watersports
Acapulco Bay has a multitude of water-sport activities on offer. East along the bay from Playa Hornitos to Playa Icacos, kiosks offer everything from banana boats to jet skis, snorkelling to parasailing. The more professional outfit Fish-R-Us, Costera 100 ( 
744/482-8282, 
www.fish-r-us.com ) runs sea-fishing and scuba-diving tours as well as cruises around the bay. Night-time excursions (typical catch are sailfish, dorado and red snapper) are particularly appealing, illuminated by the lights of the town shining out from all around the coast. After dark, too, most of the boats lay on some kind of entertainment as they cruise. Prices vary with the length of the trip and what's on offer, but M$100–200 for a couple of hours with a free bar is typical at night, M$90–120 with no free bar during the day. Going east along Costera, at Playa Icacos, the CiCi Waterpark (daily 10am–6pm; M$100; 744/484-1970, www.cici.com.mx ) where you can splash around in swimming pools and on water slides and watch or swim with performing dolphins, makes for a welcome break from the beach. A more recent addition is the Sky Coaster, which provides a vertigo-inducing simulation of the La Quebrada cliff-diving experience. The other amusement park along Costera, the fifty-acre Parque Papagayo, at Playa Hornos (daily 7am–9pm; free), attracts picnicking families and joggers with its green spaces, aviary, rollerskating rink, boating lake and fairground rides. Acapulco also boasts around fifty public tennis courts and four eighteen-hole golf courses.