Tulum VS Puerto Escondido? Comparison for Tourists and Digital Nomads
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- Comparing the 2 main places I stayed while in Mexico. Tulum VS Puerto Escondido. Which is better? In this video, I take you through all the most notable difference between these 2 towns and conclude with my opinion of which I prefer.
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00:54 Geography
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02:55 Things To Do
03:22 Places To Eat
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06:46 Types of Tourists
09:20 WiFi
10:34 Safety
11:51 My Opinion
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You should consider getting into voice over work, too. Your voice is really clear and nice to listen to.
Right!! I love her voice too. Its kinda calming to me. I like listening her talking about anything
Spot on!
isn´t she doing something like that? Got that idea
It's clear and fast and gets the message across quickly. Don't have to adjust the playback speed. But the voice is rather intense.
So..when do you come here again . Let me know
"Or they've just finished 6 weeks becoming Gandhi in India and they are yoga instructors" 😂
Amen, there are still cheap ways to stay in Tulum but overall its not worth it anymore. Only go for special events. Stop posting about PE, so we can have a few more years off the radar
I've been going to PE for twenty years, I visited a few weeks ago and hardly recognized La Punta. I counted sixty people in the line up at one time.
@@jillmattioli9640 So many of these beautiful places here in Mexico have been trashed by the vast amount of youtubers promoting them. They are small little towns without the infrastructure to accomodate the influx, and the attitudes of the locals end up changing with so many outsiders. It's quite sad what has happened in Tulum. As my daughter says, 'white colonialism redo.'
@@susancheer5981 It does not only happen in small places, I can attest that in big cities it also happens, for example Medellin Colombia
@@susancheer5981 Did you need to use the word white. Think about, it I could say the word brown colonialism taking place in Phoenix, Arizona and other parts of the US and you probably would have called that racist. Libs never see it that way.
@@jillmattioli9640 same here. Its not the same
I was inspired by one of your vlogs awhile back on Puerto Escondido and I ended up spending a month out there. It was amazing! The travelers there are laid back and the food is great. Fast forward a couple weeks later when I in was Tulum and it felt like everyone either wanted my money or was high on something. I left after a few days. Puerto for sure!
I have been all over México and trist me almost everyone sees a turista as an ATM machine. Yes it's worse onajor turista áreas butainly speaking if the locals are very friendly they just want your money. I have met a few good folks down here but in general i'm treated like an ATM. I have been to 17 states and over 60 places so far in 16 months and speak spanish so i know what's really going on.
I've been to a few different states now and none have been more pushy to get me to spend cash than in Quintana Roo. Generally feel like simple no's or gracias have dissuaded other merchants. YMMV though, safe travels through this beautiful land!
Tulum is so exploited at this point. It used to be authentically laid back and chill decades ago. The area has been "hugged to death" by tourism. I really hope PE doesn't meet the same fate. It still has the perfect mix of authenticity and comfort.
I'll take Puerto Vallarta all the way. It's the best.
Thanks so much..we are going in October Amy trips
I was in Tulum the first time in 1989 (old) and there was nothing there. We stayed on the beach in a cabana. The real one with no floor (just the beach). We hanged our hammocks in there and that was it. The shower was a bucket from the well and there was a "restaurant" where we had our meals. You could just walk up to the ruinas, no entry. Now it is something else. Not sure I will ever experience that again maybe a bit when I visited Myanmar but not close.
Your travel guide videos always have the right amount of detail for people planning trips. Thanks for all the hard work you put into them.
Very rare to have a nice review like this. Clear, precise, and complete. Subscribed.
Vivo en Puerto Escondido, me da gusto que te haya gustado tanto. Como personal local aprecio todos tus comentarios, ojala podamos coincidir en tu siguiente viaje.
Abrazo y buena vibra!
hey bro, como comparas huatulco y puerto escondido?
We booked a family trip to Mexico in July without knowing anything about those differences, except that PE and Oaxaca in general seemed less travelled. We are glad about our decision, the more info we gather. We hope to provide our kids with more of a backpacking experience than an all-inclusive vacation, and I think 8 days on the Oaxaca coast (split between PE and SA) will be perfect! Your videos have been very useful for our planning!
This is exactly the video I was looking for!!! Subscribed right away
Thank you for this video! I was just comparing your videos trying to make a decision on where to land for awhile
Thanks for your video. Very timely for our travel planning!
loved this breakdown of everything!
Great video/comparison! I was in Puerto for about three months before moving to Medellin, Colombia; I liked it a lot there. What mic do you use? I've started a similar TH-cam channel to yours over the past few months, but my audio quality needs improvement.
Fantastic video and very informative. Thank you! 😊
Thank you so much. Beautiful shots of Rinconada and Carrizalillo. Your video brings back really great memories. I was there for a month, just before the hurricane. Stayed some nights at Hostel Shalom and I cannot wait to get back. Thanks again!
I've been to Tulum 10 years ago and it was completely different. The city was still small and not very touristic and it was very cheap. Glad I've got to experience it like that
$40 usd for 2 mile rides now
sailed in there and anchored right in front of the temple and camped on the beach in 98. No town... it was amazing. It's gone now.
I was in Tulum 2 weeks ago for about the 10th time. Oh the sargassum is terrible. So sad. Just flew in to puerto Escondido today for the first time. I’m impressed and can say I’d come back.....update I will try huatulco next. Puerto is nice but the water is rough everywhere. If u go to Tulum go to Cozumel you are on the opposite side so there’s no sargassum where the beach clubs are . Great snorkeling.
The seaweed in Tulum and Del Carmen is seasonal-higher in the summer months.
Two of my good friends live in each one of those cities. I have a long time friend that lives in Puerto Escondido. He's been there for about 20 years, he married a Mexican girl and has a factory in Puerto and one in Mexico City. My best friend has been visiting the Cancun, Bacalar, and Tulum area for about 6 months now. He just bought a condo in Tulum and will be moving there in about a week, in mid June 2024. So I'm set to go visit both, hopeully all in one trip. I've lived in Honolulu, Hawaii for about 12, going on 13 years now, so it will be nice to compare these Mexican locations to Hawaii. i've been to Ensenada and Cabo San Lucas before. I'm looking forward to another trip to Mexico. It's nice to hear some tips as presented here 🙂
Great video wonderful Christie!!! ❤ Good information!
I'm considering moving down to Mexico this winter as well so this video was very helpful with a lot of good information!
That was a pretty good breakdown. I went to Mérida in Jan, then randomly decided to check out Puerto for a week not knowing anything about it, and ended up staying for 4.5 months. Just got back home July 1. Stopped in Playa del Carmen on my way home for a week to visit a friend and check out the area. PDC is pretty gross...that whole side of the country has been ruined by hotels/gift shops catered to making Americans spend money.
Puerto was amazing! I'll be going back in the fall. There are a few spots with good internet.y apartment in Tamarindos (between Zicatela and La Punta) was totally fine, and I never had a single issue with connection/speed.
Hi Graeme - I'd like to make it down to PE this fall - which apartments have good Wi-Fi (20MB down/ 5MB up min)? Thx.
Hey, you really need to talk to the landlord/roommate at the place you choose. I found my place on a Vacation Housing Rentals group on Facebook. There's also a Long Term Rentals group for Puerto as well.
Great information and thank you!
It actually rains a lot more in Puerto Escondido, than in Tulum. Twice as much. 81 Inches in Puerto Escondido, to 44 inches in Tulum.
I don’t know where you get the desert from. It’s a very wet part of México. You probably were there during the dry season. In Puerto Escondido it rains in the summer, in Tulum in the Fall.
“PUERTO ESCONDIDO CLIMATE SUMMARY
Puerto Escondido is 67m above sea level. The climate is tropical in Puerto Escondido. In winter, there is much less rainfall than in summer. According to Köppen and Geiger, this climate is classified as Aw. The average annual temperature is 25.8 °C | 78.5 °F in Puerto Escondido. The annual rainfall is 2062 mm | 81.2 inch.”
“Tulum:
Precipitation amounts to 1,120 millimeters (44.1 inches) per year: it is therefore quite abundant. It ranges from 30 mm (1.2 in) in the driest month (March) to 180 mm (7.1 in) in the wettest (October). Here is the average precipitation. On average, there are around 2,525 sunshine hours per year.”
I agree, maybe it was an assumption based on her experience being there in winter?
@@dustinrhodes2546 Yeah, probably. But that’s the thing, instead of doing a 30 research in Google, they come here for a couple of months, and think everything they say is true or accurate. And are giving people advice on a very limited experience and knowledge.
Yeah I was pretty confused on where she got that information as well. There were definitely a few things mentioned about P.E. that left me scratching my head. Granted, I was only there for 5 months (Jan-July). Seemed like she only visited a couple parts of town and based everything off that. I found the "street food" segment a little strange as well.
that was her personal experience ..... due to timing of her trip - Puerto rains like mad in September , I was there
Checking Puerto Escondido this autumn. Thanks for the recommendation and tips from your previous videos.
This was a really good review and I have seen hundreds u cover all aspects
Visited both and fully agree with everything. Good and informative!
Wonderful video! Just got back from two weeks in PE and loved it :)
I really hate when a place gets so popular that it gets crowded and overpriced... Tulum is very different than 30 years ago. Back then you could go and you wouldn't believe how beautiful and calm and isolated it was from the outside consumer world...
Now it's expensive because of tourism and the ambitious Mexican business people that want to charge like there was no tomorrow day...
I want to go to Puerto Escondido to enjoy the beautyness of solitude
Thanks for your review !
si......im now seeing commercial vloggers in the backgrounds of other vloggers "discovering paradise" with little to no regard to how rapidly they are contributing to the trashing of those places with permanent overrun.....no paradise.....just more raw sewage straight into the sea.....crime goes up.....it IS heartbreaking....
Thanks so much for this video, it has answered all my questions in comparison.
Thanks for sharing this video. I was shocked to hear about the WIFI in Tulum. Good to know! I'll make sure to pass it along.
Thanks so much! I know both places well and I hands down would choose Puerto!!! It is wonderful. Tulum was a great place many years ago when I used to spend time there. Now it is way over hip and expensive; the vib has changed so much from the early days. We are spending the Winter in Puerto again(our 3rd time) and really look forward to being back! I so agree with your assessment…Thanks for sharing it!
Hello, I'm in London, great to hear a UK perspective from you. I'm heading to PE at the beginning of Sept 23. This was very helpful, sort of ticked and confirmed all the boxes I had done my research on. Planning to stay 3-6 months. Many thanks x
Great video. En pointe. I've been to both Tulum and Puerto Escondido as a digital nomad. I recommend PE if you are a surfer. An alternative to Tulum is Playa del Carmen which I think is a better destination if you are not a surfer. Has the benefits of both worlds with Tulum within day trips distance. Also, WiFi wthin PDC is top notch.
Great video! As a older backpacker and travel buff, I agree with you 100%. Love Puerto and will be back in Sept for 6 months.
I was wondering if it would be too young for me. I live in PV and there are a lot of older people...PE seems like a lot in their 20s...I'm in my 40s looking for something in the middle. Good to know you liked it. I'll be checking PE out next year.
Great information through your channel 🤝
Without a single doubt puerto escondido for the win. A million times over
Yes but don't say it too loud, we don't want tulum people to invade puerto 🙏
@@santiagog.b.5172 Why be selfish
@@gypsyjane6352 ....are you "selfish" if hungry raccoons are trying to get into your house??.....maybe, but "selfish" is not always "bad"......the masses of COMMERCIAL vloggers now "discovering paradise" all over the globe have little idea how rapidly they are contributing to their ruin.....many of these smaller towns just aren't built to handle constant large crowds = no paradise = more TURDS directly into the ocean......
@@drSamovar absolutely. Also Tulum is getting very contaminated and polluted because of the massive hotels that need to be constructed to hold that many tourists, also the jungle and manglars keep getting destroyed over the years just to build more hotels and tourist attractions. Puerto doesn't even have big hotels or any big infrestructure, thats why everything is so natural and beautiful
@@gypsyjane6352 cause blogger are going to ruined it!
Always great to see u
Great video’s, very detail. I am subscribed 😬
love this! Any more comparison videos planned? ;)
tulum has changed so much because of these instabloggers and gringos
I could cry
And TH-camrs 😪
I went to Tulum a few months ago and I completely agree with you
This is nuts! I was in Zica the same time as you last year! I went to amarisa every day! When I went some of the beaches were closed. Great video. On point.
Great video, thank you!
I just came back from Tulum for my vacation. I had exactly the same experience as you. LOLOL. I was picking between Tulum and Puerto Escondido, wish I had seen your vlog sooner!
Thank you very much for this video!
great video thanks a lot for sharing. I was about to book a ticket to cancun and explore the areas around Yucutan, but now I am actually convinced that I better go to Puerto Escondido :)
I love your videos. I hope to back pack some day.
Love the video!! 🌺🌼🌺
Love your Mexico videos there so informative. Colombia too my wife and I bought a small home in Cartagena but we also live in the uk. My wife is from Cartagena but you have given me so many more places to go and visit your information is really helpful planning a motorcycle trip from Cartagena to ricon because of your videos is there also other nice spots down that coastline. Sucre I think it’s called. 🌴😎
Thanks for making this video, I am planning a 6 month trip to central america and mexico and I wanted to know about mexico
Exactly what i needed! Hubby want to see Tulum, i want to see Puerto Escondido 😱
I agree, Puerto is the place to be. We are moving back in 5 weeks for a few years or more. I have lived there before but left to have the kid you see on my profile pic. It's a fabulous vibe with zero pretentiousness, can't wait to be back. Thanks for you vdo's, their good. Hope to see you there!
What is the process to relocate there again? What do you do to find work?
Super helpful thank you!
Thanks for that comparison, I agree with your conclusions.
Very nice well done review of these two places, I have lived in Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara for over twenty years. Tulum City not the beach has always been one of our favorite places, we know there are the expensive beach places, but the town of Tulum seemed more Europeans and fewer Americans. Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve is worth the visit with a large number of birds species and great scenery. It was expensive, we paid $140 per night for a tent, but it was a very nice tent. If you are interested in pre-Colombian societies Tulum is a good jumping off point.
Oaxaca is a place we have been several times but never the beaches, my wife is a Mexican and we live at the beach but I never considered the Oaxacan beaches. We will give them a try soon.
The one thing I will say about Mexico in general, every significant beach community has a broad variety of accommodations, from $10 to 2,000 per night. Most middle aged Americans tend to do $100-300 per night for a seven to fourteen day vacation versus $35-75 per night for people staying months.
Violence in Mexico is over emphasized, there are dangerous places and the later at night and your level of alcohol ingestion increases your likelihood of problems, most of these problems are considerably less than a DUI in the USA. For the millions of tourists that travel to Mexico, most problems are from self destructive behavior not from aggression by locals, because it is very bad for business.
Drugs, you will be offered drugs a lot if you are under 40. The best response is no thanks.
Good job.
Thanks for your advices.
PS. Have a nice day!
I have never been to puerto Escondido. After watching your video, I now want to go! Thank you!
excellent video, bravo job
Great cost breakdown. I’m wondering if some of the prices were due to COVID. Either way, the difference of cost between the two coasts is astounding! How’s the hiking training coming along? More videos of that coming?
Been to the Yucatán a few times and I’ve avoided Tulum every time. I definitely will add Puerto Escondido to my list of places to visit in Mexico next year. Hopefully our paths cross.
This is a good comparison!
Very good. Thank you!
Perfect timing, just booked my flights to Mexico today! 😍 You made me do it, I watched all of your vlogs while you were there and became obsessed to travel there 😂 I'm planning on visiting both Tulum and Puerto Escondido but would like to spend a bit more time in PE. Depends on my travel companions tho, but hopefully I'm able to visit both ☺️
so accurate and informative!
Tulum: white sand, turquoise water, little waves
Puerto Escondido: yellow sand, blue green water, high waves (to surf)
And, of course, we miss you! And, of course, we miss Puerto Escondido! You did not talk about any future travel plans on this video. On July 3, 2021 we heard Kool and the Gang and the L A Phil perform at the Hollywood Bowl along with a ton of fireworks. Watching from Los Angeles, CA Thank you! Steve Miller.
The wifi news sucks because I must have very fast internet to work remote. Bummer
Thanks for the great video! Any ideas on how good wifi is currently in puerto Escondido?
Nice video! Thanks! How long were you in Mexico for? And what was the best route you found to go from Tulum -> Puerto Escondido? Thanks! :)
Was in Tulum for a few weeks I’m excited for puerto escondido
Tus videoblogs son muy interesantes, estoy mejorando mis habilidades de listen and talking y además de educativos me resultan muy entretenidos y fáciles de entender... saludos desde Puerto Escondido
This was an amazing video! Did you go to playa del carmen? I'm thinking of there instead of Tulum for sure. I'm not looking to party, just work remote, relax, maybe scuba dive and hike. What do you recommend? I need good enough WiFi for zoom calls.
I love you and your channel! Is there any good diving in the Puerto Escondido or Oaxaca area?
Thanks for your info.. PE is on the list !
I liked your review
Great analysis - I spent a couple weeks in Tulum in 2022 and completely agree. Haven't been to PE yet - will go for a month at the end of April - but based on your analysis I KNOW I will like it more than Tulum. I have also spent time in the Cabo region (so much more than just Cabo - rent a car and stay in La Paz - swimming with whale sharks is the best and cheapest on the planet imho). Also loved Acapulco (yeah, really - even surprised me after all the negative press), Mazatlan, Tijuana (yeah, really!!), Mexico City (AWESOME), Puerta Vallarta (especially Sayurita although that was over 10 years ago before it was really trendy like now) and Chetumal (down on the Belize border). Mexico is AWESOME!!!!!
Thank u! as a backpacker im def. going to Puerto Escondido
Interesting view , thanks
I've spent time in both places . I would take anywhere in Oaxaca over Tulum . Puerto's only draw back for me is the surf . If you aren't an Olympic grade swimmer , stay out of the water especially at Zicatal . I won't mention my favorite beach town in Oaxaca . We like it , nice and quiet , not too many tourists . Tulum is an uppity tourist trap , too many people , with too much money to throw away . The locals know it and take advantage , 10 years ago it wasn't bad , then the Kardasians bought a place there . Enough said .
Thank you!
Great information. How is the scuba diving in Puerto Escondido?
I have been to both when I was a digital Nomad. The internet sucks more in puerto. The best spot is at Selinas. They have great internet but of course is not 100% reliable. I prefer Tulum to be honest. But playa del Carmen is even better. The beaches at Tulum are amazing! Heaven on earth. But yeah they have the “tuluminatis” the people that look perfect. Just stay in playa and go to Tulum for day trips (only 45m from playa)
Totally agree !!!
Thanks, been spending the winter in Progreso, heading to the pacific coast this weekend, I will deffently stop in at Puerto Escondido. I love what i hear about the whole west coast. Have you been back again since 2020?
Thank you insightful
Great vids! What was the name of the hotel you stayed at in Puerto Escondido? Many thanks 😊
Hola, I've started watching your vlogs as I'm planning to travel around Yucatan for 7 days next year and then spend the final week on a beach.
You've opened my eyes on prices for outside of Cancun (which I would have thought would be the most expensive part) but Tulum seems to be equally expensive.
What are your thoughts on Merida and Valladolid?
If You speak spanish You can love cheap even in Cancún. Hanging out in Any tourist área in México is going to be around the same price anywhere You go. The bottom line is if You want to spend a Lot of money its all there. If You want to live in hostels and eat cheap street food You can do that as well
I rented rooms in playa del Carmen for 5000 pesos a month in a decente área 10 blocks from the beach. Mérida i passed through twice didnt care for it but it's supposed to be safe. I went during quaranrine so most places were closed...
Seven days is not enough to travel around Yucatan because there is so much to see and do. If you can't spend more time limit yourself to few places and come back another time. I've been in Yucatan six times and I still haven't seen everything. I'm going back again next month to Chetumal, Bacalar and Holbox which are places I didn't go before. I will be in Puerto Escondido too, thanks in part to this video.
Hi Christianne, I hope you are very well and enjoying your new South American trip.
Me and my girlfriend are at the moment in Colombia and are planning a 3-4 months trip to Puerto Escondido but it has been very hard to find accommodation there as the offer from Airbnb seems very limited from December to March.
Can you please tell me where can we find good options for us if we are a calm and peaceful couple working remotely (so Internet is important)?
Thanks for the excellent info ! It is too bad about the poor internet, as otherwise Pto. Escondido sounds like a perfect place for me to live.
Watching this in PE epic summary shout out from a kiwi 🥝 abroad !!!!
where did you get the map on your wall? Its beautiful!
Did you spend much time in PDC? I lived in PDC for a while and I’m looking to travel to Puerto Escondido. I know Tulum is very much “Tuluminaties”. But, Playa seemed to have a lot of diversity depending on the area and time of day you went out. Wondering how different it is from Puerto?
Agree with your choice 👍😀
Guuuuuurl... Thank you so much for making this video. I was trying to go to Tulum/Playa del Carmen. But the plane tickets are $4500..... And there are no ways that I can pay that. especially being a family of 4. I really think of chance as my destiny, and go to Oaxaca. Do you know by any chance how is the water around the middle of March. ? Again the video was great. Thank you.
Chrissy… The footy!!… come on , shoulda done it tmoz…. Distracted now 💥
Excellent game today. One more to go!
Thanks
looking at going to Instituto de Lenguajes Puerto Escondido, to learn Spanish - currently 18 and am about to finish international business. would you consider Puerto Escondido a good location or place to go to? how is the infrastructure btw? do people use bicycles there?
You are really good to go to the crux of the matter! Love to hear
your opinion! Really enjoyed your u tube!
i was in tulum last week . Paradise is very nice.