Our itineraries are designed to let you enjoy the best that Acapulco has to offer for the individual, couple, family or groups. You can choose a few or as many of the attractions offered in our site www.AcapulcoTourGuides.com or you can ask us to alter, amend, or add to them.

You can ask us to create an entire itinerary to suit your own interests and fulfill your own dreams. You may optionally also join a forming group and keep cost down if that is your wish. Leave it in our expert hands we will be at the height of your trust and confidence.

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Add  some or as many of our Local Attractions as you wish to your Excursion.  You may customize or design the tour by choosing the places that work best for you making your discovery of Acapulco a more complete experience .

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 May 16, 2011 in News & Events by Acapulco Tour Guides

 I rarely find myself wanting to sit down and writing a letter of recommendation for a guide, but  Acapulco Tour Guides was exceptional in a difficult business for both toursits and guides.

We had a wonderful visit and now, I am genuinely happy to write a letter on behalf of Acapulco Tour Guides.

We contacted Rudy in January for a last minute trip to Mexico in February and found that  the start of  our experience, he was professional, reliable and a man of his word.

We are experienced travelers and happily use local guides, but even with that, Rudy exceeded our  expectations!

First, he communicates constantly with you and answers any questions you might have regarding the trip.

Second, he is honest and told us directly that he himself would not be available, but another driver would be (no bait and switch).

Third, he does not require a deposit until the end of the trip in Acapulco…quite remarkable as every other Mexican guide did require a deposit.

Fourth, he is a decent man. He was waiting for us on the docks and we easily found him within minutes of departing the boat. We had booked a group of four and when we arrived in Acapulco, two of our members were sick.

As a businessman, he could have easily been suspicious, gotten angry at the loss of income, but he instead allowed us to go out in a van with only two at no additional cost. He handled the situation extremely well and was very fair to us in not insisting that we make up the cost of the missing two people.

Fifth, he is a man of his word. Again, I say this because what we wanted was not a bar/hotel trip but an unusual photography opportunity. Not only did we travel everywhere in Acapulco, but we saw wonderful things few tourists see!

It was a perfect day for us and it was made even better by our guide who educated us on the history and culture of the city as well as letting us stop wherever our curiosity led us! It is rare in this world that one does what they say they are going to do…Rudy kept his word on every promise, providing us with an AC van, cold drinks and a knowledgeable guide at a very fair price.

I have no reservations recommending his services. We left Acapulco knowing that our experience was exceptional compared to that offered by the boat.

Written: February 18, 2010

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 May 14, 2011 in News & Events by Acapulco Tour Guides

Our itineraries are designed to let you enjoy the best that Acapulco has to offer for the individual, couple, family or groups. You can choose a few or as many of the attractions offered in our site www.AcapulcoTourGuides.com or you can ask us to alter, amend, or add to them.

Our tours are carefully put together by our experienced and fallen in love with Acapulco tour guides. However if you wish to add in, take out or simply create your own personalized itinerary, our staff are on hand to assist you.

Your tour guide can “make” or “brake” your tour. We have a great staff of professionals with years of experience and widely recommended in Cruise Critic and Trip Advisor.

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 May 12, 2011 in News & Events by Acapulco Tour Guides

The Mexican Association of the Internet (Amipci) published on Tuesday the results of its survey “Habits of Internet Users.” The results show that in 2010, the number of Internet users in Mexico totaled 34.9 million. Of them, 14.9 percent lived in the state of Mexico, 11.8 percent in Mexico City, 7.4 percent in Jalisco, 5.5 percent in Veracruz and 5.2 percent in Nuevo León.

Also, the average time that Internet users spend surfing the Web is 3 hours and 32 minutes per day from Monday to Friday.

Of every 100 households that have a computer, 21 have Internet access. Sixty-eight percent of Mexican households with Internet access use desktop computers, followed by laptops and smartphones.

The survey estimates that in the past 10 years, the number

Mexican households that own a computer has tripled: in 2000, 9 percent of Mexican families owned a computer; in 2010, this number increased to 29 percent. The number of Mexican households owning computers has surpassed that of tv’s and radio’s.

According to the survey, 90 percent of Internet users in Mexico use the Web mainly to send and receive emails, the rest use it to access instant online services, download photos and videos and use social networks.

“Social networks are mainly used to communicate with friends and family, follow activities and news and meet and interact with people,” the report says

 May 12, 2011 in News & Events by Acapulco Tour Guides

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 May 12, 2011 in News & Events by Acapulco Tour Guides

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 May 4, 2011 in News & Events by Acapulco Tour Guides

Acapulco – just a vacation resort built up in modern times or a city with a long tradition and exciting history, where even buccaneers and corsairs play a prominent role? Acapulco’s cliff divers are world famous. But were the Acapulqueños (inhabitants of Acapulco) really the first ones to jump down rocks from breathtaking altitudes into the wild sea below? What is true and what is false? Let’s see if the Acapulco myth busters among you can detect the facts from the fiction:

1. Acapulco was founded in the 1930s as a beach resort for the Hollywood jet set.

FALSE.  Acapulco is a city with a long history. Archeological finds show that pre-Hispanic settlements date back to more than 2000 BC. The Spanish discovered the Bay of Acapulco at the beginning of the 16th century and immediately started to exploit its strategic potential as a center for their trade with Asia. Acapulco hence became the most important port of the New World on the Pacific coast. For centuries, Spanish galleons cruised between Acapulco and Manila.
 

2. The San Diego Fort was built to protect the city against pirates

TRUE.  At the beginning of the 17th century, trade between Acapulco and Asia was flourishing, and the Manila galleons arrived loaded with precious trading goods. Pirates in those days were not only cruising in the Caribbean, but threatening all the wealthy Spanish port cities in the New World, including those on the Pacific coast. Attacks by buccaneers were not just scary urban legends in Acapulco, but reality. The Fuerte de San Diego was erected in 1616 to protect Acapulco against these threats. Destroyed by an earthquake in 1776, the fort was later rebuilt to its present shape as a pentagonal star.

3. Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conqueror, came to Acapulco himself.

TRUE.  Indeed Hernán Cortés, who came to the New World to conquer it for the Spanish Crown, came all the way down from Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire (nowadays, Mexico City), to Acapulco. Puerto Marqués, the small bay south to the Bay of Acapulco, was named for him. Now, why isn’t it called Puerto Cortés then? Cortés also had the title of Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca (Marquis of Oaxaca Valley).

4. Acapulco means “place of the canes.”

TRUE.  The name Acapulco is composed of ancient words of Nahuatl, the language spoken by the Aztecs. Translated the word means in fact “place of the canes,” or “place of the reeds.” Acapulco myth busters find this to be true.

5. Cliff diving was invented in Acapulco.

FALSE.  When 13-year-old Enrique Apac Rios jumped down the rocks at La Quebrada for the first time in 1934, he indeed initiated a whole new tradition of cliff diving. Nevertheless, it is one of the Acapulco urban myths that jumping from high cliffs began here. Cliff diving was already being practiced in the 18th century on the small Hawaiian island of Lana ‘I, where warriors were forced to jump down high cliffs as proof of their courage.

6. Elvis visited the cliff divers’ show on various occasions during the filming of his movie Fun in Acapulco.

FALSE.  In the movie Fun in Acapulco, shot in the early1960s, Elvis stars as a former trapeze artist who is defied to jump down the cliffs in Acapulco. He finally dares the reckless dive and overcomes his past trauma. In fact, Elvis contributed to making Acapulco’s cliff divers even more popular. However, his reported fascination with the actual cliff divers in La Quebrada is part of Acapulco lore. All the scenes with Elvis were shot in Hollywood, and he had never traveled to Acapulco.

7. The Coyuca Lagoon served as a film location for Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo movie.

TRUE.  The sweet water Coyuca Lagoon just north of Acapulco is surrounded by fascinating tropical vegetation. Its long side arms, dense mangrove forests and incredibly deep red sunsets make it a perfect location for films. Various scenes of Stallone’s Rambo II movie were shot there.

8. A Chinese monk called Fa Hsien arrived in Acapulco before the Spanish conquerors.
FALSE.  There are various Chinese and western scholars who seriously tried to prove that a Chinese monk by the name of Fa Hsien or Fa Xian arrived in Mexico and Acapulco much earlier than the Spanish. There is not enough historical evidence, however, to prove this theory true. So for now it remains a truly interesting urban legend of Acapulco.