Mazunte Virtual Walk

Take a free virtual walking tour through Mazunte, Mexico — home to 1,200 people and one of Americas's most remarkable cities. Nearaway streams immersive 4K street-level footage from Mazunte, letting you explore its neighbourhoods, culture, and atmosphere from anywhere in the world — no passport, no flights, no account required.

The Zapotec name Mazuntén — place where the turtle is worshipped — reveals millennia of relationship between this Oaxacan coastal village and the sea turtles that nest on its beaches. In the 20th century a government plant harvested up to 100,000 turtles annually. When the federal ban came in 1990 the entire village economy collapsed overnight. What happened next is remarkable: the community reinvented itself as one of Latin America's most celebrated examples of community-led ecotourism and environmental recovery.

Until 1990, Mazunte was the centre of Mexico's sea turtle industry. After a government ban, the entire village reinvented itself as a model eco-tourism community — one of the most remarkable environmental turnarounds in Latin America. The best time to take a virtual walk through Mazunte is november to april (dry season); july to september for sea turtle nesting. Must-try local foods in Mazunte include Tlayudas (Oaxacan flatbread), Fresh octopus ceviche, Mezcal (Oaxaca is its birthplace). Mazunte runs as a cooperative community. Buy cosmetics from the COSMETICOS NATURALES cooperative — the original source that inspired natural cosmetics movements globally.