EL MADRESAL

A nice place to have a relaxing weekend at the beach, if you don't mind the absence of almost everything that comes to mind when you think of a hotel. Still, it's worth if you realize what are you getting into and adjust your tolerance to a proper level. Say goodbye to your digital lifestyle.||||You get there after crossing an estuary by boat. These are VERY rustic cabins about 50 meters from the pacific ocean, in a sandbank. A small porch with a hammock, a clean room with two good beds and a clean, basic bathroom.||||– Electricity only from 19:00 to 3:00. Forget about WiFi.||– No hot water. I can stand 'cold' water anytime, but my 2 y.o. toddler doesn't.||– No room service. Kitchen closes at 19:00. If you want dinner, you order it before this hour and they'll make it and leave it for you to pick up when you want to. There was a huge rat in the kitchen, which is why I'm giving it a terrible rating in cleanliness. The rooms are as clean as you can get in such a sandy place.||||The place is run by local people with very basic training in the tourism industry. However, what they lack in professionalism, they put up in kindness and enthusiasm. They've done a remarkable effort to give you a good place to stay in the middle of nowhere.||||The beach is marvelous and the sky at night is simply astounding. Bring your guitar, light a bonfire and enjoy a peaceful time.

El Madresal was a highlight of our family Easter Break vacation in Chiapas. Beautiful, peaceful and relaxing, our visit was an experience full of sun, stars, and waves. The cabañas are basic, but comfortable. Afternoons were spent relaxing in hammocks in front of the cabaña, and one night we had a camp fire on the beach under the full moon. Both kids and parents loved that the only sounds we heard over night were a few cows moving freely through the site. The beach is clean. The staff is attentive and very friendly. The restaurant is excellent.

To travel to Madresal is quite a trip. But for those who strike out on the travel to Madresal it will pay handsomely! We were looking to stay for 2-3 nights but ended up staying 5 nights. You'll arrive by a small boat through the mangroves, over the lagune to the hotel area. The hotel is made up of a collection of huts with a restaurant at the beach. The huts are basic but all you need to enjoy a few days away. The beach is clean but the current can be strong and is nothing for small children. The restaurant serves simple but excellent food and the staff is very friendly and professional. Let them know if you want something not included in the menu and they will get it done. The hotel arrange an excellent boat trip to see crocodiles and birds. The local turtle conservation use the beach of the hotel to release turtles and there is a good chance that you will have this experience during your stay. Laundry can be arranged. The staff is overall super helpful and professional. If you are looking for simple beach life, this is the place for you

We really enjoyed spending 3 days at El Madre Sal. We had several cooks and waiters waiting on us four. Excellent service everyone was super friendly. The only thing I was very disappointed was the dollar exchange rate it should be more fair. We would have spend a lot more money and stayed additional nights if we had a better dollar exchange rate.

It's pretty, clean, well kept. Staff is nice, food delicious. Sadly it was raining because of the wet season but it was fun. You get to cross the mangroves in a boat to get to the hotel.

Centro Ecoturistico, agradable para pasar tiempo en familia, cuenta con cabañas y una playa muy bella. Is a beautiful ecoturist center, Perfecto to visit with the family or with your couple, it has some cabins where you can spend the night, also it has one of the prettiest beaches of the area

Amazing beach experience with plenty of nature, nice people and services. ||A wonderful place to relax and refill energy. ||The place is well managed by a small collective called Centro Ecoturistico El Madresal.||Sand and sea outspreading to the infinite.

Madresal is a ecotourism center run by an ejido (communal landholders) on a spit of land between a saltwater estuary and the Pacific. The ejidatarios are anxious to make the place work, so they go out of their way to accomodate visitors: ferrying guests through channels in the mangrove swamps and accross the estuary, pointing out different varieties of plants and birds along the way, offering boat tours to crocodile or bird sanctuaries, setting up wonderful cabins with ample mosquito netting and most of all, creating sumptous banquets served with a view out over the Pacific breakers. The pitchers of limade are generous, cold and delicious, and the coconut-covered shrimp are the best I've ever had. ||If you enjoy just being with nature and a few kind people, watching the stars at night, swimming in the estuary from January-May, singing around a bonfire or collecting shells along the endless beaches, this is the place for you. If you prefer the more sophisticated pleasures of nightclubs and bright lights, better head up the coast to the resorts of Oaxaca. A word of warning--the Pacific is treacherous, with sudden undertows and cross-currents. Take good care of children and be prudent yourself and you will enjoy this virgin stretch of the Chiapas coast.