South Shore · Puerto Vallarta · Mexico

South Shore

Where the Sierra Madre falls into the sea — 35 kilometers of cliffside villas, pocket coves, and palapa restaurants, from the Beverly Hills of Vallarta to a village you can only reach by boat.

The South Shore is not a neighborhood. It’s a decision: trade walkable city convenience for panoramic isolation, accept the drive into Centro, and in exchange wake up to uninterrupted ocean and fall asleep to waves instead of nightlife. It begins where the Romantic Zone ends and runs 35 kilometers down a single winding highway — every bend revealing another cove, another cliffside palapa, another hidden beach — until the road simply stops at Boca de Tomatlán and the rest of the coast belongs to the water taxis.

This page travels it the way you will: north to south, out of town. The character changes with every stop — hillside prestige, resort self-sufficiency, film-history villages, and finally a town with no cars at all. One thing has changed everywhere: a decade ago, Tuesday dinner meant a taxi into Centro. Today the corridor has become a dining destination in its own right, and residents quietly stopped making the drive.

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Distance from Centro

10–45 minutes

Conchas Chinas to Boca; Yelapa is a water taxi beyond.

The View

Los Arcos

The marine park’s sea rocks anchor the corridor’s every sightline.

Property Type

Villas & Hillside Condos

Trophy estates to $300K value condos; almost nothing flat.

Walkability

Low, By Design

A car (or a boat) is the price of the panorama.

Neighborhood Overview

Topography
Steep
the Sierra drops straight into the bay

Shopping
None on-corridor
Romantic Zone / Fluvial, 10–25 min

Medical
In town
no facilities on the corridor itself; plan accordingly

Villas
$2M – $6.5M+
upper Conchas Chinas trophy tier

Condos
$300K – $1.9M
Mismaloya value to Sierra del Mar full-floor

Character
Privacy & views
resort pockets, fishing villages, jungle

Homes & Key Developments

From beachfront luxury towers to gated dockside villas

Shops, Markets & Life

Le Kliff: An iconic, multi-tiered restaurant under a giant open-air palapa, clinging to the cliffside at Km 15.5 of the Barra de Navidad highway.
Los Arcos Marine Park: A spectacular group of granite islands rising from the sea, famous for underwater caves, snorkeling, and diving.
Ocean Grill: A secluded, reservation-only cliffside dining hideaway near Boca de Tomatlán, reached by boat or jungle trail.
Yelapa Waterfall: A dramatic mountain-fed waterfall located at the back of Yelapa village, ending in a natural swimming pool.
Colomitos Cove: A tiny, white-sand beach tucked into the jungle, reached via a 45-minute coastal hike from Boca.

Lifestyle & Amenities

Night of the Iguana Lore: John Huston’s 1963 film set built on Mismaloya’s cliffs that triggered the global celebrity boom.
Las Caletas Jungle Hideaway: John Huston’s former private jungle compound at the remote beach cove of Las Caletas.
Predator Jungle Lore: The lush valley of Río Mismaloya serving as the alien-hunting jungle in the 1987 Schwarzenegger movie *Predator*.
Yelapa Indian Land Grant: Yelapa’s status as a *comunidad indígena* since 1581, meaning land is collectively owned by four original families.
The Yelapa Pie Ladies: A beach institution started by Doña Agustina García, who walks the sand daily carrying baskets of fresh pies.

Who Buys Here

Key residential and investment profiles attracted to the area

Trophy Estate Hunters

$2M–$7M standalone villas in Conchas Chinas — privacy, square footage, and the view that justifies all of it.

Resort-Residence Investors

Garza Blanca and Sierra del Mar: hotel amenities, rental management, $500K–$2M, turnkey.

Remote-Work Relocators

Renting first in Conchas Chinas or Mismaloya, then buying — the segment that discovered the corridor’s restaurants.

Mexican Domestic Buyers

Guadalajara weekenders, increasingly active since the vía corta cut the drive under three hours.

Yelapa Bohemians

A niche but culturally defining cohort: small homes, land leases, and the far end’s creative tone.

A Day in the Life

The Saturday Test in South Shore

07:30 AM — Coffee Over the Bay

A Conchas Chinas terrace, the light moving across the water toward Los Arcos.

10:00 AM — The Zoom Call With a Jungle Backdrop

Work-from-terrace is the corridor’s standard office.

01:00 PM — Lunch at Amixtli

Ceviche at the Xalli beach club with the sea rocks in frame — no drive to town required.

03:30 PM — The Colomitos Hike

Forty-five minutes of jungle trail from Boca to a cove that feels like a secret.

06:00 PM — Sunset at Le Kliff

The cliffside palapa’s golden hour — the one reservation visitors never regret.

08:30 PM — Tomahawk at Karuma

Open-fire steaks at TierraLuna — or coconut shrimp on the sand at El Jacalito, depending on the night’s ambition.

Eat & Drink

The Instagrammable Guide to South Shore

Upscale

Le Kliff 📍

Multi-level palapa decks cascading toward the Pacific; the bay's sunset table.

@lekliffpv

Upscale

Ocean Grill 📍

Boat-access, cash-only, reservation-only — and worth every rule. (oceangrillvallarta.com)

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Upscale

Amixtli at Xalli Club 📍

Fine Mexican dining with Los Arcos in the water beyond.

@amixtli_restaurant

Upscale

Karuma 📍

Tomahawks over open fire under a pergola at TierraLuna.

@karumapv

Upscale

Blanca Blue 📍

Garza Blanca's all-white signature room; duck confit tamales.

@garzablancapv

Upscale

Hiroshi 📍

Mousai's sushi and Japanese/Korean BBQ; the Preserve's best cocktails.

@hotelmousai

Upscale

DAO 📍

Contemporary Chinese behind Mondrian glass between the Mousai towers.

@hotelmousai

Casual

La Playita 📍

Above the tide at Conchas Chinas beach; twice-daily happy hours. (laplayitapv.com)

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Casual

Chico’s Paradise 📍

River shrimp beside the waterfalls on the Horcones.

@chicosparadise

Casual

El Jacalito 📍

Mismaloya's seafood platters and micheladas in the sand.

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Casual

La Choza (Tony’s) 📍

The legendary palm-thatch lobster spot by the river mouth. Cash, and worth it.

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Café

Cafe Bahia 📍

Yelapa's waterfront tamarindo margaritas in mason jars.

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Casual

El Manguito 📍

Dinner over the Yelapa river, walk home by starlight.

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Upscale

Santuario Yelapa 📍

Organic beachfront dining at the eco-hotel.

@santuarioyelapa

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South Shore Listings

Browse current homes, condos, and lots for sale below. Ask us about titled-vs-ejido status on any property — it’s the first question that matters here.

South Shore, Jalisco

Lomas del Pacifico

$ 225,581.00 USD

MLS # 43330

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South Shore, Jalisco

Lomas del Pacifico

$ 222,750.00 USD

MLS # 43151

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South Shore, Jalisco

Lanita Studio 12

$ 219,000.00 USD

MLS # 43663

1 baths

70.07 m2 / 754.27 sqft

Este acogedor espacio combina el encanto tradicional mexicano con el confort moderno, con detalles tradicionales. Disfruta de una vista...

South Shore, Jalisco

Lomas del Pacifico

$ 217,631.00 USD

MLS # 43331

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South Shore, Jalisco

Condo Flor de Mismaloya 1-2

$ 209,000.00 USD

MLS # 43399

1 baths

60.16 m2 / 647.53 sqft

Enjoy a peaceful stay surrounded by nature. Close to Mismaloya, Boca de Tomatlán, Colomitos and Yelapa, with coloseaccess to beautiful...

South Shore, Jalisco

Lomas del Pacifico

$ 184,837.00 USD

MLS # 43329

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South Shore, Jalisco

Lomas del Pacifico

$ 182,850.00 USD

MLS # 43332

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South Shore, Jalisco

Lomas del Pacifico

$ 175,795.00 USD

MLS # 43328

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South Shore, Jalisco

Lomas del Pacifico

$ 172,912.00 USD

MLS # 43352

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South Shore, Jalisco

Lomas del Pacifico

$ 162,929.00 USD

MLS # 43155

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South Shore, Jalisco

PERLAS DE LAS LOMAS 403

$ 157,500.00 USD

MLS # 34348

2 bedrooms | 1 baths

62.73 m2 / 675.18 sqft

Perlas de las lomas is a well established building on Amapas neighborhood. This excellent location allows you to walk to beach in 5...

South Shore, Jalisco

Lomas del Pacifico

$ 155,540.00 USD

MLS # 43152

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South Shore, Jalisco

Lomas de Mismaloya Lot Cesar

$ 155,000.00 USD

MLS # 43795

Spectacular mountain and ocean views await on this prime piece of paradise. Located in a secure, private gated community, this lot...

South Shore, Jalisco

VISTA LOS ARCOS

$ 145,000.00 USD

MLS # 39470

Build your dream home with stunning ocean views in Lomas del Pacífico. Just 20 minutes south of Puerto Vallarta and steps from the...

South Shore, Jalisco

Loma del Pacifico

$ 143,762.00 USD

MLS # 43322

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South Shore, Jalisco

Lomas del Pacifico

$ 140,781.00 USD

MLS # 43323

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South Shore, Jalisco

Lomas del Pacifico

$ 134,466.00 USD

MLS # 43150

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South Shore, Jalisco

Lomas del Pacifico

$ 130,130.00 USD

MLS # 43327

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South Shore, Jalisco

Lomas del Pacifico

$ 106,502.00 USD

MLS # 43317

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South Shore, Jalisco

Lomas Del Pacifico

$ 102,830.00 USD

MLS # 43315

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