Stone Island

I loved my Stone Island experience at the Mazatlan port call. We went on a Princess cruise and booked an excursion through Princess. We took a boat ride to Stone Island. When we got there we took a ride to the beach at Stone Island that we spent several hours at. I went kayaking for $ 8, swimming at the beach, and also horseback riding. I had a blast! We also had a complimentary meal with some fried fish, chicken, quesadilla, etc. There’s a large area to sit with a lot of tables and covering. There was a free bar with a variety of drinks like sex on the beach, beer, etc. The beach was clean and comfortable. The weather was perfect in December. Stone Island offers a very charming slice of life in this part of Mexico. You will experience the perfect getaway.

Do not go here! Horseback ride was not on the beach but instead within the island barrio. And my horse was missing an eyeball! Very depressing tour.

My wife and I traveled here by bus. The whole trip turned out to be a really surreal adventure because the tourist season had just ended by the time we went to Stone Island and there was hardly anyone on the island. It was very fun but just felt really strange because we almost had the place to ourselves. Very cool to encounter your own private island, lol! It was strange, but in a VIP kind of way.
One example of this is, while I was sitting at a restaurant (we were the only customers), a young Mexican family also touring the Island passed by. We smiled and waved and kept sipping our Pina Coladas. The next thing I know, the mother of that family came from behind me and plopped their toddler in my lap while the father came around and took a picture of me holding their baby. My wife was laughing so hard. The baby was smiling but was looking up at me like, uh, who are you again???
How do you not feel VIP when something like that happens? #noautographs #checkplease

STONE ISLAND (Isla de las Piedras)
Beaches, coconut trees, and open-​air restaurants, this recreation island is where the tourists and locals go to relax. You take a boat there from the harbor, either on a package boat tour or by the local ferry. The boat tour gives a commentary.
Stone Island is not actually an island, but a peninsula of the mainland that is 9 miles (14.5 km) long by 1.5 miles (2.5 km) wide. The long, expansive beach is good for swimming. The beach activities include ATV’s, jet-​skis, parasailing and a banana raft pulled behind a speed-​boat. There is horseback riding and you can take a ride around the island by horse-​drawn carriage.
I can’t remember what tour company we booked with, but they are probably all about the same as they all end up at the same place and do the same activities. Pretty generic entertainment, but OK fun all the same. The staff were all on automatic pilot and you feel like just another number in a tourist assembly line. Whatever. I must comment that the horses were pretty anemic, but you did get to ride on the beach.
At the place where we went, they have small lockers where you can store your belongings while you swim. I would recommend bringing your own combination lock. They give you a tiny key on a thin piece of string to put around your wrist. If you lose it in the water, which is likely and what I did, they charge you for the key ($ 5). I thought that was kinda hokey and really an additional revenue source as the stupid piece of string was meant to break. How can that survive the banana boat ride?
Would I recommend it? I don’t know. What are the other choices?