Private Day of the Dead Experience in Huatulco — Santa María Cemetery Tour

Night falls early over Bahías de Huatulco in the first days of November, and the town’s cemetery begins to glow. You step from an air-conditioned van into a corridor of candlelight and the sharp, honeyed smell of marigolds. Papel picado flutters above narrow paths; families arrange painted skulls and plates of tamales as the sea beyond the low town murmurs like a distant audience. This is Santa María Huatulco’s Day of the Dead—an intimate, private visit that feels less like sightseeing and more like being admitted to a community’s memory.