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Trash the Dress in the Marietas Islands, Punta Mita

Islas Marietas · National Park
July 17, 2021 · Puerto Vallarta

The Marietas Islands are a protected national park about an hour by boat off Punta de Mita — uninhabited volcanic islets ringed by turquoise water, seabird colonies overhead, and the famous hidden beach tucked inside a collapsed crater. Getting there is an expedition: a boat, a swim, timing the tide. Which is exactly what makes a Trash the Dress session here unlike anywhere else on the coast.

The Marietas Islands are probably worldwide known as they offer a unique hidden beach called the Beach of Love. So what better place to make a Trash the Dress session, right? Only a short boat trip away from Punta Mita, the Marietas Islands are amazing to visit both over and under water. That's why Carina & Ricardo decided to go there after their wedding, to visit this iconic island. Even though the place was a little crowded, we had a lot of fun playing in the water and making a session out of it.

And here it is — this unique, wonderful, unrecognizable bride and groom's session within the heart of the main island. Even I was amazed at what I found there; I felt revived, like I was in those attractive cenotes of the Riviera Maya I was longing for. And there, on the Pacific side, I finally found my cenote.

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