La Rocket - a picturesque island in a ten-minute walk from katernoy Acapulco Bay. This is one of the favorite tourist attractions in Acapulco and popular holiday guests.

The island is located in the southern part of the coast of Guerrero, overlooking the port of Acapulco bay of the same name. It stretches over 1, 6 km long and 1, 5 km wide, the total area - 0, 71 square meters. km.

The climate is tropical, the island is a protected natural area. La Roqueta is rich in lush vegetation, mainly palm trees, lemon and almond trees.

The island has an excellent shallow beach where you can stop to swim and sunbathe. You can walk to the lighthouse. It is located on top of a small mountain in the center of the island. From there a panoramic view of the bay of Acapulco and a jungle island.

Another of the attractions of the island - the local zoo, which is home to tigers, crocodiles, lions, turtles, monkeys, giraffes and even deer. At La Roquette has several good restaurants, where you can look for lunch.

Near the harbor, you can go down and enjoy scuba diving. Divers, of course, here involve shipwrecks, underwater caves and rocks near the island.

In 58 of the last century on the seabed there was erected a bronze statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe, patroness of Mexico, in memory of the dead divers. The monument stands in the deep of 2 meters 45 centimeters. By the way, the underwater sculptures can contemplate when to get to the island on a boat with a transparent bottom.