Vidanta Nuevo Nayarit-Vallarta

We didn’t start our tee time on tine and we believe that another group was “snuck in” between the 2:00 and the 2:08 group, so that really slowed up play and the group that did get snuck in did not keep pace, that was frustrating as we just barely could finish our round.

The greens were a bit chewed up or diseased, very hard to stick a ball.

Course is getting ready for the Mexico open. Few tee boxes are in different places, bunkers are not perfect yet, greens a little sandy but course is already in great shape.

Caddie Ricardo was amazing, his multiple decades experience helped us around the course. Gracias Ricardo.

we'll come back.

Very confusing layout and really boring resort course. Not worth it even for a ~$75 price. Spend more and play a different course in the area or the Norman course instead.

A couple things about Nayar. You drive probably 7 miles total: long distances between certain holes. Cross the river and back, and just some really weird and non-intuitive layouts. They make you take a caddy, party just so you don’t get lost between holes! The course itself is super boring. Easy. If that’s your thing, maybe it’s good to play. But really there’s only 2-3 interesting holes. The rest are completely forgettable.

And super important to know about Vidanta. Especially if you’re not staying there, the check in process is a huge pain in the butt. Check in at the gate, get a wristband. Park or get dropped off at the shuttle station. Wait for the shuttle. Get shuttled to the pro shop. Wait in line with everyone getting off the shuttle. Take a cart to the range (long drive). Warm up area. Check in again. Take a cart to the course (another long drive). And that’s if it all goes smoothly. For me they steered me 30 minutes after my tee time because they ran out of carts at the range and I just had to wait half an hour.

Overall, really disappointing experience. Only saving grace was I only paid under $70 for the round.

They need to give more information on the mandatory caddies and price we where 30 minutes late because they didn’t have enough caddies

There should be a better notification for the caddies letting people know it is mandatory and how much getting in and out is very difficult

The course is in great shape, great fairways, fast greens.

We ended up with the most junior caddies that was not really helpful. We knew what we were doing anyway but felt like we had to pay extra for little added value service.

We’ll come back anyway as it was one amongst many rounds but give the feedback so the club does some validation work in caddy qualifications.

Played at 640pm. Atmosphere, once on the course was amazing. Pristine conditions with giant bats flying around eating flies. Sort of feels like golfing in Jurassic park. Get there at least 30 mins early, cuz the shuttle into Jurassic park is pretty elaborate and confusing. No bar or beer cart at this specific course too. A little pricey for 10 holes (especially after the canadian dollar conversion)… but overall worth it. But i got a hole in one on hole 1…soooooo pretty biased over here.

We got a cab to the front gates and arrived a hour before our tee time. They made us wait at the concierge for an hour & then sent us to the range to wait for a caddie. They said a caddie was necessary to play the Norman course. We were then sent on the course an hour after our tee time was supposed to be and told us a caddie would join us in ten minutes. A caddie never showed up despite being told he would show up on the third hole. They sent us out on a different course than we paid for. After finding the Norman course on our own the golf was decent and course was in mediocre shape the greens were the highlight. The pace was horrible and our caddie never showed up. It’s worth playing once but if you aren’t staying at the resort it’s a horrible experience until you actually get on the courses I suggest showing up a hour and a half early.

We were required (no choice) to take a caddy although we had a golfcar

Layout of the course was strange, some holes were kilometers apart

Play were slow

Greens were good

Sand were difficult (compact)

Generally enjoy the round and the nice weather

A lot of water makes this a fun and challenging par 3 course. You have to carry your clubs as there are no carts. Layout involves some backtracking. Course is in walking distance of pro shop.