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Agua Azul

The Cascadas de Agua Azul ("Blue-water Falls") are found in the Mexican state of Chiapas. They are located in the Municipality of Tumbalá, 69 km [...]

Ángel de la Guarda island

Isla Ángel de la Guarda (Guardian Angel Island) also called Archangel Island. Isla Ángel de la Guarda is a large island in the Gulf of [...]

Angelita Cenote

In the dense Mexican jungle, a series of sinkholes and caves lead to an amazing underwater world. One such discovery is Cenote Angelita, a wide [...]

Arch of Cabo San Lucas

The Cabo San Lucas Arch is a magnificent natural rock formation at the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula. This rock marks the beginning [...]

Bacalar Lagoon

Bacalar Lagoon (Laguna de Bacalar) is the largest lagoon in Yucatan. Bacalar Lagoon is situated in Quintana Roo, near the town of Bacalar. It is [...]

Balankanché

Grottos of Balancanche (Grutas de Balancanché) are the most famous Maya cave sites, near Chichen Itza, in Mexico. This network of sacred caves is located [...]

Cabo Pulmo National Park

Cabo Pulmo National Park (Parque Nacional Cabo Pulmo) is a national marine park on the east coast of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, spanning the distance [...]

Calakmul Biosphere Reserve

The Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de la Biosfera de Calakmul) is located at the base of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, in Calakmul Municipality in [...]

Cave of Swallows

The Cave of Swallows ("Sótano de las Golondrinas"), is an open-air pit cave. The cave is located in San Luis Potosi. Its elliptical mouth is [...]

Cave of the Crystals

The Cave of Crystals, also known as the Giant Crystal Cave, is located in Naica. The Naica Mine is located in the small town of [...]

Cenotes in Yucatan

A cenote is a natural sinkhole formed when limestone bedrock collapses, exposing underground freshwater. These stunning pools, mostly in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, attract visitors for [...]

Chapultepec Forest

Chapultepec, more commonly called the "Bosque de Chapultepec" (Chapultepec Forest) in Mexico City, is one of the largest city parks in the Western Hemisphere, measuring [...]

Chicxulub Crater

The grandiose impact believed to have caused the dinosaur mass extinction and created the Chicxulub Crater was most likely a large asteroid. This epic event [...]

Chipinque Ecological Park

Cerro de Chipinque is a mountain in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is part of the Sierra Madre Oriental range and the Cumbres [...]

Copper Canyon

Copper Canyon ("Barrancas del Cobre") is a breathtaking natural wonder located in the northern part of Mexico. This vast and rugged canyon system is renowned [...]

Could the Popocatépetl volcano destroy Mexico City?

Volcanic eruptions pose a significant threat to nearby communities. Popocatepetl is no exception. Although this volcano is a constant reminder of the potential dangers, its [...]

Cozumel

Cozumel is an island in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, opposite Playa del Carmen, and close to the Yucatán [...]

Cuexcomate Geyser

The "world's smallest volcano" has been used to store meals and dispose of dead bodies. Cuexcomate is an inactive geyser in Puebla City. The crater [...]

Grottos of Tolantongo

Tolantongo Caves (Grottos of Tolantongo) are a set of caves and grottos in the Mexican state of Hidalgo. This beautiful set of caves (grottos) is [...]

Grutas de Cacahuamilpa

The Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park, located in the Mexican state of Guerrero, is best known for the Grutas de Cacahuamilpa Caverns, which are one [...]

Hierve el Agua

Hierve el Agua ("the water boils") is a set of natural rock formations in the Mexican state of Oaxaca that resemble cascades of water. Hierve [...]

Holbox

Holbox is an island in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, located on the north coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. Holbox Island is part of [...]

Ik Kil Cenote

Cenote Ik Kil is one of Mexico’s most beautiful cenotes. Situated just a short walk from the famous ruins of Chichen Itza, this stunning cenote [...]

Isla Mujeres

Isla Mujeres ("Women Island") is an island in the Caribbean Sea, about 13 km off the Yucatán Peninsula coast. The island is part of the [...]

Islas Marietas

The Marieta Islands ("Islas Marietas") are a group of small uninhabited islands a few miles off the coast of the state of Nayarit, Mexico, in [...]

Laguna Salada

Laguna Salada ("salty lagoon") is a vast dry lake some 10 meters below sea level (sometimes wet - sometimes dry) in the Sonoran Desert of [...]

Lagunas de Montebello National Park

Nestled in the highlands of Chiapas near the Guatemalan border, Lagunas de Montebello National Park is one of Mexico's most captivating natural destinations, which offers [...]

Lake Chapala

Lake Chapala is Mexico’s largest natural lake, covering more than 1,100 km². It lies between the states of Jalisco and Michoacán, with most of its [...]

Lake Pátzcuaro

Lake Pátzcuaro (Lago de Pátzcuaro) is a lake in the state of Michoacán. The lake lies in an endorheic basin, which does not drain into [...]

Las Coloradas

Las Coloradas, located on the Yucatán Peninsula, is known for its pink lakes. This place is part of the Ría Lagartos Reserve, has become a [...]

Loltún Cave

Loltun Cave is a cave in the Mexican state of Yucatán, approximately 5 km south of Oxkutzcab. The Loltun Cave contains paintings attributed to the [...]

Mesoamerican Barrier Reef

Mexico is home to the second-largest barrier reef in the world. The Mesoamerican Barrier reef runs along the Caribbean coastline of the Yucatan Peninsula and [...]

Mexicaltitán de Uribe

Mexcaltitán de Uribe, also known simply as Mexcaltitán, is a unique and picturesque island village. Mexcaltitán de Uribe is a small human-made island city off the [...]

Mexican glaciers

Not everyone knows, but Mexico has about two dozen glaciers, all located in the country's three highest mountains. The last ice age ended about 10 [...]

Mexico’s stone forests: nature’s ancient sculpture garden

Imagine standing in a dense forest - except there are no trees, only towering stone pillars frozen in time. These stone “forests” in Mexico look [...]

Mexico’s stunning white and pink salt flat wonders

Salt flats are among the most surreal landscapes on Earth. Vast, perfectly level expanses stretch to the horizon, where sky and ground merge into a [...]