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 kilometers from Palenque by the road that leads towards San...
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Ángel de la Guarda island
Isla Ángel de la Guarda (Guardian Angel Island) also called Archangel Island, is a large island in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) east of Bahía de los Ángeles in northwestern Mexico, separated...
Arch of Cabo San Lucas
This magnificent natural rock formation at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula marks the start of Land’s End, where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific Ocean. At the tip of the...
Bacalar Lagoon
Bacalar Lagoon (Laguna de Bacalar), the Yucatan peninsula’s largest lagoon, comes as a surprise in this region of the scrubby jungle. The history of Bacalar is interesting, to say the least. It was inhabited...
Balankanché
Grottoes of Balancanche (Grutas de Balancanché) are the most famous Maya cave sites, near Chichen Itza, in Mexico. Approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) southeast of the Chichen Itza archaeological zone is a network of...
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 the state of Campeche, bordering the Guatemalan department of...
Cave of Swallows
The Cave of Swallows, also called the Cave of the Swallows (Sótano de las Golondrinas), is an open air pit cave in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The elliptical mouth, on a slope of karst,...
Cave of the Crystals
Cave of the Crystals or Giant Crystal Cave (“Cueva de los Cristales”) is a cave connected to the Naica Mine 300 metres (980 ft) below the surface in Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico. The cave length...
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 in total just over 686 hectares (1,695 acres). Centered...
Copper Canyon
Copper Canyon (“Barrancas del Cobre”) is a group of six distinct canyons in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua in northwestern Mexico. The canyons were formed by...
Cozumel
Cozumel (in Yucatec Maya: Kùutsmil) is an island and municipality in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, opposite Playa del Carmen, and close to the Yucatán Channel. The municipality...
Cuexcomate Geyser
The “world’s smallest volcano” has been used to store meals and dispose of dead bodies. The name Cuexcomate is from Nahuatl language and means “clay pot” or “place to keep”. The crater of Cuexcomate...
Grottos of Tolantongo
Located in the state of Hidalgo, in the Mezquital Valley, this beautiful set of caves is the ideal place to spend an unforgettable day, surrounded by nature. Within Tolantongo there is lots to see,...
Grutas de Cacahuamilpa
The Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park in Guerrero, Mexico, is best known for the Grutas de Cacahuamilpa Caverns, which are one of the largest cave systems in the world. It is also home to...
Ik Kil Cenote
Ik Kil is a cenote outside Pisté, Yucatán, Mexico. It is located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula and is part of the Ik Kil Archeological Park near Chichen Itza. It is...
Isla Mujeres
Isla Mujeres (“Women Island”) is an island in the Caribbean Sea, about 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) off the Yucatán Peninsula coast. The island is some 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) long and 650 meters (2,130...
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 federal waters 7.9 kilometers southwest of the peninsula known...
Lake Chapala
Lake Chapala (Lago de Chapala) is Mexico’s largest freshwater lake. It lies partly in Jalisco state and partly in Michoacán. It is located 45 km southeast of Guadalajara, Jalisco, and is situated on the...
Lake Pátzcuaro
Lake Pátzcuaro (Lago de Pátzcuaro) is a lake in the municipality of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico. Lake Pátzcuaro lies in an endorheic basin, which does not drain to the sea. A watershed area of 929...
Las Coloradas
Hidden away on the tip of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula is a magical place full of color. These stunning cotton-candy pink lakes filled with salt are called Las Coloradas. Huge salt evaporation ponds for sea...
