Nature Wonders

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Nanacamilpa Firefly Forests

Millions of fireflies mate in during the months of June, July and August in this forest sanctuary that is open to visitors. These pine tree [...]

Popocatépetl

Popocatépetl (Popōcatepētl in Nahuatl) is an active stratovolcano, located in the states of Puebla, Mexico, and Morelos, in Central Mexico. The volcano lies in the [...]

Revillagigedo Islands

The Revillagigedo Islands (Islas Revillagigedo) or Revillagigedo Archipelago are a group of four volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean, known for their unique ecosystem: Socorro [...]

Samalayuca dune fields

The Samalayuca dune fields, also known as Los Médanos (The Dunes), or Médanos de Samalayuca are a series of large but separated fields of sand [...]

Sima de las Cotorras

Sima de las Cotorras ("Sinkhole of the Parrots/Parakeets") is a sinkhole located in the El Ocote Biosphere Reserve in western Chiapas, southern Mexico. It is [...]

Sumidero Canyon

Sumidero Canyon (Cañón del Sumidero) is a deep natural canyon located just north of the city of Chiapa de Corzo in the state of Chiapas, [...]

Taam Dja – the deepest blue hole in the world

A group of researchers has discovered in Mexico the deepest blue hole, which could provide a window into prehistoric life. The cave was initially discovered [...]

Tree of Tule

The Tree of Tule (El Árbol del Tule) is a tree located on the church grounds in the town center of Santa María del Tule [...]

Usumacinta river

The Usumacinta River in southeastern Mexico and northwestern Guatemala. Usumacinta is formed by the junction of the Pasión River, which arises in the Sierra de [...]

Volcano of Parícutin

Parícutin (or Paricutín) is a cinder cone volcano located in the state of Michoacán. Volcano Paricutín surged suddenly from the cornfield of local farmer Dionisio [...]