Las Coloradas, Río Lagartos and Playa Cancunito Tour from Mérida
Description
This tour already includes all the tickets and payment of taxes. Explore one of the most beautiful landscapes offered by the Yucatan Peninsula. We take a walk in the company of a certified guide through the paths through the pink pools, including access to the viewpoint. Later we will visit Cancunito beach which is an impressive unspoilt beach described by many as one of the most beautiful in Yucatan. Then you will get to know the Natural Park of the Río Lagartos Reserve through the boat tour, this area is inhabited by beautiful flamingos, crocodiles, eagles, seagulls and many other species of the region. You will visit an amazing beach to exfoliate your skin with clay. At the end of the boat ride, it is time to relax and prepare for a delicious culinary experience, unique in Rio Lagartos in the Maleconcito restaurant. The tour lasts 13 hours (7am to 8pm). The tour takes place in both languages (Spanish and English).
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Itinerary
This is the first meeting point where we pick up travelers for this tour. Departure from here is punctual at 07:00 am (with a maximum tolerance time of 10 minutes). Later we go to the next meeting point which is the Santa Ana park and we finish at the third meeting point which is the Fiesta Americana hotel. Before leaving Mérida we stop at a store to buy water and snacks for the road. Once we have everyone on board and after making the stop at the store, we begin our journey to the first point of this incredible tour. The time to get to the first point, which is Las Coloradas, is 3 hours on the road, this is where these fascinating pink salt pools are located.
Here you take a walk in the company of a certified guide through the paths that cross the pink pools where you can enjoy a dream landscape and capture your best photos and videos. It already includes the entrance ticket to the park, environmental tax, access to the viewpoint and support with taking photos.
It is an impressive unspoilt beach rated by many as one of the most beautiful in Yucatan, here you will have free time of 45 minutes to swim and take photos. The place has no bathrooms or restaurants as it is an unspoilt beach.
You will get to know the Río Lagartos Reserve Natural Park through the boat tour that lasts 2 hours, each boat has a capacity of maximum 6 people, they are provided with a life jacket and binoculars for bird watching. This area is inhabited by beautiful pink flamingos, crocodiles, eagles, seagulls and many other species of the region. You will visit an incredible beach to exfoliate your skin with mud and see the benefits of a rejuvenating treatment in the most relaxing part of this exciting tour.
The boat tour ends at the dock in front of the Maleconcito Gourmet restaurant where we have 1 hour to eat a delicious dish to choose from the menu provided by the guide. Drinks are not included in the restaurant.
We finish this tour at the same meeting point where we picked you up in the morning, starting with the last one which is the Fiesta Americana hotel and ending at the Viajes Colibrí office. The travel time back to Mérida is 2 and a half hours from Río Lagartos.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
In our office, it is important to enter to register your arrival, in Santa Ana Park we stop in front of the church on 60th Street and at the Fiesta Americana hotel we stop at the back of the hotel on Cupules Avenue.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Arrive on time at the selected meeting point (Maximum 10 minute wait)
- Dress in comfortable clothes for walking (fresh clothes, light colors and comfortable shoes)
- Bring a swimsuit and towel separately, in Las Coloradas there are bathrooms to change into and in the restaurant there are showers
- Wear a cap or hat and sunglasses.
- Use sunscreen and mosquito repellent
- Bring official identification if you are Mexican
- In the van there is a cooler with ice to store the drinks you bring.
- Have a good breakfast before leaving on the tour
Reviews(206)
Excellent service from the guys, Juan & Diego were excellent guides, and the service at the agency was always very friendly.
Excellent treatment, super qualified guides, very safe. We will return soon!
I wouldn't change a single detail of the excursion.
Excellent service, always very friendly
This trip to Las Coloradas was gorgeous, and a lot of activities (visit the lakes, swimming in the beach, boating in the lakes with flamingos, lunch in Rio Lagartos…), it was very nice to see the flamingos 🦩 and the pink lakes ✨, the guide was amazingly friendly.
We had the experience of being with a crocodile and you know where the salt comes from.
I loved this trip, seeing Las Coloradas, the cenotes, everything was very beautiful
Excellent tour, the guide Jony was very kind, everything was well coordinated, the food was delicious, and the experience was unique observing flamingos and pink hues and returning to a beautiful beach.
We were the only English-speaking folks on the tour but our guide was dual-lingual and translated everything for us. It was a great experience. We loved seeing the flamingos and the Mayan mud bath the most. Highly recommend.
Thank you for your wonderful review! 😊 We're delighted to hear you had a great experience and that our bilingual guide made you feel included throughout the tour. We're so glad you enjoyed the flamingos and the Mayan mud bath. We truly appreciate your recommendation and hope to welcome you back to Yucatán soon! 🌿🦩✨
I had a wonderful experience on this tour, I had to move to another date due to not enough numbers on the date I booked, the tour ended up being fully spanish speaking however my guide was so kind and made sure to translate everything for me in english and ensured to check in on me, the actual tour was awesome, Los Colorados was so beautiful and the guide whom took us around was an A+ photographer, once we got on the boats the drivers were always looking for crocodiles and we managed to see 3 and the flamingos were WOW, we were able to view them for a good amount of time and take photos! The clay bathing was fun, all in all this was a great tour! I highly recommend doing this when it is the good season for flamingos :)
Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We're delighted you enjoyed Las Coloradas, Río Lagartos, the flamingos, and the entire experience. We're especially happy to hear our guide made you feel comfortable by translating everything into English. We truly appreciate your recommendation and hope to welcome you back to Yucatán soon! 😊🌿
