Discover the pink of Lake Las Coloradas and the contrast of the Lagartos River with the beautiful flamingos on the day trip from your hotel door. On your visit to the Riviera Maya you can't miss Las Coloradas, an amazing paradise that we must all visit.
There is a place in the port of Las Coloradas, Yucatan, which seems the scene of a fantastic dream. This visual spectacle is known as "Pink Lake". In this fishing village, the salt industry is indispensable. It was the salt deposits that accumulated in the lake that stained its waters with a spectacular pink hue.
Important information: From July 19 to August 19, 2023, due to the beginning of the salt harvest, the pink tone of Las Coloradas is much lower and you will not be able to appreciate the characteristic color of this area. We thank you for your understanding.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ 2 Hours Boat ride at Rio Lagartos
✔ In-vehicle air conditioning
✔ Lunch
✔ Visit to crocodile farm
✔ A bottle of water
✔ Las Coloradas Admission
✔ Snacks
✖ Drinks in restaurant with aditional cost
✖ Rio Lagartos Nature Reserve Tax ($24 USD PER PERSON)
Pickup Locations
1. The Royal Haciendas All Suites Resort & Spa
2. Real Playa del Carmen
3. The Reef Coco Beach
4. The Reef 28
5. The Reef Playacar
6. Sls Cancun
7. Sandos Caracol Eco Resort
8. Reina Roja Hotel
9. Moon Palace Cancun
10. Rosewood Mayakoba
11. Sandos Playacar
12. Princess Family Club Riviera
13. Cyan Cancun Hotel & Spa
14. Wyndham Garden Playa del Carmen
15. Viva Azteca by Wyndham, A Trademark All Inclusive Resort
16. Viva Maya by Wyndham, A Trademark All Inclusive Resort
17. Viceroy Riviera Maya A Luxury Villa Resort
18. Valentin Imperial Riviera Maya
19. Barcelo Maya Palace
20. Barcelo Maya Beach - All Inclusive
Additional Info: If your hotel is not in the previous list please let us know in which hotel are you staying so a representative of our company can contact you to indicate the correct place and time of your pickup. We ask you to indicate the hotel where you are staying in the special requirements box and also with your email. This service has only one schedule, between 6:30 am to 7:45 am. The schedules vary according to the hotel, our representative will indicate the exact schedule via mail or via text message. Every service and every part of the tour is directly operated by our staff. This is why we’re able to guarantee an excellent and high quality service. Most of the web pages you see are simply selling tours as a middle-man, providing little to no guarantee of quality, safety or assurance. Here, you buy directly from the tour operator.
Itinerary
1
Las Coloradas
On this tour you can enjoy the nature that surrounds us in a day, we will travel to Las Coloradas a small fishing village located in the east of the state of Yucatan.
We'll get you to your hotel, we'll all go up to the minivan. It will be a journey of about 3 hours. Because our departure is very early, along the way we will give you a box lunch for you to enjoy.
Arriving in the village of Las Coloradas you will be a few steps from the sandy roads facing the most spectacular pink lake of Mexico, result of the extraction of sea salt in the region.
Las Coloradas is a simple population that lives mainly from salt extraction and fishing.The first thing to do in Las Coloradas is to walk the sandy paths and admire, while taking photographs, the unique spectacle of pink water in Yucatan.
Duration: 60 minutes
2
Rio Lagartos
We will go up once again to transport and head to Rio Lagartos which is located 38 km west of Las Coloradas. When we arrive we will board a boat that will take us through a tour through the mangroves of Río Lagartos and the protected environmental reserve called Ria Lagartos that constitutes a natural area.
It will be a two-hour tour, where you will be a spectator of one of the attractions that Río Lagartos has are the flamingos that come to feed and nest the Biosphere, and that offer a beautiful spectacle when they arrive in large flocks painting the sky pink.
We will reach a mat that will give us access to see more closely the pink flamingos while feeding, just remember to be very quiet as as any bird gets scared easily. As we approach to admire them you will see some sea cockroaches that are walking around the place, some puffer fish and other species of birds.
At the end of the flamingo sighting you can head to the "Maya Bath" where you will enjoy cooling off in a mud of pink or golden waters, this due to its high concentrations of sulfur, minerals, salts and algae that it possesses, those that act as exfoliants to skin, leaving a feeling of softness throughout the body.
Duration: 2 hours
3
The food you can delight will be held in the restaurant Los Negritos where you can choose one of the dishes from the main menu.
Duration: 60 minutes
Additional info
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Important information: From July 19 to August 19, 2023, due to the beginning of the salt harvest, the pink tone of Las Coloradas is much lower and you will not be able to appreciate the characteristic color of this area. We thank you for your understanding.
