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    Colourful trajineras moored at the landing of Lago de los Reyes Aztecas in San Pedro Tláhuac, with food stalls under the trees, Ciudad de México

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    Lago de los Reyes Aztecas

    Lake Tláhuac, Ciudad de México Municipality of Tláhuac Valley of Mexico

    San Pedro Tláhuac's boat landing: trajineras past vegetable chinampas, herons and ducks, with fewer boats and crowds than Xochimilco.

    From Mexico City: 40 min by car (30 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Lago de los Reyes Aztecas

    • From Mexico City: about 40 min by road (~30 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (MEX), 1 h 25 min by car to Tepoztlán
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    About Lago de los Reyes Aztecas

    In the village of San Pedro Tláhuac, east of Xochimilco, a small lake of almost two hectares survives from the web of canals that once fed Tenochtitlan. The village grew up on the island of Cuitláhuac, in the middle of the old lake, and its chinampas are still its main farmland: the El Bordo canal, which joins the Canal de Chalco, empties into this lake, and from here the waterways run on to Xochimilco.

    The landing is far calmer than Xochimilco's. In 2022 it had about 40 trajineras, against more than a hundred at each Xochimilco landing, and an hour cost 400 pesos, up to 100 less; you can bring your own food and drink at no extra charge. Boatmen double as guides, poling past chinampas of lettuce, parsley, coriander, spinach, broccoli and epazote, greenhouses, beds of tule and reed, and nesting spots for herons and ducks; American white pelicans sometimes turn up in spring. Water hyacinth, brought in as an ornamental under Porfirio Díaz before it became a pest, is cleared by the boatmen themselves every Monday.

    Stalls by the water sell garnachas, chicharrones, beer and pulque, and at the end of the ride you can buy seeds, flowers and vegetables straight from the chinampas. Nearby families offer temazcal steam baths and workshops in pottery and farming methods. On 29 June, the feast of Saint Peter, the trajineras are decorated with flowers and vegetables, and a few blocks away stands the parish church of San Pedro, begun by the Franciscans in 1529.

    How to get to Lago de los Reyes Aztecas

    Drive from Mexico City: 40 min, 30 km

    By Metro: Line 12 (Mixcoac–Tláhuac) to the Tláhuac terminal. From there it is about a 30-minute walk to the landing, or about 10 minutes by taxi. Tláhuac station is also where every RTP bus route in the borough ends; Metrobús does not reach Tláhuac. The landing is at Calle Gabriel Hernández 16, colonia La Guadalupe, south of the village centre.

    By car: from the Zócalo it is about 30 km to the southeast, roughly 40 minutes without traffic; from Xochimilco's landings it is about 13 km, roughly 20 minutes. From Tepoztlán, the nearest Pueblo Mágico, it is about 76 km via the México-Cuernavaca highway, roughly 1 hour 20 minutes without traffic.

    Mind the location: a second pond with the same name lies in the La Draga housing estate about 4.5 km to the northwest; the trajineras leave from the one in San Pedro Tláhuac.

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    Before you go to Lago de los Reyes Aztecas: hours, prices and tips

    Hours
    Trajineras Monday to Friday, 9 am to 9 pm (hours published in 2022). Chilango · checked Oct 2026
    Entry
    In 2022 a trajinera cost 400 pesos an hour per boat, plus 50 pesos for a Bluetooth speaker. Bringing your own food and drink is free. Chilango · checked Oct 2026
    Best season
    On 29 June, the feast of Saint Peter, the trajineras are decorated with flowers and vegetables. American white pelicans appear in spring. México Desconocido (Escapadas); Wikipedia · checked Oct 2026
    Guide or tour
    The boatman acts as your guide on the ride. Chilango · checked Oct 2026

    Hours and prices change, especially around holidays. Each fact links to where we checked it.

    Visiting Lago de los Reyes Aztecas: what to see and do

    Take a trajinera through the canals to the chinampas of Los Reyes and San Pedro Tláhuac.
    Ask the boatman to stop at a chinampa to see lettuce, coriander and epazote being grown.
    Look for herons and ducks at their nesting spots and, in spring, American white pelicans.
    Buy seeds, flowers and vegetables from the chinampas at the end of the ride.
    Try garnachas, chicharrones and pulque at the stalls by the water.
    Visit the Franciscan church of San Pedro Apóstol, begun in 1529, in central Tláhuac.

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    Pick up a car at MEX (Mexico City): about 1 h 25 min by road to Tepoztlán, then 33 km more to Lago de los Reyes Aztecas, on your own schedule.

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    When to go to Lago de los Reyes Aztecas mild

    Lago de los Reyes Aztecas shares the climate of Tepoztlán, 33 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, March, and December.

    Lago de los Reyes Aztecas is best for swimming and time on the water in the warmest months (March, April, and May); in the rainiest ones (June, August, and September) expect storms in the afternoon.

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    The closest Pueblo Mágico: Tepoztlán

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