5 Lakes and Lagoons in Veracruz, Mexico: Map & Photos

5 lakes and lagoons

Veracruz has 5 lakes and lagoons with their own page on Puebloteca, near the Pueblo Mágico of Orizaba. Only Laguna de Nogales has a pueblo nearby, 7 km away in Orizaba.

Lakes and lagoons are at their best early in the morning, when the water is calm. Many have boat rides and lakeside fish restaurants, and get busy on weekends.

Best months, when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons: Feb, Mar, Apr, Dec.

The Lakes and Lagoons 5

Laguna de Nogales · Lake · 7 km from Orizaba
A spring-fed lake in the town of Nogales, clear and cold, where locals swim, row, and stroll under the trees.
Laguna Sontecomapan · Lagoon · Catemaco
A mangrove-lined coastal lagoon in Los Tuxtlas, a Ramsar site since 2004, joined to the Gulf by a winding channel and visited by migrating birds.
Laguna de Catemaco · Lake · Catemaco
A volcanic lake of about 72 km² ringed by the hills of Los Tuxtlas, with launches out to islands of herons and stump-tailed macaques.
Laguna de Mandinga · Lagoon · Alvarado
Mangrove-lined lagoons south of Boca del Río, known for boat rides through the mangroves and oysters and seafood in the village of Mandinga.
Laguna de Tamiahua · Lagoon · Ozuluama de Mascareñas
Mexico's third-largest coastal lagoon, an 88,000 ha Ramsar site: mangroves, islands, shrimp caught by lamplight and the Cabo Rojo sand barrier.