3 parks and reserves
Guerrero has 3 parks and reserves with their own page on Puebloteca, near the Pueblo Mágico of Zihuatanejo. Only Isla Ixtapa has a pueblo nearby, 12 km away in Zihuatanejo.
Parks and reserves are best on weekdays and early in the day. Bring water, and check the opening hours, since some close one day a week.
Best months, when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr.
The Nature Parks 3
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Isla Ixtapa · Nature reserve · 12 km from Zihuatanejo
A small wooded island off Playa Linda with calm beaches, snorkeling over coral, and palapa seafood restaurants. -
Parque Nacional El Veladero · Nature reserve · Acapulco de Juárez
The hills ringing Acapulco Bay, a national park since 1980, with tropical forest, lookouts and the Palma Sola petroglyphs. -
Parque nacional General Juan N. Álvarez · Nature reserve · Chilapa de Álvarez
A 528-hectare pine and oak forest at El Ocotal, east of Chilapa, protected since 1964 and now looked after by volunteer farmer patrols.
On the map
Distances are in a straight line; roads add about a third.
Where to stay
The Pueblos Mágicos these places are closest to, each with hotels, food and getting-there notes.
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