3 parks and reserves
Sinaloa has 3 parks and reserves with their own page on Puebloteca, near the Pueblos Mágicos of Cosalá and San Ignacio. The closest to a pueblo is Reserva Ecológica Nuestra Señora, 9 km from Cosalá; the farthest out is Meseta de Cacaxtla, 43 km from San Ignacio.
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, Dec.
The Nature Parks 3
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Reserva Ecológica Nuestra Señora · Nature reserve · 9 km from Cosalá
A university-run reserve around an old mining town east of Cosalá, with a macaw aviary and one of Mexico's longest zip lines. -
Meseta de Cacaxtla · Nature reserve · 43 km from San Ignacio
A coastal plateau of dry tropical forest, mangroves, and empty beaches, protected since 2000; home to Las Labradas and jaguars. -
Estero del Yugo · Nature reserve · Mazatlán
A small coastal lagoon and dry-forest reserve in Cerritos, north Mazatlán, looked after by the CIAD research center and known as the city's bird sanctuary.
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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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