4 parks and reserves · within 60 km
There are 4 parks and reserves within 60 km of Tizimín in a straight line, an hour or a little more by road. The closest is Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Lagartos, 50 km away; the farthest, Las Coloradas, is 54 km. They are all listed under Espita, a Pueblo Mágico that makes a good base.
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, Nov, Dec.
The Nature Parks 4
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Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Lagartos · Nature reserve · 50 km from Tizimín · Yucatán
Yucatán's eastern coastal wetland reserve, where most of the Caribbean's American flamingos nest; you explore it by guided boat from Río Lagartos. -
Río Lagartos · Nature reserve · 50 km from Tizimín · Near Espita
A fishing village on a long coastal lagoon where boat tours go out to see flamingos, crocodiles and herons. -
Punta Bachul · Nature reserve · 52 km from Tizimín · Yucatán
A low, lonely cape on the sand bar west of San Felipe, used by fishermen's camps and visited by boat for birds, beach and quiet. -
Las Coloradas · Nature reserve · 54 km from Tizimín · Near Espita
Shallow salt-works lagoons that turn bright pink, east of Río Lagartos; visits are guided and swimming is not allowed.
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Distances are in a straight line; roads add about a third.
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