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    Laguna Aljojuca, Puebla

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    Aljojuca

    Village Aljojuca, Puebla

    Village on the Llanos de San Andrés beside Laguna de Aljojuca, a crater lake whose Nahuatl name means "sky-coloured water".

    From Huamantla: 50 min by car (60 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    Day trips and guided outings from Ixtenco often include Aljojuca; with a local guide you can get there without a car.

    Tours from Puebla City Africam Safari Zoo Admission with Transportation ★ 4.8 (87) · From US$35
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    How to get to Aljojuca

    • From Huamantla: about 50 min by road (~60 km)
    • Nearest airport: Puebla (PBC), 1 h 16 min by car to Ixtenco
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    Tours from Puebla City, near Aljojuca

    Africam Safari Zoo Admission with Transportation ★ 4.8 (87) 5 h From US$35
    Iztaccihuatl Volcano Hiking Tour from Puebla ★ 5.0 (81) 8–9 h From US$179
    Cholula tour from Puebla ★ 4.9 (81) 3–4 h From US$82
    Town walking tour of the city ★ 4.9 (80) 2–3 h From US$36
    Cholula Magical Town on a Traditional Tram from Puebla in Spanish ★ 4.4 (67) 5 h From US$14

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    About Aljojuca

    Aljojuca is the seat of the municipality of the same name in east-central Puebla, at about 2,470 m. The 2020 count gave the village 4,147 inhabitants; the municipality, created in 1895, covers about 52 km². The name comes from the Nahuatl atl, water, and xoxouhqui, sky-coloured: "sky-blue water", after the axalapasco, the crater lake beside the village.

    Laguna de Aljojuca is one of the area's crater lakes, along with Atexcac, Alchichica and Quechulac. The municipality has no rivers, only streams that run in the rainy season, and its main bodies of water are the lagoons of Aljojuca and Tecuitlapa. All of it drains toward Lake Totolcingo, within the Atoyac basin and the Balsas region.

    The climate is mild and sub-humid, with summer rain, mean temperatures of 12 to 14 °C and 600 to 700 mm of rain a year. The municipality borders San Nicolás Buenos Aires to the north, San Juan Atenco to the south, Chalchicomula de Sesma and Tlachichuca to the east, and San Salvador el Seco and Coyotepec to the west. Ciudad Serdán, the seat of Chalchicomula, is about 15 km to the south-east.

    How to get to Aljojuca

    Drive from Huamantla: 50 min, 60 km

    Aljojuca lies in east-central Puebla, about 15 km north-west of Ciudad Serdán in a straight line. Puebla city is about 71 km away in a straight line and Orizaba about 52 km, roughly 1 hour by car. Your own vehicle is the practical way to come, from Ciudad Serdán or from neighbouring San Salvador el Seco to the west.

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    Visiting Aljojuca: what to see and do

    Laguna de Aljojuca, the crater lake beside the village.
    Laguna de Tecuitlapa, in the same municipality.
    The Llanos de San Andrés landscape, with Pico de Orizaba to the east.
    Pair it with the crater lakes of Atexcac and Alchichica.

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    Day trips and guided outings from Ixtenco often include Aljojuca; with a local guide you can get there without a car.

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    Pick up a car at PBC (Puebla): about 1 h 16 min by road to Ixtenco, then 46 km more to Aljojuca, on your own schedule.

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    Flights

    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Puebla (PBC), about 1 h 16 min by road from Ixtenco, the base for Aljojuca.

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    When to go to Aljojuca cool

    Aljojuca shares the climate of Ixtenco, 46 km away. The best months to visit are February, March, November, and December.

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    The closest Pueblo Mágico: Ixtenco

    Stone bell tower of the San Juan Bautista parish above the plaza trees, Ixtenco, Tlaxcala cool
    Tlaxcala Ixtenco

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    Drive times by road from OpenStreetMap, without traffic. Times marked ~ are estimated from the straight-line distance.

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