Río Lagartos Biosphere Reserve

Yucatán · Mexico

Río Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
Photo: Adam Baker from Houston / Moscow / Toulouse (travel a lot), CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
April to September
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
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This coastal lagoon and mangrove reserve on the northern Yucatán is a major nesting site for Caribbean flamingos. Boat trips through the shallow salt flats also reveal crocodiles, herons, and pelicans against the pink-tinged water.

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