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Visit Lake Las Coloradas: Explore Vivid Pink Waters and View Flamingos at the Lagartos River

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Rio Lagartos

Embark on a journey to Lake Las Coloradas and Lagartos River, where you'll witness the stunning pink waters and encounter beautiful flamingos. Book your day trip now!

Duration: 14 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Las Coloradas - It’s time to enjoy the nature of the Mexican Caribbean with this day trip where we will travel to Las Coloradas a small fishing village, that provides one of the most amazing landscapes you can see on our planet. When the salt starts to concentrate you will see that the water takes coppery tones and later, when almost all the water has evaporated, it takes a tone like strawberry pink which is quite impressive.

Pick up from your Hotel to Las Coloradas (3-4 hrs transportation route). 1 Hour tour to Las Coloradas and Salt Harvests with a native and certified Guide.

Rio Lagartos - After capturing this incredible landscape, you will know more aboard a boat and where you will travel through the reservation of Río Lagartos, one of the attractions it has are flamingos that come to feed and nest in the Biosphere, and that offers a beautiful spectacle when they arrive in large flocks painting the sky pink.

Two and a half hour boat ride through the Rio Lagartos Biosphere Reserve. We will visit the exotic flora and fauna, flamingos, birds, mangroves and the natural habitat of the crocodiles.

Rio Lagartos - We will enjoy a delicious meal at restaurant, you can choose one of our regional dishes, drinks are not included. Finally we will transport you back to your hotel after an incredible tour of Las Coloradas.

What's Included

Two-hour boat tour of Rio Lagartos Reserve, featuring flamingos, birds, mangroves, and crocodiles
Complimentary breakfast and lunch included
Exploration of Las Coloradas with native guide
Tour of the salt harvests at Las Coloradas
Comfortable travel with in-vehicle air conditioning

What's Not Included

Federal tax of $24 USD per person
Carbonated beverages
Optional Viewpoint $8 USD per person
Dinner

Additional Information

Get ready to embark on a journey that will take you to locations of other times and what seems like another world.

Discover the unrivaled pink tone of Lake Las Coloradas and the perfect contrast that the Lagartos River gives you with the beautiful flamingos on this day trip. We’ll pick you up from your hotel door.

Las Coloradas its spectacular pink color is due to its high concentration of salt, microorganisms, and the sun. The intensity of the color varies depending on the position of the sun’s rays, allowing us to admire a range of colors ranging from yellow and orange to pink that characterizes it.

Important information: From July 19 to August 19, 2023, due to the beginning of the salt harvest, the pink tone of Las Coloradas is much lower and you will not be able to appreciate the characteristic color of this area. We thank you for your understanding

Important information: From July 19 to August 19, 2023, due to the beginning of the salt harvest, the pink tone of Las Coloradas is much lower and you will not be able to appreciate the characteristic color of this area. We thank you for your understanding

Location

Las Coloradas

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

3.6

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Cindy_m

Dec 17, 2023

Fun - The pink lake is pretty impressive. And the boat riding was great. Enjoyed the tour very much! Thanks!

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Jasmine_l

Dec 13, 2023

Highly Recommended - An attraction VERY worth visiting and you You will never be disappointed,During my 4-day holiday trip,I have ordered a total of three different tour groups on the Viator website, and this is the only one I am very satisfied with.

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Melissa_e

Aug 22, 2023

Thé place was so... - Thé place was so beautiful, I will come back again it was an amazing day, with a lot of memories, can wait to be back

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Lizzjohnston

May 1, 2024

Great day out - Loved the crocodile farm and the boat trip. Need a guide that gives more information. 3 - 4 hours on a bus is a long journey and it would have been nice to receive some facts about the area

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Lynnette_m

Feb 7, 2024

Pink Lake - The lake was definitely pink! The boat ride was nice but would like to have seen more animals. The crocodile farm was good. Had fun feeding and holding the different sized crocs. However it was almost too long of a day.

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Deborah_t

Nov 13, 2023

living life through pink coloured glasses - why not :) - Pink lake was great, but there were over 40 "lakes" to visit however this tour included other pitstops so we were focused on the closer lakes. if you want a 1/2 day trip of just all the lakes you will want to drive yourself there and then take the tour offered by the Pink Lake crew (las coloradas). As a first intro, it was great, the boat ride was fabulous, and we really just had a great day. Hope you will too :)

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Hailey_b

Jul 27, 2023

Excellent, except for the croc farm - Overall, excellent tour. Yes it was a long day, and yes the bus got cold. Our tour director Pablo was excellent and learned all the groups of people who were traveling my name and gave all information in both Spanish and English. Research the pink lakes before you come, some people didn’t realize it was a salt factory and were disappointed. I recommend wearing your swimsuit to the tour so you don’t need to change for the boat ride, which I loved! Breakfast and lunch provided a lot of food, but I do recommend bringing extra water and snacks. The ONLY downside to this tour was the crocodile farm we stopped at as our third activity. It was a small facility that seems to exist only to fascinate tourists. Everyone got to hold several croc babies and the workers were just throwing them all over people’s shoulders nonstop. We went into the croc enclosure to feed them, and several workers waggled sticks in front of the crocs to entice them to move. As a animal lover, it was hard to watch. I may have booked a different tour if I knew we would stop at the croc version of Tiger King. I wish we had done something different, or simply started for home. ALSO, if you want to be on the bus as short a time as possible, get picked up in Playa del Carmen!

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Jim_p

Mar 4, 2024

Nice excursion but not good transportation & missing details - The Pink waters, Rio Lagartos, Crocodile farm, and lunch was very nice but the transportation to and from Las Coloradas was not good & that is why we give it only 2 stars. The touring company crammed 18 people into a small 14 person van and a car for the 3 & a half hour drive to Las Coloradas. We made one stop along the way for a bathroom break, that bathroom break was a spot that required payment to use the bathroom, it would have been helpful to let people know ahead of time that the stop would require payment. Then the drive back to the resorts took an extra 2 hours, again in a crammed van, to drop off people who were in the car. The van did not need to travel the extra 2 hours and could have gone straight back to the resorts, to drop people off. That long of a drive in both directions should have been done in a tour bus with better accommodations for the travelers, i.e. more leg room, comfortable seats, an actual bathroom, etc. The boat ride included time to "enjoy an exfoliating scrub with clay from the salt lake" and a swim, but emailed instructions didn't include a suggestion to bring a swimming suit. We actually thought we chose a different excursion, so we didn't bring one to our disappointment.

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Tristine_b

May 19, 2024

Viator is lacking this trip!! - Van ride was 3 hours x 2 with no air conditioning. There was a metal spike sticking up in the van that stabbed my pants and leg. My mom fell and required stitches. However, the tour guide, Dolphino was great and helpful.

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Jasmine_r