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Las Coloradas: Pink Lagoons and Beach Bliss
4.7
32 Ratings
Merida
Discover Las Coloradas’ pink lagoons, relax at Cancunito beach, and enjoy a scenic boat ride with lunch in Rio Lagartos.
Discover Las Coloradas’ pink lagoons, relax at Cancunito beach, and enjoy a scenic boat ride with lunch in Rio Lagartos.
Duration:
12 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Merida - The starting point of the adventure.
In the morning, travelers will be picked up for a delightful drive to Las Coloradas. -
Las Coloradas - Discover one of the Yucatán Peninsula’s most iconic lagoons. Las Coloradas is renowned for its stunning pink hue, resulting from a high concentration of salt, microorganisms, and sunlight.
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- Merida - The starting point of the adventure.
In the morning, travelers will be picked up for a delightful drive to Las Coloradas.
- Las Coloradas - Discover one of the Yucatán Peninsula’s most iconic lagoons. Las Coloradas is renowned for its stunning pink hue, resulting from a high concentration of salt, microorganisms, and sunlight.
- Cancunito - Visit the beautiful, untouched beach known as Cancunito in Río Lagartos, perfect for cooling off, sunbathing, and enjoying the sea.
- Rio Lagartos - Experience an exciting boat ride that immerses you in nature while exploring the mangroves, flora, and fauna of the region. Be ready to capture photos of flamingos and crocodiles.
After the boat tour, there will be time to enjoy a delicious lunch.
- Merida - Return to Mérida
What's Included
- Boat ride through the mangroves
- Lunch
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Interactive online game to reinforce learning, shareable via WhatsApp
- English & Spanish guide
- Boat ride through the mangroves
- Lunch
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Interactive online game to reinforce learning, shareable via WhatsApp
- English & Spanish guide
What's Not Included
- Carbonated beverages
- Gratuities
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Entrance to Las Coloradas:
International visitors: $350 MXN
Nationals: $240 MXN per person
- Carbonated beverages
- Gratuities
-
Entrance to Las Coloradas:
International visitors: $350 MXN
Nationals: $240 MXN per person
Additional Information
Discover the unique scenery of the pink lagoons at Las Coloradas in Río Lagartos, an ideal location for capturing memorable photos.
Following this, the journey continues to a serene beach known as Cancunito, offering a peaceful retreat for relaxation.
Next, a boat tour will provide an opportunity to appreciate the breathtaking landscapes, vivid colors,…
Discover the unique scenery of the pink lagoons at Las Coloradas in Río Lagartos, an ideal location for capturing memorable photos.
Following this, the journey continues to a serene beach known as Cancunito, offering a peaceful retreat for relaxation.
Next, a boat tour will provide an opportunity to appreciate the breathtaking landscapes, vivid colors, and diverse wildlife of the area.
To conclude the adventure, lunch will be served at one of Río Lagartos’ most inviting and highly praised restaurants.
Location
Merida
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(32 Ratings)
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Susan
Feb 5, 2026
Pink salt flats are unique - Pink salt flats are unique and an amazing experience but a LOOONG way from Mérida (3 hours each way). Beach was fine but we were there on a chilly day and there was a lot of seaweed. Boat tour wonderful—make sure you dress for the wind—saw crocodiles, hundreds of birds and flamingos. Lunch was excellent
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K2657re_
Sep 15, 2025
Beautiful Pink Lake - Pink Lake is beautiful, you can't imagine it's salt flats, nature is well protected. Locals are very conscious of protecting the natural environment, and tourism has done little damage to the ecological environment.
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Ali
May 23, 2025
Excellent option - Excellent, very friendly driver, all service was excellent, safe and respectful, I travel alone and always safe, highly recommend.
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Exploration352644
Feb 19, 2025
Excellent experience and service - The 3 places are amazing and exceeded our expectations. The service is excellent, we were treated very kindly. Mr. Javier is an expert in your work. Thank you!
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Cj_l
Jan 8, 2025
Awesome adventure & great service! - Our driver/guide Carlos was excellent! Super knowledgeable and very friendly went above to translate everything to English for us :)
The stops were so beautiful & a great way to do multiple adventures in one package.
I have never seen anything like the pink lagoons! The boat trip through the mangroves was incredible to see all the wildlife!
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B5320sssidneys
Nov 17, 2024
Great day trip - I went on this tour with my mom and we had a great time. The tour was well paced and our guide was profesional and accommodating. Though the drive from Merida is long, the vehicle was air conditioned and comfortable, and ultimately worth it to see Las Coloradas and Rio Lagartos. The local lunch was also solid.
Note that the tour does not pickup from airbnbs, so you must elect to pick up at a nearby hotel. We had no problems with the pick up though did have to walk nearly 15 minutes to the nearest hotel.
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Faraway08634590118
Jul 16, 2024
Good day trip! - Carlos (the organiser of the tour and driver) is perfectly fluent in English and Spanish. It was a romantic activity, where you have a chance to take amazing pics. It was divided into 3 parts:
1. Las Coloradas: beautiful artificial salty lakes, with a pink color. There is another guide explaining a bit the context of the lake.
2. A beach: It was a good break as it was too hot and we needed to chill a bit. However, we had to face a ton of mosquitos.
3. A boat tour: We had the chance to see one crocodile.
You should see many flamingos, regardless of the season.
It was what I was looking for, and it's a good day trip for a honeymoon. It takes the entire day, it's relaxing. I'm usually into more sporty stuff but it was a good break and allowed us to do/see something different.
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D5379numiguelb
Apr 6, 2025
Great tour, highly recommended, but be prepared for a long journey from Mérida! - The tour was great but the journey is long! The fact that we were not many, we end up going in a small car that was not as comfortable as expected! The tour guide was really nice and did accommodate everything the group required and it was an overall great experience! We were lucky enough to see a small group of pink flamingos even outside of the ideal timing to visit them!
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Kbleedsuk
Nov 26, 2024
Lovely trip but tour guide wouldn't/couldn't speak English - Positives - transport was comfy with good air conditioning & driver/tour organiser (Abraham) was very friendly & did his job well (he explained he didn't speak much English which didn't bother me as he wasn't a tour guide).
The things we saw & did on this tour were amazing. Highlight had to be seeing the flamingos and whizzing down Rio Lagartos on a boat, but all the other parts (Visiting Las Coloradas, the trip to the beach, the lovely meal & even the pit stop at a farm shop on the way back) made it a brilliant day out & worth the long journey.
Negatives - The tour guide on the boat either wouldn't or couldn't speak English & didn't even give an initial safety message in English. I learnt zero about flamingos/wildlife/the river from this guy.
The tour guide given to us at Las Coloradas could speak English but you had to continually ask for it, whereas the Spanish was given automatically. I was given only a fraction of the information that the Spanish speaking tourists on my tour were given.
The trip advisor page for this tour states that the tour is in 'English/Spanish' - I really would suggest that the tour company change this tour description to 'Spanish only' if they continue to use the same guides.
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Deniseke9187nx
Jul 26, 2024
Naja, solide - Overall, the tour was satisfactory. However, you have to be aware that the Pink Lagoon is not a nature phenomenon, but a salt factory and you cannot enter the water there. In addition, “lunch” is not served until 4.30 pm.
Unfortunately, we were also unlucky that our bus, despite a tour booked in English, spoke only Spanish. Although the tour guides tried hard and occasionally translated information, many clues were lost.
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