Parque Natural Petenes - Ría Celestún

We really had a great time. I’d bring some small binoculars to enhance the view. Saw a comment they were disappointed couldn’t get closer to the flamingos?🦩 This isn’t a “petting zoo” it’s wildlife. The mangroves were awesome, saw a crocodile 🐊 and a group of spoonbills which were beautiful. Highly recommend.

Great place. Definitely worth a visit. We took a boat ride. Lasts about an hour and a half. Saw flamingoes. Went through the mangroves. Covered myself in the Mayan mud. All good fun. Dinner on the beach was great, as was swimming in the sea. A really nice day out.

Beautiful even if the boat can’t get really close to the flamingos. Bring your binoculars ! Visit to the mangroves. We paid for a boat and a guide who knew everything about the flamingos and the mangrove. That was really interesting. We enjoyed every second of it. BUT I don’t give 5 stars because we paid $45 per person as fortunately we were able to find 5 more people to share the boat. Otherwise it was $250 boat and guide for a couple ! Starting Feb 1 it is going to be a boat for 6 persons max.they really take advantage of tourists. And of course we had to pay cash as they don’t take credit card, super inconvenient and make you wonder about their business practices ( that’s an usual practice in Mexico, for taxes…) No ATM at the place you have to go to the town if you don’t have enough cash!

Calm and beautiful, perfect place to visit to behold the natural wonders of the Celestun area.

Well worth the drive and the cost of going. A tip though you pay for the boat not per person. So if there is 2 of you or 8 it's the same cost. So make some new friends in the parking lot and save some money like we did lol.

Great tour. We waited about half an hour, no one else showed so we went ahead and paid because I was dying to see the flamingos. They did not disappoint. Had some minor boat trouble, I believe he went aground, but another boat came and towed us out and everything was fine. Was about an hour and a half tour, stayed and took a million pics and videos for a good 15-20minutes once we reached the largest group. Then boated through a mangrove forest.

Absolutely beautiful, natural beach just to the west of progresso beach Very quiet area, no services...bring water.

Beautiful place but less flamingos each year. Try to visit during high season to watch thousands instead of dozens.