Cancun

Pink Lake Tour from Las Coloradas with lunch and boat ride

Cancun, Mexico

TOUR to the Unbelievable Pink Lake of LAS COLORADAS With lunch and boat ride

12 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Experience the kaleidoscopic Parque Natural Ría Lagartos on a day trip that lets you explore the UNESCO-listed bioreserve with ease. Included transport form either Cancun or Playa del Carmen saves you the hassle of car hire and public transport, while exploring with a guide increases your chances of spotting native wildlife such as flamingos.

Admire the colors of Parque Natural Ría Lagartos on a day trip
Discover information about the local flora and fauna you might otherwise miss
Explore the mangroves in a boat and opt to exfoliate in a mud bath
Hotel pickup and drop-off mean you don't have to find a meeting point

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle
Snacks
Lunch
Las Coloradas Admission
Boat Ride and visit to the Reserve Rio Lagartos
A bottle of water during the tour
Visit to crocodile farm

Rio Lagartos Nature Reserve Tax ($24 USD PER PERSON)
Soda/Pop
An optional view point $8 usd per person
Dinner

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

06:30 AM

Pickup details

If your hotel is not in the previous list please let us know in which hotel are you staying so a representative of our company can contact you to indicate the correct place and time of your pickup. We ask you to indicate the hotel where you are staying in the special requirements box and also with your email. This service has only one schedule, between 6:30 am to 7:45 am. The schedules vary according to the hotel, our representative will indicate the exact schedule via mail or via text message. Every service and every part of the tour is directly operated by our staff. This is why we’re able to guarantee an excellent and high quality service. It is important to mention that all our vehicles are sanitized daily and we have all the sanitary measures to offer you a clean and disinfected environment.

What To Expect

Las Coloradas

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Rio Lagartos

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Infants must sit on laps
Not recommended for pregnant travelers

No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
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
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 40 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Featured review

Jason_S

Fun day Frank was informative and a nice guy. Enjoyed the Pink lakes and the boat ride. Everything was easy pick up drop off safe and reliable

Reviews

4.0

12 reviews

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Confusing pick-up, discrepancies for additional charges, tour guide gives no commentaries on the tour

Jielu_Y, Feb 2024

Terrible experience. Upon booking, the website had said $20 USD per person for the federal reserve tax. When they used WhatsApp to message me with the booking confirmation, they changed the price to $24pp. I messaged back a pdf of their booking webpage and asked that they conform to the price that was listed when booking, but their response was to change the price listed on the website and ignored my message. I asked if this fee is paid by cash or credit card, and they said both work. The night before the tour, I texted the WhatsApp number again to ask for bus and driver details so that I know who and what to look for in the morning pick up, but my messages were ignored. In the morning, I texted 30 mins before scheduled pick up time to ask, and no response. We waited outside the hotel. 5 minutes after the scheduled pick up time, we get a WhatsApp call frantically asking us where we are, told us that the bus is outside the hotel, and saying that the bus will leave without us. We told them that we’ve been waiting outside the hotel but there was no bus. I sent them a video of where we were (there was no bus) and asked for the driver’s information and location, but the caller from the tour agency only repeated that the bus is right outside and will leave in a minute. Turns out the bus was a block away from the hotel (smart oasis) and across the street. As soon as we got on the tour guide asked us to pay $24pp of the federal reserve tax. Again I asked why there is a discrepancy between the listed price at time of booking and the current price, and the tour guide said this is what the company told him to charge. I then asked to pay in card, and he said that’s fine, I will have to pay $24pp on site at Las Coloradas. At Las Coloradas, he led us to the ticketing counter and said there is an added 5% fee for using card, and that the price is now $26 per person. I then asked to pay with cash. The tour guide insisted that the price is now $26 instead of $24 due to the difference in currency exchange rates between Cancun and Yucatán. This didn’t make sense; if I had paid him in cash on the bus and the currency exchange rate makes the price $2 higher in Yucatán, when the tour guide hands the $24 federal reserve tax in cash over to the ticketing counter at Las Coloradas, does that mean he’s paying $2 extra per person out of pocket? I asked him that and he said currency exchange rules are complicated. Feels like this tour guide is scamming or trying to make money from the price difference. I then talked to the ticketing counter at Las Coloradas in Spanish and the staff there said that the tax is $24pp. This experience left a sour note from the very start of the tour. In terms of the tour overall, the itinerary was packed and the activities were decent, but not enough time at each stop. The mud bath is extremely underwhelming: they give you a small bucket of clay and you take some in your hands and smear it on your body. The lunch was also quite underwhelming. The “guides” at Las Coloradas are just workers who can help take pictures; there was no guided tour or explanations. I was also expecting commentary or explanations of the sites we are visiting and the local culture, but our tour guide did not do that. At the end of the night, they dropped some passengers off on the side of the highway because the ramp to their hotel was closed, which felt dangerous especially because there was not much lighting. My group got dropped off across the street from our hotel, the whole tour being 15 hours. Between the discrepancies in pricing, lack of explanations and commentaries during the tour, and the rushed itinerary despite a very long day, the experience was unpleasant. I would not recommend this to others.

Wonderful trip can’t be forgotten !

Lijun_Q, Feb 2024

The trip is unforgettable! Nice tour leader and great driver. The trip was very smooth. Thanks Viator to introduce such nice tour for customers.

Beautiful experience

Agnes_Y, Dec 2023

It was a great experience, knew the ride would be long but it was long. The experience override the long ride and long day. Be prepared to be back to your hotel late, we got back around 10pm

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Hello Agnes! We are glad that you had a beautiful experience. We look forward to seeing you again for other wonderful experiences in the Mexican Caribbean. Thank you for your preference. Have a great day!

Fun day

Miriam_S, Dec 2022

Was cool seeing the pink lakes but they’re not as pink as the photos- maybe depends when you go! The boat ride was super fun, and we got to see crocodiles and lots of birds including flamingoes. Our guide Toledo was friendly. Prepare for a long day - our trip was 15 hours.

Response from Host, Dec 2022

Hello Miriam! Thank you so much for your 4-star review! We appreciate your support. We are so glad you had an amazing time with us. The pink lake owes its name to the natural process of high salt concentration and the color depends on the step of that process. Hope to see you again next time you are visiting the Mexican Caribbean!

Pink Lake Excursion plus more

dimoir, Aug 2022

Pink Lake excursion was very good and very interesting. 3 different activities in one (1) day. Pink Lake was interesting with speciality guides for the lakes and provided great information. 2nd activity as the boat ride, which was best part of the trip. Boat captains very informative. Able to see crocodiles in their natural habitat and watch them feed them. Then went and able to see beautiful flamingos in their natural habitat. Amazing. Then went and participated in a Mayan experience by covering ourselves with the natural sun block of mud. Boat captains drove to the coast where we were able to wash off the mud before going to lunch. Note - mud takes a while to get off, so you really need to shower. Last activity a visit to a Crocodile Farm. Great experience. It should be noted that if you get picked up from the Hotel Zone in Cancun, you can expect a 15 hour day. Very long. From Playa del Carmen approx. 12 hour day. Lunch was at a traditional Mexican. Recommend if you want to see the Yachatan area of Mexico.

Response from Host, Aug 2022

Hello dear traveler, we are glad you are joining us on this incredible adventure to the state of Yucatan. This is one of the most famous tours in Mexico and one of the most requested along the Mexican Caribbean. All activities take place around the biosphere reserve of Ria Lagartos and the most important thing about this tour is to give you a reflection on the environmental care of nature and animals. We know the trip is long, but it is totally worth it. Thank you so much for your comment, we hope we can see you back soon!

melimel1514, Jul 2022

The bus driver to the big bus in the morning was very all over the place. The bus ride to the excusion is long. The bus driver back to the hotel was reckless. Not stopping at stop signs, driving fast. Horrible ride back. Then didn't even drop off off to the lobby. Left us as the gate.

Response from Host, Jul 2022

Hello dear traveler, thank you for your review. This is one of our most popular tours, unfortunately the distance between the hotels in the Riviera Maya and the pink lake in Las Coloradas is long, because it is located in another state of Mexico, however, we offer a comfortable transportation where you can rest while we reach the destinations and enjoy the views that the road gives us. Our drivers strictly follow the safety measures while driving, we will pass the report to the respective department, to follow up on this particular situation because it is strange that we get this kind of comments about our drivers. Thank you very much for reporting this and we hope to see you soon on your next vacation in the Mexican Caribbean.

Las Coloradas YES, but not with this tour agent.

Marek_S, Nov 2021

I do not recommend - offer not as described: no snacks box, hidden costs (11 USD / person for entry to Las Coloradas). The guide rarely spoke English and it was very difficult to understand (he mumbled).

Response from Host, Jan 2022

Hello Marek. Thank you for notifying us about this situation. In advance, we offer you our sincere apologies on behalf of our entire team. In order to investigate what happened and improve the quality of our service, we kindly ask you to send us an email to marketing@islamujerescozumel.com with the following information: - Full Name - Booking Reference - Date of activity - Phone number - E-mail - Explanation of what happened Thank you for reaching us and for your understanding, have a nice day.

Great customer but still room for improvement

Akesha_S, Sep 2021

Great customer service! Pablo and Fred did a great job explaining, translating and making us as comfortable as possible. Despite the rain I had a great time. The restaurant had excellent food and facilities. I'm giving it 4 stars because there's lots of room for improvement. The van was not clean enough. The box lunch was a bologna and cheese sandwich on white bread. The air on the van was subpar. And we needed to fill up before we hit the road, that should've been done b4 picking us up. All in all I still enjoyed myself because the staff is A1 and it's all about the people!

Response from Host, Sep 2021

Thank you for your comments and I appreciate that you had fun on this fabulous tour. We look forward to seeing you in the near future. Kind regards Flor

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Jason_S, May 2021

Fun day Frank was informative and a nice guy. Enjoyed the Pink lakes and the boat ride. Everything was easy pick up drop off safe and reliable

Response from Host, Jan 2022

Good afternoon Jason, We are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your tour to Las Coloradas. We look forward to seeing you again!

It was a Wonderful experience and worth doing

Maral_H, May 2021

The tour guide Edgar was very good and attentive. The pink Lake very beautiful and worth seeing. The boat ride, the flamingoes, the crocodiles all very enjoyable. My favorite part was the application of the Mayan clay all over ourselves and swimming in the Ocean to remove it. Lunch was excellent too. The reason I’m giving 4 stars and not 5 is because of the length of the trip. The description of the excursion said 12 hours but it was 15 hours. It was a very long day and you spend about 10 hours on the bus. My pick up was from Cancun but we also picked up people from Playa Del Carmen. And we had to drop off the people in Playa Del Carmen first before returning to Cancun. The tour company should better coordinate the drop off at the end of the day so they can get the people to their hotel faster. Also should disclose the actual time of the the trip so people can plan their evening accordingly and not be frustrated sitting on the bus.

Response from Host, Jan 2022

Hello Maral!, we appreciate your comments and preference. We are glad that our activity has been to your liking. We look forward to seeing you again!

Unvergesslicher Tag

Di_R, May 2021

Von Anfang bis Ende perfekte Organisation! Super Kommunikation mit dem Veranstalter, unterwegs ebenfalls. Wir waren in einer Spanischen Gruppe und Pablo unser Tour guide hat uns perfekt in Englisch alles erklärt und dafür gesorgt das wir einen mega Ausflug hatten. Danke für den schönen Tag für die vielen kleinen Extras... Mehr als zu empfehlen diese Tour!

Response from Host, Jan 2022

Hello! we appreciate your comments and preference. We are glad to hear that you enjoyed our tour and had a wonderful day full of adventure and fun at Las Coloradas. We look forward to see you again!

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