Ecotourism in Rio Lagartos

Ecotourism was created with the intention of exploring the natural areas that exist all around the world, but with more responsibility than touristic companies and people are used to.

For example, most of the famous places where tourists go, cause a big impact on the environment that is not always positive, especially in places where biodiversity is the main reason why the destination is so popular.

This impact can be caused because of the bad administration of the governments or touristic companies, also because of the behavior of the visitors like contaminating the areas by throwing trash in an incorrect way, by altering the habitat of the species of animals, plants and cultural sites.

Sometimes it can seem like all tourism is like this and that there are no other options for vacations in beautiful places with reasonable prices, but actually that’s not true thanks to concepts like ecotourism.

Nowadays, a lot of hotels, apartments, restaurants and natural areas have chosen ecotourism to build their business, magnifying the options that we have for vacation.

Rio Lagartos is a town located on the Yucatan peninsula, in the south of Mexico. Is one of the destinations that have a big variety of activities in favor of ecotourism that you should check if you are planning your trip to Mexico.

Ecotourism activities in Rio Lagartos

Visit a Platinum Beach

As we have shared in other blogs, platinum beaches are a wonder not just for us, but for the biodiversity of the place too.

Yucatan and of course Rio Lagartos, has about 4 to 5 beaches that are platinum beaches, meaning that those beaches have all the requirements to be a healthy beach for the environment, like bathrooms, security, free of trash and clean water.

Going to a beach that has all these qualities makes it an ecotourism experience. Instead of supporting beaches with zero responsibilities and uncontrolled crowds, you are going to be supporting a respectful vacation with the environment.

If you want to visit one, the Rio Lagartos beach is a really great option. On Ria Aayin’s website you can see our offer of apartments around this area.

Explore the Biosphere Reserve

Another activity that has the goal of making tourism in nature is going to natural and protected areas.

This type of places are great for ecotourism because the visits of the tourist are regulated by experts that know the do's and dont's of a place like this.

Rio Lagartos is part of the Biosphere Reserve of Ria Lagartos, a wonderful area with more than 60,000 hectares with hundreds of species of all kinds, lagoons and vast vegetation. Here you can do activities like birdwatching, sighting of other species and plants and kayaking.

Visit archaeological sites

Yucatan is also known for its big number of archaeological sites and Mayan ruins. This historical cities and monuments exist all around the state, but in Rio Lagartos or close to it are some like Ek Balam.

Ek Balam, in the years of its peak, used to be a very advanced Mayan city that now remains as one of the most important and interesting ones.

By visiting this kind of places you are supporting the conservation of this historiacal area and the conservation of the culture, an aspect that also is part of the intentions of ecotourism.

If you are interested in this type of activities, in Ria Aayin we have an excellent offer of this and more ecotourism tours and packages!