After reading your post, we now know for sure that we are going to do the boat ride and skip Las Coloradas. I would love to see the pink lakes to take some nice pictures, but not if I have to skip the flamingos and crocodiles. End especially not if I first have to get past all those private property signs to get to the pink lakes.

Thanks again for this very informative post!

Hi Clara, we loved Mexico and cant wait to go back. Check out my Instagram as I am always posting post and stories about our travel plans 🙂

Hi Raul, thank you so much for your comment. Yes, everyone in Mexico was a little confused as to why we were headed there and everyone suggested visiting Holbox instead. Also, everyone I asked said that the bright pink tones where a product of the salt production in the lakes and that there is no wildlife that lives in the water as the “pools” are only a feet deep, and the water is removed once the salt is ready. While we where there, a few of the pools had already been labeled for pumping. However, next to Rio Lagartos there was a big lake where in some areas there was a light pink shade being reflected by the soon and there were flamingos present. According to my driver, that was a natural one. It still is a little unclear to me as I would still like to believe that they are all a natural product. Anyway, the whole Yucatan area has sooooo much too offer that you are better off visiting other places and skip this one in my opinion 🙂

Thank you Nicole, yes I agree with you. I ventured off because I had only heard great things about it, but to be honest, unless you are a photographer or want this picture really badly for IG, I would recommend you use your time wisely and visit somewhere else. Visiting a Cenote is much more worth it!

I really enjoyed your story. Greetings from Mérida.

PS you can explore the Yucatán coast by google earth looking for natural salt ponds, In dry season they become pink wáter lagoons (and all year are flamingos present).

Thank you Suze! Yes, it is a very strange and un inviting setting indeed but offers some great opportunities for pictures. Hope to see you soon in Mexico!

Hahah I have seen pictures with the flamingo floatie and cant even imagined how they pulled that off! Maybe back then not many people where visiting so there wasnt need for a guard? who knows.. but he is following you around everywhere. He will let you take a picture nearby but wont let you touch it or come close to the edge because your feet can sink, which happened to me.

Thank you dear Gemma!

Thank you! Hope you can visit!

Couldn’t agree more! I who am in social media have learnt not to believe everything you see because a picture can be cropped, or taken in a way that you dont see the full spectrum of things.

Thank you Andele! I will be posting a few more soon and hope you visit soon! 🙂

Thank you so much Dany! 🙂