FlaminGO to Mexico! This small village is PARADISE! (Celestun, Yucatan Vlog)

Visiting Celestún, Mexico has been one of our favorite excursions since we moved to the Yucatán Peninsula in December, 2020.
We took a bus from Merida and spent two days in Celestun. Day one was spent eating lots of seafood and exploring the cute fishing village of only 6,000 residents. (Although the population rises to about 10,000 when its octopus hunting season). We booked an oceanfront Airbnb and found out that Celestun is one of the most affordable places on the whole Yucatan Peninsula to book oceanfront accommodation. Hotels or Airbnbs. The town itself has a super laidback and chill atmosphere and we didn't find it to be very touristy at all.
Day two was all about seeing some flamingos! Celestun is known for having flocks of thousands of them and they are in season right now. (We went on February 15th-16th and saw thousands!) We booked a boat tour at the Celestun Biosphere Reserve. An amazing 147,500-acre (600 km²) reserve where you could spot more than 400 species of birds. There's other options if you want to go see the flamingos, like hiring a local fisherman and their boats to take you out directly from the beach in downtown Celestun, or booking a private canoe tour. We're going to cover all of the options and details in an upcoming blog post so stay tuned for that. (Link to our website at the bottom of this description!)
The boat tour also included a trip through a fairy-tale like Mangrove Swamp and a beautiful crystal-clear water springs.
If you can't travel to Mexico right now due to covid-19 or other reasons, don't worry! After they leave Celestun around March-April they just head a few hours up the Gulf of Mexico coast to Rio Lagartos, Mexico. Another quiet coastal Mexican town. Which one you should visit depends on what time of year you're visiting! (Rio Lagartos is also known for it's pink salt lakes in Los Colorados.)
Celestun is only 1.5 hours from Merida, but several hours further from hot tourist spots like Tulum and Cancun. However, we loved it so much we think if you're in the area long enough you should definitely take the time to come out! Plus, you'll get to road trip through the whole Yucatan state and even see the state of Campeche, which borders the town of Celestun! Don't forget to stop off in Valladolid at the halfway point! :)
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