Only 60 miles from Merida, the Celestun National Park is one of the ports most visited by tourists. This wild animal refuge offers many attractions, but perhaps the greatest is the natural tableau formed by the beautiful pink flamingo seen here in its natural habitat.Try the seafood delicacies prepared here and visit the beautiful beaches, mangrove forests and the petrified wood of Tampeten.
Boat tours to see the pink flamingo colonies and the beautiful landscapes of this birds and mammals sanctuary are available across the bridge with the fishermen.
Special Biosphere Reserve: Created by presidential decree on July 19th. 1979 has an extension of 59,130 hectares (23,929 acres) and extends along of the Ria Celestun estuary and the closeby inlets. Its extension is approximately 25 Kilometers (15 miles) and a depth of 1 and a half meters (5 feet).
Birdwatching: Pink flamingo colonies can easily be seen during March to August when they leave their nesting area from the East side of the Peninsula at Rio Lagartos National Park and come to feed into this rich and vast zone of plancton; Other bird species that can be seen are: green back heron, white heron, tiger heron, great blue heron, long blue heron, royal tern tricolored heron, white ibis, snowy egrets, great egrets, reddish egret, olivaceous cormorant, double-breasted cormoran, belted king fisher, black hawk, osprey, grooved bill annis, frigate, long beaked curlew.
Beaches: Clean secluded beaches along the coast are easily found. These beaches are wide and are a mixture of fine sand with seashell fragments.
Other natural attractions: Ojo de Agua Baldiosera (Spring), El bosque petrificado (Petrified forest).
Restaurantes:
Los Caracoles, located on calle 12 s/n, open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Excelent seafood, beach front.
Celestun, located in calle 12 #10 "B", open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Excelent seafood, beach front.
La Playita, located on calle 12 #99, open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Excelent seafood, beach front.
Bus station: Union de Camioneros de Yucatan. Located on calle 12 s/n Daily departures to Kinchil, Uman and Merida.
Post Office: Administracion de correos. Located on calle 12 #118. Open 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m.
Telephone: Caseta. Located on calle 10 x 17. Open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 8 p.m.
Banks: Bital. Calle 12 #104. Open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Gas Station: Domicilio conocido.
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