Bioluminiscencia Laguna Manialtepec — Local services in Oaxaca

MAGICAL!!!

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We booked a lagoon tour via WhatsApp with Restaurant La Rosa de Monterrubia, a lovely chap named Antonio. We spent a little extra on a private tour so we could go later when it was fully dark (very important - light and full moons are no bueno). Antonio gave us a price much lower than the larger group tours we were trying to book from the bigger places. We got a taxi from PE which took about 20 min each way. Arrived 8:15pm, well after sunset.

It was a little spooky pulling up to the restaurant when it was dark, after all the other tourists have left. But Antonio greeted us straight away and walked us down a wooden walkway to the dock.

A 20 min boat ride along the lagoon takes you to the swimming area where the luminescence is indescribable. That would’ve been more than enough value for our money. But we then cruised another 15 min or so to where the river meets the lagoon, and that is where I won’t spoil the magical display that awaits you. You CANNOT swim in this area, which has crocodiles, but if you’re lucky you’ll see their red eyes in the light and get a thrill.

The stars were incredible to gaze during the serene drive back on the calmest waters you’ve ever seen (sit up...

The experience is interesting and unique. After the van ride near or at dusk, we boarded our boat with a few steps in the water and then walking up a plank. There were multiple people to assist getting in and later getting off the boat. After a short boat ride to what looks like a thatched hut submerged in the water. There were many of these covered areas to block out star and moon light. Then those who wanted to see put on life jackets and jumped off boat to swim into viewing hut. For those who stayed on the boat, it was possible to see a little by moving hands rapidly into the water under the thatch covering. It looks like Sparks from the hands as the bioluminescence takes...

Very easy walk in this park. You will be pressured to get guild, not necessary. buy Tickets ONLINE. If monkeys or sloth spotted there will enough looking up to know where they are. The guides will have telescope for you to see animals better and find the snakes and small creatures so not a bad idea to hire. They have closed restaurant in park so white faced monkeys not hanging out there. You can bring sandwich and water but NO plastic...