Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve
Mexico
Sian Ka'an begins where the hotel strip of Tulum ends, on the Caribbean coast of the Yucatán peninsula, and the…
6 tickets & tours
Country
Largest national parks in Mexico
Sian Ka'an, on the Caribbean coast of Quintana Roo, is the largest protected area in the catalogue for Mexico, 5,280 square kilometres of forest, wetland and reef, and a World Heritage site. The Monarch Butterfly reserve, the volcano parks of La Malinche and Iztaccihuatl-Popocatepetl, and the Chacahua lagoons follow. Mexico's marine parks are small, protecting specific reefs.
| # | Park | Country | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve | Mexico | 5 280 km² |
| 2 | Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve | Mexico | 562 km² |
| 3 | La Malinche National Park | Mexico | 461 km² |
| 4 | Iztaccihuatl-Popocatepetl National Park | Mexico | 398 km² |
| 5 | Lagunas de Chacahua National Park | Mexico | 149 km² |
| 6 | Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park | Mexico | 120 km² |
| 7 | Huatulco National Park | Mexico | 119 km² |
| 8 | Puerto Morelos Reef National Park | Mexico | 90.7 km² |
| 9 | Cabo Pulmo National Park | Mexico | 71.1 km² |
| 10 | Lagunas de Montebello National Park | Mexico | 64.3 km² |
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
Mexico
The monarch butterflies of eastern North America spend the winter in a few patches of high fir forest on the border of…
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La Malinche National Park
Mexico
La Malinche is the broad, isolated, extinct volcano that stands between the cities of Puebla and Tlaxcala, east of…
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Iztaccihuatl-Popocatepetl National Park
Mexico
Iztaccihuatl and Popocatepetl, the second and third highest mountains of Mexico, stand side by side on the eastern rim…
6 tickets & tours
Lagunas de Chacahua National Park
Mexico
The Lagunas de Chacahua are a chain of coastal lagoons, mangrove channels and deserted beaches on the Pacific coast of…
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Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park
Mexico
The reefs of Cozumel, off the Caribbean coast of the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, are among the most celebrated diving…
75 tickets & tours
Huatulco National Park
Mexico
Huatulco is a planned resort on the Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca, strung along nine bays with…
1 ticket or tour
Puerto Morelos Reef National Park
Mexico
Puerto Morelos is the fishing village between Cancún and Playa del Carmen whose reef, part of the Mesoamerican barrier…
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Cabo Pulmo National Park
Mexico
Cabo Pulmo is a village of a few hundred people on the East Cape of Baja California Sur, on the Gulf of California,…
8 tickets & tours
Lagunas de Montebello National Park
Mexico
The Lagunas de Montebello are a group of more than fifty lakes scattered through pine forest on the high plateau of the…
1 ticket or tour