Municipio: Catemaco, Veracruz
Location: Laguna Catemaco, Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz
Type: private boat tour to Las Margaritas archaeological area
Fees: average cost was 300 pesos per each of 12 people, including motor launch, row bots, horses,
dinner, guides, snacks.
Access: downtown Catemaco, KayakTur Rental on Malecon
Location: Laguna Catemaco, Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz
Type: private boat tour to Las Margaritas archaeological area
Fees: average cost was 300 pesos per each of 12 people, including motor launch, row bots, horses,
dinner, guides, snacks.
Access: downtown Catemaco, KayakTur Rental on Malecon
Tourism in Catemaco, Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico
Private Cruise to Las Margaritas
Private Cruise to Las Margaritas
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We left Catemaco amid a beautiful sunny day, and then some waves started kicking. Upon arriving at the
Tepeyaga peninsula our on boat guide informed us the most popular stone glyph was submerged and the
others were not really worthwhile to dunk into the churning waters to explore.
So we headed around the point, which also is alleged to have some stone carvings, and entered the Rio
Margaritas. At its entrance, our lancheros awaited us, transferred us to their row boats, and moved us to
the La Margaritas shore to meet our horses.
Unfortunately there were not enough horses for us all, but never mind, each horse was accompanied by
its owner on foot. So, those on foot, arrived at the ruins before us, after happily twisting their ankles and
catching pinolillos.
The scenery was absolutely gorgeous, even the horses enjoyed the wonderful grass.
The "ruins" turned out to be a lot less but still worth the venture. If it had not been for our pedestrian
companions we would have loved to proceed into the high lands beyond the "ruins".
So we returned to the pueblo, found its eco lodge, parked our horses and awaited our scrumptious dinner.
We had forgotten the birthday cake for one of our companions and had to send a "lancha" through the
heavy swell to recover it.
We all drooled over the wonderful meal prepared by those proficient cooks of Las Margaritas, sang "Las
Mañanitas to our birthday companion and decided to return home.
The waves in the laguna were just too rough to do a night time search for crocodiles.
Tepeyaga peninsula our on boat guide informed us the most popular stone glyph was submerged and the
others were not really worthwhile to dunk into the churning waters to explore.
So we headed around the point, which also is alleged to have some stone carvings, and entered the Rio
Margaritas. At its entrance, our lancheros awaited us, transferred us to their row boats, and moved us to
the La Margaritas shore to meet our horses.
Unfortunately there were not enough horses for us all, but never mind, each horse was accompanied by
its owner on foot. So, those on foot, arrived at the ruins before us, after happily twisting their ankles and
catching pinolillos.
The scenery was absolutely gorgeous, even the horses enjoyed the wonderful grass.
The "ruins" turned out to be a lot less but still worth the venture. If it had not been for our pedestrian
companions we would have loved to proceed into the high lands beyond the "ruins".
So we returned to the pueblo, found its eco lodge, parked our horses and awaited our scrumptious dinner.
We had forgotten the birthday cake for one of our companions and had to send a "lancha" through the
heavy swell to recover it.
We all drooled over the wonderful meal prepared by those proficient cooks of Las Margaritas, sang "Las
Mañanitas to our birthday companion and decided to return home.
The waves in the laguna were just too rough to do a night time search for crocodiles.
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