Reserva Ecológica Nanciyaga - 95870 Catemaco

Well kept and run, beautiful walks and views, lots of birds, butterflies and lizzards.

Amazing was not there that long to se all of it but I loved it the trees animals the view wow

Kayaks, mud bath, cozy cabins, stellar views and diverse wildlife. Temazcal and massages not offered during COVID-19 shutdown, but still worth the visit!

This is a really neat place! The topography is rugged and covered in jungle so it makes for a great adventure. This is where they filmed the movie Apocalypto with Mel Gibson and the set is still here to visit. There is also an archaeological site here that can be toured with a guide. Their are the infamous witches around, also. The lake is beautiful with rough black sand beaches. There are even islands with hidden monkeys. There is plenty of locally made coffee, brandy, and cigars to pick up while in town. I enjoyed the visit.

Really nice place to visit! Prices of cottages from 1100/ night! But if you are scared from spiders don't stay per night! Hahaha! They have a lot to offer! Definitely magic place! In packages of 1 night you have included ritual with Shaman, bath in private cottage with mineral water, mask for your body and face, walk tour in reservation! If you not stay per night each activity has price. 100-400! Also you can take masage there!

Fellow traveler this is a must visit I won't spoil the adventure but it's a must. Just keep in mind it's a very natural experience do not expect the commodities of a 5 star hotel The food is amazing the scenery is amazing and the boat rides are mesmerizing .

It’s a beautiful reserve that is defensively worth a visit. Entrance fee is 100$ pp, including a guide for a jungle tour. Good things: - beautiful jungle trail - the reserve seems to be doing really well, there’s now 90 scarlet macaws and you really feel like you’re in the jungle when you’re visiting. They have the most beautiful huge trees - accessible by car and by boat - fun to rent a kayak (120$), you can visit monkey island by yourself Questionable things: - a guide is mandatory. - we had a Spanish guide that was really hard to understand, eventhough I speak fluent Spanish - our guide was constantly on her phone, questions weren’t really answered - it seems that the guides are volunteers from a school, so they ask for a tip. This wouldn’t have been a problem but when entering they say you pay for entrance and a guided tour, and the tour wasn’t by any means good. - we sadly didn’t see any monkeys on monkey island

The good: Well established and authentic eco resort with basic cabana accommodation on stilts with beautiful lake views. Well maintained trails through the forest with or without guides. Free use of kayaks. Decent restaurant. Good value. The bad: could provide better interpretation of the conservation work in the area in multiple languages. Noisy speedboats running around the lake all day. The ugly: groups of tourists being encouraged to throw food at obese monkeys on a small island.