We saw this place from photos online and stopped by to check it out on our way through Mexico. When you are first driving into the town, there are people that will try to stop you and sell you a tour. I'm not sure if they were associated with Las Coloradas but it seemed a little sketchy. We drove straight to the tourist center and bought a tour directly from the counter. They offered tours with an English and Spanish guide, but you need a guide to enter. Erica was our tour guide and she was wonderful. She taught us all about the company that makes the salt, and how it is processed. It was all very interesting. She mentioned that YOU CANNOT SWIM in the salt lakes because it is used for human consumption and it is unsanitary. People used to take pictures of themselves in the lakes to post online, but you cannot do that anymore. She also said the best time to see the pink color is April or December. We went in January and it was still very pink. Hurricane season (June-November) is not a time to visit because all the rain messes with the salinity levels, and the color is not as radiant. Our walking tour took us about an hour and it was about $380 MXN ($22 USD) per person. We think that it was worth it. We even stopped by the gift shop after to buy some salt produced by the pink lake ($2 USD) Thank you to Erica and everyone at Las Coloradas for this experience!

It looked so enchanting and the hues of pink just melts our hearts. We’ve never seen anything like this before and it was such an incredible feeling to be there, to just admire the beauty and the serenity. We did a day trip from Cancun Wear comfy clothes/ shoes, sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat. We hope you enjoy visiting as much as we did

This place is Amazing. We took this tour with Sol Turquesa in Merida. We visited several places in addition to Las Coloradas. Our guide, Eduardo, was wonderful! He explained everything and how the salt is harvested from the ponds. The pink water is so fascinating and caused by several things, one being the flamingos and their diet of brine shrimp and sea monkeys! Eduardo took amazing photos for us. This will definitely be a place and trip we will never forget! ❤️

The visit to Las Coloradas was a good experience, but not something fascinating. The access price to the site can be considered high, without a doubt the spectacle of the colors of the pools and their contrast with the blue of the sky and the sea is pleasant. The guides do a good job and are sufficiently informed to provide adequate information. We had the bad fortune of visiting the place when there was an electrical failure in its surroundings, reason why the use of the toilets was not allowed (as we were informed), curiously taking into account the high price to enter the site, no action was taken to provide the user with the necessary services, which includes the cost of the entrance. Personally, I consider this to be a deficiency of the management and customer service, it should be a priority to be able to continue offering the service of access to the toilets for visitors who in their great majority travel for at least an hour to the site. If the lack of electricity prevents the proper use of the toilets, actions could be implemented to alleviate the problem, such as perhaps using battery-powered lighting or the presence of containers and/or buckets with water for the correct use and hygiene of the bathrooms. Telling the visitor that the toilets cannot be used and that they can pay for the use of toilets in a nearby place is not really the best, perhaps even the action could be taken by the operator of the site to go to the nearby site that has toilets so that at Las Coloradas' expense the visitor could use the toilet services. The lack of initiative of the staff, but especially of the management, leaves a bad taste in the mouth of the visitor, especially taking into account that children and older adults attend the site. A greater and better culture of customer service will undoubtedly improve the reputation of the place.