These are some clips from a brilliant day trip we took to Celestun, a little town on the coast in the Yucatan. We were staying in Merida, the colonial capital of the region, and heard that the Ria Celestun was the place to see flamingo's and other interesting birds so we caught a local bus to the coast which took a few hours but was well worth it.
The Ria Celestun is now a protected ecological area, alive with mangrove forests, Petun jungle (mid-height jungle found where fresh water hits salt) and plenty of wildlife. The river is 22km long and 2km wide - a huge expanse of water. We got a great guide who took us for a tour of the river on a very speedy boat! We got to see flamingo's, pelicans, egrets, stalks, gulls and crocodiles. The water is really pink caused by the rain filtering through the red mangroves, as are the shrimps and the flamingo's.
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