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Isla de los Alacranes

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  • RegularTravellerOKC
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    Needs maintenance and trash collection

    I really want to rate this higher, but I just can't. There is potential here. The boat ride over is nice, and walking around the island can be fun. The problem is that the island is in bad need of gen...

    Reviewed on Oct 29, 2023
  • Ronald S
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    Not Yet

    The boat ride was a nice break from walking, but the island needs to be cleaned up and repaired before opening or charging people to visit. Definitely could have skipped this.

    Reviewed on Dec 6, 2020
  • Cbadjournalist
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    A boat ride across Mexico's largest fresh water lake, Lake Chapala, to Isla de los Alacranes

    It only took us 20 minutes by boat to reach this small island named for its shape, from above, it looks like the shape of a scorpion. On arrival we walked on a few feet up a hillside where we found a...

    Reviewed on Aug 21, 2019
  • Paul-Jann V
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    A good first time experience

    My wife and I went here. We took a 1 hour boat experience. About 15 minutes to get to the island. Then we wandered the island and had a drink - about 45 minutes on the island - that's all we needed...

    Reviewed on Aug 17, 2019
  • beachhowlers
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    Small Island in Lake Chapala

    Go to the jetty where the boats are tied up along the malecon. A boat ride is about 300 pesos. We like boat rides so take one in many places we go. It is a short ride. The boat man will wait for you. ...

    Reviewed on Jul 2, 2019
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