Laguna Miramar Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Miramar is not the easiest place to get to. Try to visit outside the late-August to late-October rainy season, when land access can be more difficult and muddy foot trails can resemble quicksand. Some agencies in San Cristóbal de Las Casas run three- or four-day trips to Miramar from San Cristóbal via the river route, with prices starting around M$3500 per person.

Land

Hold on tight. From Ocosingo, passenger- carrying trucks called tres toneladas (three-tonners) bump along 138km of rough road to reach San Quintín (M$70, about six hours). Departures are at 9am, 10:30am, noon and 2pm from just southeast of Ocosingo’s Tianguis Campesino. You can also hire a VW bug (bocho) taxi (M$800 to M$1000). The route runs through the area known as Las Cañadas de Ocosingo, a Zapatista stronghold. Your documents may be checked at Mexican army or Zapatista village checkpoints, so keep your passport and tourist card handy.

By land or plane you’ll arrive in San Quintín, Emiliano Zapata’s neighboring village (which is anti-Zapatista and has a large army garrison). A track opposite a military complex beside San Quintín’s airstrip leads to the middle of ejido Emiliano Zapata, about a 15- to 20-minute walk. Trucks head back from San Quintín to Ocosingo at 2am, 5am, 8am and noon.

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Air

Servicios Aéreos San Cristóbal has small-plane flights to San Quintínfrom Comitán or Ocosingo.

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