Experts' Choice Award El Charco del Ingenio
What the experts agree on
This sprawling 88-hectare botanical garden is Mexico's largest, showcasing vast cacti and succulent collections, endangered species, and a wildlife sanctuary centered around a scenic canyon spring.
“San Miguel's 88-hectare botanical garden is also a wildlife and bird sanctuary...the deep canyon at the bottom boasts the eponymous freshwater spring, El Charco del Ingenio. ”
– Lonely Planet
Travel + Leisure "This ecological preserve and botanical garden—the largest of its kind in Mexico—is home to hundreds of rare and endangered species, cacti, and succulents." Full review
Fodor's "San Miguel's botanical garden has an extensive variety of Mexican cacti and succulents collected from different parts of the country." Full review
