Laguna de Bacalar

The Bacalar Lagoon is popularly known as the Lagoon of Seven Colors because we can distinguish seven different shades of blue from the water as it is formed by seven different cenotes, whose waters overflowed and constituting a single pond, its shape is narrow and long, with 42 km long and only 2 km at its widest point. The lake gets its name from being located on its shores Bacalar City, the oldest town of Quintana Roo, in turn comes from the name of this Bakhalal Maya, meaning "surrounded by reeds" was later re-founded by settlers Spanish, that to defend British pirates and rebels Mayan groups built Fort San Felipe, which is now a tourist attraction.