Museum and botanical garden “Dr. Faustino Miranda”

In the middle of the noise and the chaos that you can find in Tuxtla Gutierrez there is a quiet calm place where you can find peace.  It is the botanical garden that presents a great variety of scenarios throughout the different seasons of the year.

This spring it brings you a carpet of golden leaves while the trees wait for the May showers to dress up in their beautiful green leaves along with the grass and flowers.

The botanical garden fosters since 1949 more than 900 species of plants and trees.  These species help with different programs to help on research, […]

Huitepec Wildlife Sanctuary

Huitepec is an sleeping volcano. It has three craters which are now covered by forest. It is about one million years old. The Tzotzil of the area call it Muktevitz which means Great Mountain.  The Huitepec has a great cultural meaning for them, because it is a sacred place where ceremonial offerings to the Gods are made in order to ensure good luck in all the things they undertake.

The ecological reserve was established in 1986 as a result of this, Huitepec became the first private reserve in Mexico. This means it does not depend on the Mexican Government, and in […]

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