Mexico is one of the countries of the world that counts with so much kinds of natural ecosystems, dessert, savanna, jungle, forest, prairie in its high mountains and more. Mexico is located in the tropic of Cancer and has a lot of mountains range so the variety of climates is extensive.

Flora and Fauna

This map represents how Mexico's ecosystems are distributed. All this ecosystems have characteristic species such as monkeys in the jungle and snakes in the dessert. Mexican flora and fauna is diverse and interesting some famous animals are the Jaguar and the Mono Aullador.

If you are a flora and fauna lover we recommend you to go to Chiapas Zoo and go to Yaxchilan, Palenque and Bonampak that are some Mayan ruins in the middle of the jungle. There are also many natural beauties in Chiapas such as Cañon del Sumidero nominated as one of the seven natural wonders of the world, Agua Azul and Misolha. Oaxaca as well has a lot of beautifull places.

There is also a nice spectacle that starts in November and ends in February when millions of Mariposas Monarca (a type of butterfly) come to Mexican woods in Michoacan from Canada.

There are also a lot of fantastic places to swim under water and snorkel in El Caribe (in Yucatan and Quintana Roo) and in the Golf of Baja California between Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Sonora and Sinaloa.

Mexico is divided in 32 political zones, each one with his capital. Also Mexico has a lot of mountains like Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre Occidental that start in the north in Chihuahua and Nuevo Leon and go south all the way to Chiapas and the south part of Veracruz.