Trajineras Xochimilco Don Pedro

5 Hazem Al Tamimi - 7 months ago

Great place to unwind from city
When you reach the location try to find someone to share the boat with you before asking any one in the place as they will not allow grouping
Act as u came from your hotel and rent the the full boat for 2000 to reach the dead island
Personally I prefer to take it alone for better peace and enjoy the place

4 ASIF ALI - 4 months ago

Place is nice and has good vibes. We might go back in the weekend or may be some day after 4. We seems like by ourselves and the only one. Could have been more fun if it was busy.

3 Mauricio Pretto - a year ago

Not sure if was because of covid but this place was so empty, felt like a ghost town
Of course the colorful boats are nice and amazing.
Every boat hour costs 500 pesos, but in one hour you wont see much, so get ready to pay at least 1500 . A few boat drivers take credit card not all

5 Eric Bernal - a year ago

At the southern end of the grandiose Mexico City is a network of 180 kilometers (112 miles) of canals originally constructed by the Aztecs; they used to connect with the now landfilled Lake Texcoco to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan (now, Mexico City's Zócalo). Today, it is a relaxing, rural-like landscape that welcomes tourists, families, and groups of friends who bring their parties u0026 gatherings to colorfully decorated wooden floats called Trajineras navigated by generations of Remeros who push the floats with thick wooden poles that bury into the canal bed. Artificial islands called chinampas are used for ornamental plant nurseries, farms, and illegally settled homes. The whole park is under an ecological revival with many local and migratory birds making this their temporary homes due to the abundance of available food.
You negotiate with the men on the 'embarcadero' who take turns on whose trajinera will be used. It's a flat charge for the trajinera no matter how many people (20 max). The tours will vary from one hour (up u0026 down main canal) to 4 hours (isla de muñecas). We did the 3 hour tour, negotiated to 1,300 mx ($65). This one stops at a native salamander relative sanctuary u0026 isla la Llorona (crying lady) about a local legend. Touring around in this beautiful landscape enjoying food and drinks.
It was well worth it and our Remeros tip was well deserved!

4 Shelly Agam - a year ago

I have mixed feelings about this place, mostly because we payed 1,500 peso for the boat ride. They would not allow us to share the boat with anyone ‘for our safety’ during COVID 19 outbreak.
I would recommend coming with a group or waiting for other tourists willing to share outside of the port to lower the cost, as the boat will cost the same, no matter the number of people.
Another option would be to head directly to the eco park for a walk around instead of taking the boat.
The canals are beautiful, but the boat ride is very slow. They sell you a 3 hour boat ride so they move at a glacial pace to make it 3 hours.
We chose the 3 hour ride because we wanted to see the Axolotl amphibian animals.. When we got to that stop we had to pay 20 peso extra each, and they were in tiny aquariums, seemingly not well treated.
Overall happy we went and got to see the pre-Hispanic Mexico City.
One last tip- bring alcohol and snacks to make the ride more enjoyable.

5 K Liu - 3 years ago

Fun place. Worth visiting if you have never been here before. Best to come in a group because boats are fixed hourly rates regardless of the group size. Each boat can fit up to 20 people.

Food is fixed price at 180 pesos/set no matter what dish you order. Food was quite good.

The mariachi was so so quality, at least the one that performed for us. Cost is 150 pesos per song, so it pays to come with a large group.

The biggest drawback to this place must be congestion. There are way too many boats here. if you come looking for a tranquil ride down the canal, you will be disappointed.

1 Elias Goyvaerts - 5 months ago

They will try to take as much money off you as they possibly can. We wanted to share a boat with another group and this was not allowed because they wanted to make double the money. Also the "captain" tried to make us pay 500 peso's extra for the same tour. Tour was average, 1 star due to terrible service