How's the kayaking, rafting, and canoeing in and around San Miguel de Allende?

Kayaking, rafting, and canoeing activities are non-existent in San Miguel de Allende. There is a lake in San Miguel called La Presa Allende but it is not recommended for these kinds of activities because it still needs a lot of cleaning. We have a treatment plant since 2006, more or less, that is cleaning the water from the lake but that could take a couple more years. It’s not dangerous (there are no crocodiles or any dangerous animals in the lake), but it’s not a healthy...

Kayaking, rafting, and canoeing activities are non-existent in San Miguel de Allende. There is a lake in San Miguel called La Presa Allende but it is not recommended for these kinds of activities because it still needs a lot of cleaning. We have a treatment plant since 2006, more or less, that is cleaning the water from the lake but that could take a couple more years. It’s not dangerous (there are no crocodiles or any dangerous animals in the lake), but it’s not a healthy place to swim. Some people use jet skis on the lake. You see people who live around the lake bathe in it, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

 

If you want to go kayaking or canoeing, you may go to Morelia in Michoacán, which is about 3 hours away from San Miguel. For kayaking, you can go to Pachuca, Hidalgo, which is about 6 to 8 hours away from San Miguel. If you want to swim in the ocean, you have to drive about 8 hours from San Miguel de Allende to the beaches like Puerto Vallarta in the state of Nayarit and the beaches around Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo.  

 

(José Everardo Cristóbal Quirino, gold medalist sprint canoeist from Michoacan, Mexico, pictured.)

There is no huge point of emphasis for kayaking, rafting and canoeing in San Miguel de Allende. There are people who go out to the Presa Allende Reservoir and do kayaking and use these little sailboats, but you need to be ready to travel a little bit to find anything really challenging. There's a really famous area called the Huasteca in the San Luis Potosi state where you have a lot of ecosystems clash such as a desert and a tropical jungle. People looking for adventure would be...

There is no huge point of emphasis for kayaking, rafting and canoeing in San Miguel de Allende. There are people who go out to the Presa Allende Reservoir and do kayaking and use these little sailboats, but you need to be ready to travel a little bit to find anything really challenging. There's a really famous area called the Huasteca in the San Luis Potosi state where you have a lot of ecosystems clash such as a desert and a tropical jungle. People looking for adventure would be able to find a lot of activities in the Huasteca in San Luis Potosi as far as nature adventure goes. It's supposed to be spectacular in Huasteca but I never had the good fortune to go. 

 

Huasteca is a fairly large, spectacular area so it depends on which parts you're going to, and some parts have really cool stuff that everybody tends to love. The furthest reaches in Huasteca can take four hours by car. You can go to some of the beautiful areas in any direction with activities like kayaking, rafting and canoeing without having to go too far.

 

(Waterfall in Huasteca, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, pictured.)

There is no rafting in San Miguel de Allende but you can go canoeing near the dam. There is a dam here in San Miguel where people go kayaking or canoeing. I haven’t done it but I’ve seen people do that. If you want to go white water rafting, you have to places like Huasteca, which is around 2 hours away from here.  

 

(Waterfalls at Huasteca Potosina, San Luis Potosí, México, pictured.)

There is no rafting in San Miguel de Allende but you can go canoeing near the dam. There is a dam here in San Miguel where people go kayaking or canoeing. I haven’t done it but I’ve seen people do that. If you want to go white water rafting, you have to places like Huasteca, which is around 2 hours away from here.  

 

(Waterfalls at Huasteca Potosina, San Luis Potosí, México, pictured.)