The Top Sites for Thrill Seekers in Mexico

In addition to having extraordinary beaches, Mexico has many places where travelers can practice popular extreme sports. These are some destinations where travelers can release adrenaline in fun experiences amid beautiful natural environments.

This fantastic Magic Town, located in a lush forest two hours from Mexico City, is one of the best places to enjoy extreme sports, such as paragliding, with which athletes want a fantastic view over Avándaro Lake. In addition to paragliding, visitors can practice other sports such as wakeboarding, motorcycling, and kayaking or cycling in the lush forest of Valle de Bravo. Furthermore, there are more than 40 nautical clubs on Lake Avándaro where tourists can go sailing, yachting, kayaking, and enjoy water sports.

In addition to enjoying extreme sports, visitors can visit the crafts market, where local artisans offer materials such as textiles, glazed clay, wooden items, ceramics, iron, and jewelry. Travelers can also visit the Biosphere of the Monarch Butterfly located north of the city and the viewpoint of Monte Alto Park from where the paragliders leave and where visitors can rent cabins in the middle of the majestic forest.

This volcano, also called Citlaltépetl (Cerro de la Estrella), located between the states of Puebla and Veracruz, three hours from Mexico City, is the highest in the country and third in the continent. In addition, it is one of the most impressive destinations for extreme sports.

Experts and climbers come to this national park to enjoy the majestic volcano along the route of the extreme north that runs through different towns and where they can admire extraordinary landscapes that offer incomparable views of the forest and the valley of Puebla. In addition, visitors can sign up for 4x4 SUV tours that make stops for nature walks in which they enjoy beautiful panoramic views of the region of the High Mountains, the ravine, and the Jamapa River until reaching 14,000 feet above sea level where they can observe flora and fauna of the region, some of these endemic.

This area is ideal for lovers of ecotourism and mountaineers looking for peaks to climb in this area full of volcanoes, such as Lengua del Chichimeco, Jamapa, and El Toro, among others. From October to March, the flow of visitors increases, and the most popular route starts at the Hut de Piedra Grande base camp through the Jamapa glacier. Another path that is used a lot by expert climbers is the south side of the volcano, which offers more significant difficulties.

These dunes, located less than an hour from Ciudad Juarez, on the border with the United States, are one of Mexico's most sought-after points for thrill chasers. Its imposing sandy formations are located in the heart of the Chihuahua desert and offer visitors incredible views. It is also one of the most popular places to practice sandboarding.