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Xochimilco: the Cuemanco boat launch
The canals by trajinera
The Cuemanco launch for trajinera trips on Xochimilco’s canals, beside a great park.
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In the area: The excavated stairways and a carved serpent head at the Templo Mayor. Image courtesy of © Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsOur take
- Agree the price first
- Go with a group
- Plant market nearby
- Address
- Periférico Sur, Barrio 18, Xochimilco, CDMX
Xochimilco, Mexico City - Website
- mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx
About Xochimilco: the Cuemanco boat launch
The Cuemanco boat launch, on the Periférico Sur, is home base for the trajineras, the painted flat-bottomed boats that once carried goods along the canals. It opened in 1993 among the chinampas and the park and plant market of Cuemanco, some 23 km south of the Centro. Prices are per boat, for one to 20 people: agree the price and the length of the trip with the operator before you board (CDMX official tourism site).
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Xochimilco: the Cuemanco boat launch before you go.
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