Lake Chapala Tour: Explore Mexico's Largest Lake

See and get to know about the largest lake in Mexico, enjoy their landscapes, gastronomy and its quietness and friendly atmosphere. Your tour includes transport and a professional guide.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Antigua Estacion De Ferrocarril Chapala - we begin visiting the old train station, now used as a cultural complex for exposition and workshops but the most attractive of these place is the construction itself, built in1917 used to be used by the former president Porfirio Diaz during the days he used to visit Chapala for holidays
What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Food and drinks
Location
Estación Turística GDL, Tour operador terrestre
12 de Diciembre
locate at Mariano Otero avenue and Turquesa Street continue straight thru Mariano Otero to northwest you will find a mall inside local 5-A.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Jose_o
Jun 21, 2024
Chápala tour - Ramon our tour guide explained everything history behind it all during our trip to Chápala. We even had the opportunity to visit Vicente Fernandez store and bought a few souvenirs. Walking throughout Chápala and Ajijic and noticed the tranquility of its people with great views of the mountains and lake made a day worth visiting. We will recommend to friends and family. Thank you!
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Tatiana_v
Nov 30, 2022
Great tour to Chapala lake - This trip was one of my favorite during Guadalajara travel. Since we were the only ones who purchased the trip, our tour was converted into private. We had enough time to walk, explore the lake and to take a boat for lake cruise. Amazing trip! Highly recommend!
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Rachel3704
Sep 19, 2022
Nice tour of Chapala - This was a nice tour. Our guide was very nice and full of information. Our first stop was at Vicente Fernandez’s ranch on the way to the lake. We were able to take a quick picture outside the gated home. Then we were able to walk around the main Chapala area with our guide. We also paid an additional fee to take a small fishing boat for a short cruise in the lake. We then had lunch on the lake in Ajijic. Lunch wasn’t included in the price but we enjoyed the food recommendation from our guide. Over all a good excursion. If you want time to shop around you may need to take a full day excursion because we didn’t really have time or maybe not do a boat ride.
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Adam_l
Sep 3, 2022
Good tour if you have 6 hours to kill - the trip covered everything it was supposed to, transportation was comfortable, it’s not a must see but it’s fun
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Otcop33
Jan 29, 2022
Great service - Verinice was a charming guide. She answered all of our questions expertly. Gilberto was an amazing driver on the narrow streets of Ajijic. The personal attention and flexibility were great as well as the door to door transportation to Hotel Dalí.
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Lukegarcia2020
Apr 14, 2021
Tour of Lake Chapala and surrounding towns! - Great time visiting Lake Chapala on our half day tour. Our tour guide Bernice was very knowledgeable and interested in history of the people and the architecture of the buildings that’s surround the lake. That made the tour that much better. She was well spoken and took the time to answer any of our questions We enjoyed having lunch in the town of Chapala and walking through the quaint and relaxing streets of Ajijic. It was also very cool to be able to stop by and visit the ranch of the famous Mexican singer Vicente Fernández. I’ve been listening to his music since I was a kid.
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Jcbidd
Dec 9, 2019
Interesting variety - This was a last minute trip, but I am glad we did it. We were picked up at our hotel in a mini bus. Just 8 of us. Visited the largest cowboy store in Mexico. Huge stock. A tequila factory, which was u fortunately all in Spanish, but we were able to go through the manufacturing process, see the storage barrels and taste about a dozen different tequilas. Then we drove to a restaurant close to Jocotopec right on the lake. Excellent seafood and a 15 minute boat trip thrown in. Wandered around the variety of stalls in Chapala and were picked up again for the trip home. A good day. Thank you
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Rosanna_k
Jul 28, 2019
Chápala and Ajijic - My mother, sister and I went in this tour. We had a very nice time with our tour guide and driver. The day went by too fast, and the best place we ate during our trip to Guadalajara was the La Nueva Posada
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Stephanieb3351
Apr 17, 2022
Convenient and safe trip to Chapala and Ajijic - My parents and I enjoyed the trip to Chapala and Ajijic. As we’re leaving Guadalajara, we had the opportunity to stop by Vicente Fernandez’s ranch. The ranch was closed at the time so we got to take a picture at the gates. On our way to Chapala, the tour guide answered all our questions about the area and taught us a bit about Chapala’s history. Once we got to Chapala, the tour guide let us walk around and shop at the boardwalk. There’s a lot of artworks that you can take pictures at and plenty of shops to take a look at. Next, we went to Ajijic where the tour guide brought us around town and taught us a bit about Ajijic’s history. Afterwards, we got to eat at a mariscos restaurant. The tour was a good opportunity to get some information about the areas we were visiting and safe transportation. The one thing that was misleading was that you don’t stop at Antigua Estacion De Ferrocarril.
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Q6436rqmichelleb
Aug 23, 2019
Nice day out - We brought us to lake Chapala and the town of Aijic. Only 2 on the tour this day and guide was pleasent. Was more like transport through than a tour but company was nice and we had free time in both places.
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