Bacalar Swim Club
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Bacalar Lagoon where Fernando PerezGil and Ana Mendez of the Bacalar Swim Club offer 4-day 20 km swim vacations and 7-day 30 km swim vacations
The Bacalar Swim Club is an open water swimming organization run by Fernando PerezGil and Ana Mendez that offers 4-day 20 km trips and 7-day 30 km trips in Bacalar Lagoon in Mexico's Yucatan.
Bacalar Lagoon
Bacalar Lagoon (or Lake Bacalar) is a 2 km wide, 60 km long, narrow freshwater lake in the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico near Mexico's border with Belize. It is located is in the southern Yucatan peninsula and offers clean fresh water fed to the lagoon through underwater rivers and springs. It is renowned for its striking blue color and water clarity, partly the result of having a white limestone bottom. It is a short drive away from the Caribbean Sea and is the second largest freshwater lake in Mexico.
