Boca del Cerro is a muggy riverfront town just into Tabasco off the Yucatan Peninsula. It faces the Usumacinta River and life passes at the behest of this river. People mostly get off the Tren Maya here to walk the boardwalk, and then to explore the Usumacinta canyon which is just upriver from the town. Quite obviously to anyone in town, it also has a famous bridge of the same name. The bridge is often used as a symbol for the very town itself.
The mangroves and jungles in the area mean that birds, reptiles, and much more than people call the area home. Boat tours leave from here for a number of sites throughout the extensive protected and biosphere regions in the area.
Boca del Cerro might not be the best stopping point for access to the extensive archaeological such as those nearby to the stations at Palenque and Calakmul. But for a quiet and lazy river town with access to the nature reserves, this is an excellent stop. The town has a few very nice places to stay.
Boca del Cerro is characteristic Tabasco town, and very much an adventure destination. You\'ll want to bring bug spray, but you knew that. The Cañón del Usumacinta is mostly on the other side of the bridge, and extends a great distance, nearly uninterrupted to the Guatemala border. It\'s wonderful country, but best for travelers who are used to the great outdoors, and some sense of roughing it.
