National Park Desierto de los Leones

Desierto de los Leones National Park, declared a nature reserve in 1876, is considered the oldest biosphere protection site in Mexico. It became a national park in 1971.

The park is located at an altitude of about 3000 meters above sea level and occupies 15 percent of the entire valley of Mexico City.

In Desierto de los Leones there are many animals, for example, raccoons, rabbits, squirrels, white-tailed deer, lynxes, wild cats, coyotes, gray foxes, skunks, bats, long-tailed shrews, salamanders, rattlesnakes and lizards.

The park also has a diverse flora - here you can see plants of sage, oatmeal, lupin, crossbow and centuries-old oaks.