Close to or near San Miguel de Allende there is a kind of botanical cactus garden. At the ‘end’ of this “garden” is a viewpoint. Theoretically, the whole thing can be viewed separately – I at least think so – but in practice it is an all-together large area that is relatively far from the beaten path, but is still easy to reach on foot.
Like many other things, I came across this park and its viewpoint by chance through research. As I love viewpoints and the park looked pretty cool, I decided to give it a chance.

The path to the park is quite lonely, relatively steep sometimes and goes right through the sun. Meaning, take some proper shoes, water and something to protect you from the sun. Once there, you will find a kind of botanical cactus garden. There actually also is a cactus greenhouse etc. The main attraction, however, is simply walking along the path and looking at the cacti along the way, enjoying the view of the lake you are walking along and slowly making your way to the viewpoint.
Between the lake and the viewpoint, you then walk past a kind of dry canyon. The viewpoint itself then is really beautiful and a kind of cool ending to this intense half-day or for some even day trip 😊

Go or not? As there is a viewpoint in San Miguel de Allende and I personally am a huge fan of the toy museum in San Miguel de Allende, I would say yes, but only if you have the time. Simply because I would favour what there is in San Miguel de Allende. However, if you are nature lovers, I would give the viewpoint and park high relevance because it is really beautiful and very quiet. And you really get out and get a lot of exercise.