The Best of Mexico by Drone

After seeing this drone video compilation created by AirVuz, you’re going to be packing your bags for Mexico! The capital city, Mexico City, is a contemporary cosmopolitan that caters toward modern life mixed with culture. Cancun is a popular Spring Break destination because of its beaches lined with high-rise hotels, nightclubs, restaurants and shops. A few other notable locations shot by drone in this video are Isla Mujeres, Tulum, Puerto Vallarta and Tepoztlan.

Two stories come together as one in this exceptional drone reel. One tells the story of a new drone cinematographer Postandfly finding his passion and the other tells the story of his love for his homeland, Mexico.  It was shot over half a decade, from many different regions of this magnificent country, and with several types of drones (all DJI models).  This video was one of the first winners of the AirVuz Drone Video of the Week Contest in April, 2018.

Behold this spectacular drone video of Mexico City, fully decked out for Christmas 2018.  Award winning content contributor and drone pilot Postandfly gives an astounding demonstration of the new DJI Mavic Pro 2 drone to create a stunning bird's eye view of the Mexican capital as it prepares for the holiday.  Most of the video was shot around Zócalo, the main square in the center of the city, where a giant outdoor skating rink becomes part of the cityscape during the holiday season.  

"El dia de los Muertos" or "Day of the Dead" is an important holiday in Mexican culture; it combines elements of Christian and native rituals.  Top Contributor Face Du Mond traveled to Southern Mexico one October spending time around Quintana Roo, Yucatán and Campeche states.  Using his drone and ground cameras, he created an unforgettable view of Mexico during the period leading up to the holiday, capped off by a candlelit Día de Los Muertos celebration.

Monterrey is the center of the third largest metropolitan area in Mexico (after Mexico City and Guadalajara), and its largest city in the northern part of the country.  It lies in the state of Nuevo Leon, of which it is the administrative capital.  Like most of the cities in the "inverted triangle" of Central Mexico, it is in a mountain valley, in this case of the Sierra Madre Mountains.  Contributor Droneexperience, one of the top drone piloting companies in Mexico, created this amazing aerial tour of their hometown.  

Isla Mujeres is a long but extremely narrow island which sits off the Caribbean Sea coast of Mexico on the Yucatan Peninsula.  The beaches of the island resemble something between nearby Cancun and the Dominican Republic.  Top contributor Majestic used a DJI Phantom 4 drone to create an unforgettable aerial tour of Isle Mujeres.  In this video you will find views of magically blue water, beach activities, and the party atmosphere of an island paradise.

The Mexican state of Yucatan occupies the western part of the Yucatan Peninsula, which it shares with its neighboring state Quintana Roo.  Far from the beaches and resorts of Cancun and the Mayan Riviera, this is rainforest country and it offers an extraordinarily amount of biodiversity.  It's become one of the top eco-tourist destinations ni Mexico.  Contributor Iñigui was in  Sisál, Yucatán when he happened upon a flock of flamingos.  The drone video he took from this encounter is truly memorable.  

Top contributor iDrone Aerials created this epic aerial view of the great ruins of Chichen Itza, on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.  Chichen Itza is believed by archaeologists to have been one of the largest cities in the Mayan civilization.  It was built beginning in the 7th century.  A UNESCO World Heritage site, the site is one of the most visited ruins sites in the country.  It is located in the state of Yucatán, one of the three states on the peninsula along with Quintana Roo and Campeche.

Cabo San Lucas is located on Mexico's Pacific Coast.  Cabo has something to offer everyone, from beachgoers to kite surfers, fishermen, off-road adventurers, and cruise ship passengers.  Contributor Douglas Thron used a drone to capture Cabo's flavor from a high end resort on the beach.  The bird's eye views of this beach paradise will help you understand why it is one of the most popular vacation spot in a country which is full of world-class beach destinations.

Sumidero Canyon is located in southern Mexico in the state of Chiapas, near the base of the Yucatan Peninsula.  The canyon's walls are as high as 1,000 meters (about 3.3k ft.).  Traditionally considered very remote, in recent years Chiapas has seen significantly higher levels of tourist visitation.  Award-winning contributor Postandfly flew his DJI Inspire 1 drone over the canyon to create this mesmerizing aerial view of some of the most spectacular natural scenery in all of Mexico.

Legacy video used a drone to create this amazing aerial tour of Mazatlan, one of the beach cities along Mexico's Pacific coastline.  Mazatlan is located in the state of Sinaloa.  It is situated roughly a third of the way down the Pacific coast, approximately level with the tip of Baja California.  Legacy used a DJI Phantom 3 drone to create this video of the city, which was founded by the Spanish in 1531 and is one of the oldest cities on Mexico's west coast.  

In this video, Postandfly gives us a bird's eye view of Tijuana, the largest city on Mexico's western coasts.  It's the largest city in the state of Baja California, which extends from the US border to Cabo St. Lucas at the tip of the BC peninsula.  Tijuana is one of the major manufacturing centers of Mexico, and is home to many maquiladora factories.  Most of the video's footage is shot around the city's Pacific Ocean beach coastline.  He also gets some good shots of the giant Plaza Monumental arena.

Award winning contributor Postandfly created this stunning drone video descending through the clouds above Acapulco, Mexico.  The city is the oldest and best known of the beach cities along the country's long Pacific and Baja coastlines.  Like most of Mexico's western coastal towns, it's surrounded by hills.  Located in the state of Guerrero, Acapulco is best known for its natural circular bay, which (as you'll see in the video) is frequented by cruise ships.

Award winning contributor and drone pilot used both the Mavic 2 Pro and the Mavic 2 Zoom drones to create this amazing aerial view of  San Miguel de Allende in the state of Guanajuato.  San Miguel is roughly a 3-4 drive northwest from the capital Mexico City.  The site of important struggles between the native population and the Spanish conquistadora's in the 16th century, San Miguel de Allende took the #1 spot for two years running on the T+L list of the world's top 15 cities.

Top contributor Postandfly created this stunning drone video of the city of Oaxaca, capital of the state of the same name in Southern Mexico.  The state is considered one of Mexico's great cultural treasures because of its indigenous population, in which at least 16 pre-Columbian tribes have survived and with greater continuity than in other parts of the country.  Located in a mountain valley, Oaxaca was the subject of four of the eight essays in DH Lawrence's travel book Mornings in Mexico (1927).

Top contributor shot this amazing drone video of La Ventanilla, a small community in the state of Oaxaxa on Mexico's southern Pacific coast.  The village and surrounding beach area has become a major center for eco-tourism.  In the video you'll see why.  Most of it was shot in a mangrove swamp, only a short distance from the ocean but literally a world apart.  The star is a 4 meter (13 foot) one-eyed crocodile, who apparently takes no offense from the hovering drone.  

Rock climbing is an activity that really was made for drones.  Until the advent of drones, filming climbers scaling cliffs and large rock formations was almost impossible - literally there was no way to capture much action with a ground camera or even a helicopter.  Now this is no longer a constraint.  In this video, contributor 1LifeStudios used a drone to create this epic video of a rock climber tackling a complex rock formation called the Spires in the Petro Chicao area of Central Mexico.

Thedronexperience created this beautiful drone video of the vineyards of Casa Madero. Recognized as one of the best winegrowing areas in Mexico, this beautiful scenery is located in the heart of Parras, a small city in north central Mexico which is one of the major wine growing areas of the country.  It is situated in the southern part the border state of Coahuila.  Parras Coahuila has now earned a place in literature: it was the setting for All the Pretty Horses (1992), Cormac McCarthy's first novel.

Thedronexperience brings us this spectacular drone footage from southern Mexico.  Apart from the Yucatan, Southern Mexico covers the states of Veracruz, Chiapas, Tabasco, and Oaxaca.  The region is much more rural than areas to its north.  Its most important city is Veracruz, which is also the largest port city on the Caribbean side of Mexico.  The video shows some epic aerial views of the great port as well of the amazingly diverse natural scenery to be found in the region.

Award winning contributor Postandfly gives us this beautiful aerial video of a beach spot in his native state of Oaxaca on Mexico's Pacific coastline.  Zicatela Beach is considered one of the best surfing beaches in the Western Hemisphere.  It's just a short distance from Puerto Escondido, a beach town which is widely considered to be more authentically Oaxacan than Huatuco, the state's other big beach spot which was developed on a large scale basis in a manner similar to Cancun.

It's likely that nobody has captured more epic drone footage than award-winning contributor Postandfly.  In this compilation, he shows us more of the beauty of his country, including: Chihuahua: Divisadero, Tararecua, Arereko, Barrancas del Cobre, Valle de los Monjes; Puebla: Laguna de Atexcac, Laguna de Alchichica, Ex hacienda de Caxcantla; Baja California: La Cetto, Encuentro Guadalupe, Valle de Guadalupe; Real de Catorce: San Luis Potosí;  Guantajuato: San Miguel de Allende; and more.

Copper Canyon is one of the great natural treasures of Mexico. Situated in the northwestern state of Chihuahua, it's actually a system of six connected canyons formed by six different rivers which drain the nearby mountains into the Gulf of California.  The main canyon is traversed by a railroad, construction of which took over four decades due to the challenging conditions.  Award winning contributor PostandFly created this incredible drone video of the magnificent canyon and its train line.

Award winning contributor Postandfly created this magnificent highlight reel of drone footage of Mexico's Baja region.  Much of the video is focused on the legendary sea mammal wildlife of the region, so you'll get plenty of aerial views of the dolphins, whales, and sea lions.  In terms of inanimate scenery, you will be able to feast your eyes on numerous sea coves, spectacular rock formations, and legendary beaches that abound on and around the Baja Peninsula.  

Award winning contributor Postandfly created this beautiful aerial video of the "ghost town" of Real de Catorce, once one of the great mining towns of Central Mexico.  Situated in the state of San Luis Potosi, it's roughly in the middle of the great triangle formed by Mexico City, Monterrey, and Guadalajara.  The town was founded as a result of a large nearby silver discovery in the late 18th century, and at its height it was one of the biggest sources for the highly silver-dependent Spanish Empire.  

Award winning contributor created this epic compilation of drone footage from across Mexico, shot with a variety of drones.  Locations include San José de los Laureles in Morelos, Tijuana in Baja California, Oaxaca and Cuilapam in Oaxaca, Acuña in Coahuila, Valle de Bravo in Estado de México, Cueztalan in Puebla, and many more. The opening beach scene is from Manzanillo; this was the filming location for the famous scene in the 1979 movie 10 in which Bo Derek runs down the beach.  

Contributor LucasPinhel has earned a worldwide social media following from his travel Vlogs that artfully combine drone footage and people.  In this video you can join him to fly the skies of two Mexican vacation destinations, Cancun and Tulum. Both lie on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea.  These drone shots will let you join him and his friends as they make the most of their trip living in swimsuits in the sunshine and celebrating life along the beautiful coastline!

Tarsicio Sañudo, aka Postandfly, has created more than 90 drone videos of his native Mexico, which have garnered numerous awards and honors.  His epic videos of top sights like Mexico City, Acapulco, and Oaxaca can be found throughout the Mexico collections on AirVuz.  In this episode of the Drone Dish, host Tyler Mason speaks with him about his passion for drones and his epic aerial videos of Mexico, one of which was one of the first winners of the AirVuz Drone Video of the Week contest.