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Located only 10
minutes from Best Western Hotel San Jorge
A peculiar tourist attraction, a product of
man's whimsy is the artificial “Nainari
Lagoon” with an approximate diameter of 2
kilometers located at the western city
limits between Guerrero and Padre Eusebio
Kino avenues. It is the ideal place for
outdoor sports, and its two piers are
perfect for all type of aquatic activities
like skiing, sailing and canoeing being the
site for triathlons, marathons, bicycle
races and all manner of sports competitions.
Also for everyone's delight, cold coconut
stands and restaurants.
This small oasis is artificial, built in
1956, one of the great achievements of
County President Rene Gandara, who opened
the hydraulic gates to fill the reservoir.
Before it was a lagoon region where there
was duck hunting and rice was grown. The
Nainari Lagoon is Obregon’s bride, with its
groom the trees that surround it.
The Nainari Lagoon is the city's oxygen lung
and tourist attraction that provides the
city with a beautiful panorama, it has small
boardwalk and a boat dock. On the side is
the the shelter for young tourists
Water is constantly circulating as it is
connected with the Lower Canal and entrance
and exit door.
The Lagoon has been in recent years better
tended and remodeled by the authorities. It
has at its entrance a small garden with a
bronze statue of a discus thrower which
gives it much enhancement. |