TRAIN IN COPPER CANYON
Its 653-kilometer route crosses the “Copper Canyon”, a series of unique canyons between Chihuahua and Sinaloa. Throughout the trip you will go through tunnels and cross bridges that are a jewel of Mexican engineering
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CHEPE TRAIN
Travel on Chepe, one of the most impressive train rides in the world.
Its 653-kilometer route crosses the “Copper Canyon”, a series of unique canyons between Chihuahua and Sinaloa. Throughout the trip you will travel through tunnels and cross bridges that are a jewel of Mexican engineering, in addition to seeing one of the most impressive landscapes in Mexico.
BASQUEACHI NATIONAL PARK
National park of Mexico is known for the waterfall that gives it its name, considered the second highest in the country (after the waterfall of Piedra Bolada, located in the same national park), with 246 meters of free fall on the Barranca de Candameña, which makes it the fifth largest in America and the twenty-first worldwide.
CANNON OF NAMURACHI
Namúrachi, es de los cañones de mayor belleza en el estado y cuyo nombre en tarahumara significa “lugar de cuevas. Esta grieta de aproximadamente 700 metros de longitud termina en una caverna de grandes dimensiones con paredes que superan los 25 metros de altura y entre ellas hay escurrimiento no solo de agua (en temporada de lluvia) sino de rayos solares que se filtran hasta el interior generando un efecto particular de gran belleza.
CREEL
Sierra Tarahumara, where the train ends, about 2,400 meters above sea level, is the town of Creel.In the surroundings of Creel, you can visit the Tarahumara communities of San Ignacio Arareko, where is the Mission of San Ignacio, the cultural heart of the Tarahumara; and the Arareko Valley, where there are incredible rock formations.
LOS MOCHIS
Just 24 kilometers from the city of Los Mochis is the Port of Topolobampo, a great place that connects the maritime routes of our state to Baja California Sur. The Los Mochis-Creel route was recently inaugurated through the train of Chepe Express luxury, becoming one of the main activities to be carried out in the north of the country. EL FUERTE is located 80 kilometers from Los Mochis, this beautiful colonial city founded in 1564 on the banks of the river of the same name
MENONITAS
After long dirt roads between mountains, hills and grasslands of Chihuahua, about 230 kilometers from Ciudad Juarez, Sabinal appears, a community in the desert of northern Mexico
The Mennonites who want to stay are the majority and, in addition to the electricity, they are in favor of the use of rubber tires – until now prohibited – for agricultural tractors and irrigation systems, because nowadays they depend on a network of wells.
STONE FLYED
Natural wonder is located in the northern part of the Sierra Tarahumara, within the Basaseachi National Park, in the Barranca de Candameña. From it you have one of the most impressive views and you can see the wall of the Peña del Gigante,
TARAHUMARAS
The Tarahumaras or rarámuris are a native people of Mexico located in the state of Chihuahua.
The Tarahumaras chose to live apart from modern western culture, live from corn, beans and their poultry animals, which are very important activities among them.
The Tarahumaras occupy a quarter of the territory in the southwest of the state of Chihuahua in one of the highest parts of the Sierra Madre Occidental,
MAP OF PLACES OF INTEREST
CREEL
PIEDRA VOLADA
LOS MOCHIS
Cañón de Namurachi
Parque Nacional Cascada de Basaseachi
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