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Bahuichivo-Cerocahui Cusarare- Tarahumara Indian Country (45 minutes from Creel) |
Los Mochis
Attractions
1.The Plaza
2.The Botanical Gardens
3.A city tour and a yacht ride on Topolobampo Bay. On
the yacht ride, you see dolphins and can request a tour past “Duck
Island.” Arrange tour with hotel travel agency. Hotel
Santa Anita, Los Mochis – Stay at the executive Santa Anita Hotel, which is owned by the Balderrama
family. The Balderrama hotels specialize in prime locations, comfortable
rooms, excellent service, and warm hospitality on the Copper Canyon route.
They were the pioneering hotels in the Canyon. The 180 rooms, full service
hotel specializes in Copper Canyon services, and is the Copper Canyon
administrative center of the Balderrama hotels in which you will stay in the
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1.Historic
New Indian Museum
2.Mayo
Indian villages
3.Self-guided
historic walking tour
4.River
Cruise
5.Petroglyphs 6. Birding and Fishing Hotel Posada del Hidalgo-- The exquisite charm of this centrally located, historical 1908 mansion now known as Posada Hidalgo, blends today’s modern conveniences with Spanish colonial ambiance. Located below the original fort, the lovely 50-room hotel, with its tiers of tropical gardens, was once the palatial home of Don Rafael Almada, a former mayor and prominent merchant in the town. He wanted to build the largest and most prestigious mansion in town. There is a swimming pool. Three Mexican presidents have stayed here in this Balderrama hotel through the years. Freshwater Black Bass and Prawns are the house specialty in the hotel restaurant. Back to Top▲ |
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The most popular tour from the hotel is to the Urique Canyon overlook, and
it is the most expansive view you will have on your tour outside of the
Batopilas road.
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A scenic 5-mile round trip walk to Cerocahui Waterfall. Moderate to
difficult walk.
3.
A walk through town to local country stores, jail, schools, medical clinic,
and cemetery.
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Horseback riding, hiking, and birding.
5.
Catholic Indian Boarding School next to the Hotel. (Visitors and donations
are needed and welcomed.)
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Hotel Misión --This Balderrama hotel is your “home in the
country,” and a favorite stopping place of many Copper Canyon travelers. A
cozy ambiance is created in this tasteful Spanish mission-style retreat by
the comfortable, ample lobby with its massive fireplace, the family style
dining room, and the 29 rooms attractively decorated in Mexican décor and
heated by wood stoves.
You are beckoned to
take off your shoes and stay awhile, as time here is conveniently suspended
here. The hotel vineyard supplies grapes for the Balderrama wines.
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Moderate to difficult hiking to Wakajipare (Indian village below the
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HOTEL Posada Mirador “on
the Rim of the Canyon”/ Hotel Posada Rancho This newest hotel
in the Divisadero area, Mirador, has the best location in the
canyon system. Every room has its own balcony overlooking the Copper Canyon.
This view alone will make your trip worthwhile.
The companion hotel, Posada Rancho Hotel, has been beautifully
remodeled. It is at the train
stop itself.
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Small Tarahumara Museum 2.
Tour to Indian country – mission, cave home, waterfall, ranch at Cusárare 3.
Tour to Mushroom Rock and Toad Rock 4.
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Best Western Lodge at Creel:
Enjoy the
tranquility and hospitality of this charming lodge.
Its stylish log cabins feature open beam ceilings, wood flooring,
fireplace and well-designed bathrooms and covered porches that allow you to
enjoy the solitude and fresh country atmosphere.
The cabins occupy secluded grounds set back from Creel’s main street.
‘The complex is studded with fruit trees, surrounded by pines, and
offers views of the regions dramatically sculpted rock formations.
Cusarare/ Tarahumara Indian Country--
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Arrange a hike to Cusárare Waterfall—it is an
optional 4-mile round trip walk to Cusárare Waterfall (a 100 ft. drop) and
the only opportunity you will have to see the Tarahumaras weaving belts on
their lap looms. It is an easy to moderate walk with good birding along this
trail. Other destinations can be
arranged with your hotel on site such as Rocohuata Hot Springs, an Indian
ranch, an Indian mission and hidden caves.
Hotel Sierra Lodge— Comfort
in a Wilderness Isolation
Right on the Continental Divide, at 7600 ft., nestled against the side of a small pine-scented valley with a stream rushing by the front door, is your beautiful little 22-room hotel---a rustic jewel built of rich-toned varnished logs. Located just about 25 minutes outside of Creel, the lodge is in the heart of some of the most beautiful Copper Canyon country. The porch overlooks the Cusárare River, which twists and winds around huge boulder, eventually dropping over a 100-foot cliff, into deeper canyons. The guest rooms are roomy and especially cozy. This place is for hikers and folks who want to relax, without the distractions of phones or TV. There is no electricity. Heating is wood stoves and lighting is kerosene lanterns.
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Batopilas is a very remote and one feels privileged to be there where most of the tourist do not go.
Hotel Real de Las Minas is simple, clean and rustic-8rooms around a central patio with a soothing fountain along with its sister hotels Casa Estefania and Casa Elizabeth. Riverside Lodge is a fabulously restored 15-room hacienda of adobe, hand-hewn beams and Victorian antiques. Relax around the fountains of shady stone patios. Back to Top ▲
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Copper Canyon Trip Description
Copper Canyon Group Itineraries
Copper Canyon Independent Itineraries
Chepe History Frequently Asked Questions
Tarahumara Indians
