Copper Canyon in Style

Fly into the Los Mochis airport and Yolonda from Amigo Trails will have a private transfer to El Fuerte waiting for you. Travel time is about 1.5 hours. The Hotel Torres is new and very nice. All rooms are decorated differently and there are no large groups there yet to interfere with service. The River Tour is awesome and you get to see lots of birds and hike to some petroglyphs. Yolonda can set your whole trip up: info@amigos3.com There is a nice self guided walking tour around the city center with great maps from The 3 Amgios. I rented a scooter and went out to the hot springs and the dams too on one afternoon. Great seafood here. You'll go to Alamos next for one night and part of the next day and then spend night 4 in El Fuerte again in order to catch the train on Day 5

Okay, Day 5. Catch the 1st class train at 8amish from El Fuerte. Amigo Trails had my train tickets waiting for me at my hotel so it was very hassle free dealing with the train. Take the train today to Bahuichivo station and there'll be someone there to take you to San Isidro Lodge. Very nice, quiet place run by a Mexican/Raramuri family with an English speaking host named Mario. They take you on a city tour of Cerocahui (1/2 hour from the station) and then onto the hotel. All meals are included and the place is set in the woods above Cerocahui. It seems to be nicer and cheaper than the Balderrama hotel too. Balderamma charges $245US and this place is only $140US. The people are very relaxed and it's like being with a real family. Spend the night. Day 6 get up and Mario takes you on a great tour to the bottom of Urique canyon to the village and prepares a lunch for you called a Discada. It's like a stirfry with meat and veg and it's even served with wine on tables and chairs. So cool. Sleep at San Isidro again tonight.

DAy 8: spend the mornign walking around the Posada Barrancas area or go for a horseback ride. Take the train at 3pmish to Creel. I really liked the Best WEstern there becausae I wanted to be in town for shopping but I stopped by on my tour and saw the Sierra Lodge too. It's in Cusarare outside of Creel. Very neat place in the woods with no electricity. very cozy. all meals were included there and you could walk to the village and waterfall from the hotel. You arrive in Creel around 5pmish so you can just walk around or maybe rent a bike or scooter from the Amigos and do some light sightseeing tonight. DAy 9: Full day tour with the Amigos of course to visit so many places: Valley of Mushrooms, frogs, monks, san ignacio mission, ararego lake, cusarare falls, mission, museum, basihuare canyon, copper canyon and batopilas canyon overlook at La Bufa overlook. Again we had an English speaking guide with drinks included. They offered to pack us a picnic lunch for only $20 bucks more with table chairs etc...but we declined as we had already asked for a lunch from the best western. SHould have done it though as I saw another person driving one of their trucks along hte way and it was a nice lunch with tables and chairs and deli meats and veg. I could have used more veg on that trip. Sleep at Best Western again or opt for Sierra Lodge for one night to experience both places.

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