Copper Canyon & Northern Mexico

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Train on the railroad line between Creel and Posada Barrancas, Chihuahua, Mexico

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Why visit Copper Canyon & Northern Mexico

Northern Mexico is the ultimate frontier land: vast cactus-strewn deserts, craggy mountains and breathtaking canyons define this most iconic of regions, which is familiar to almost anyone from its role in countless Wild West movies. If the landscape is diverse, then the people of the north are equally so: cowboys, revolutionaries and bandits have, over the centuries, left their mark on the region, while the varied and still deeply traditional indigenous peoples remain some of Mexico’s least Westernized.

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Maya Ruins and Mexican Cenotes: Yucatan Peninsula in 10 Days

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  1. 1 Cooking traditional and in-season Maya fare with the Nuevo Durango community
  2. 2 Visiting a trio of unique cenotes on a guided cycling tour through Chemuyil
  3. 3 Boating through the pink, flamingo-clad waters of Río Lagartos and Las Coloradas
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