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This Waterfall is the highest in Mexico, and it's on the top 10 around the world, it's located in Baseasachi town in the road that goes from Chihuahua to Hermosillo. It's inside a protected park where you can find food and cabins to stay. There are like 5 view points in the waterfall from the top, all of them have a beauty view of it. If you have good condition you can climb down to the bottom of the waterfall, where the views are great too. Be ready to speand at least 5 hours there if you go down, we did 1.5 hours to go down and 2.5 hours to go up again, plus the rest time above and below to relax. There is a view point from the top of the waterfall, where you can almost touch the falling water on the side.
Written Dec 12, 2006
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This valley is the most expectacular near Creel, it isn't offered very offen by the tours around because it's farter than all other valleys and it's on the opossite direction, but it's very recomendable to visit it. The valley is formed by very high rock formations(like 30m high) and all of them have the shape of Monk's. We went at the sunset and the look was beautyfull, with all the rock towers in the landscape.
Updated Dec 12, 2006
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This waterfall is like 22Km from Creel, and it's worth to go there, even is not as tall or spectacular, it has its charm. To go there, you need to take the road to Cusarare town, once you passed the road to the town you will see signaling to the waterfall, you'll find a road to the right that goes to an hotel and to the waterfall, there is a parking lot near the waterfall and you must walk like 5 to 10 minutes to get to the waterfall, you can see it from the top or you can climb down to see it from the bottom.
Written Dec 12, 2006
This is a unique place where you can see rock formations in different shapes, some are like frogs and some like Mushrooms, the valley is like 5 minutes in car from Creel. And you can walk easily through it.
Written Dec 12, 2006
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The best way to enjoy the copper canyon is walking, even if you stay in one single point you can see the expectacular landscape. But i think is better to walk around, there are little forrests around the cliffs, and the views are very nice. You can see a lot of Tarahumara people in this place, all dressed with their traditional clothes, specially the women.
Written Dec 12, 2006
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Chihuahua el Pacifico (CHEPE) railway. This is the most scenic railway trek in the western hemisphere. It goes all the way from Chihuahua in central Mexico to Los Mochis on the west coast, taking a full day (early till sometimes LATE!) for the full trip. We opted to stop in el Divisadero (halfway or so) and stay there. The train we were on had to stop in a small town that it usually doesn't stop in, and we had a few hours to kill there. Got to have a taste (figuratively and literally) of Mexico, and loved every minute. Fantastic scenery, and even more fantastic people. This is in the Copper Canyon, which is 4 times the size of the Grand Canyon, and 1.5 times as deep. Look over the cliff at Divisadero and you'll know... We took the train to Divisadero (kind of a touristy stop, but very small) and took the bus back to Chihuahua for around 1/3 the cost ($20 or so) and it was faster than the train! If you are just trying to get there, take the bus, but the train is DEFINATELY worth it. $60 for our route, around $120 to go the whole way. All train info available on website listed below. Plan for some time in the area, there's too much to see in a few days! (Economy train fares available, around half price. Cars in 1st class are VERY comfortable, excellent seats, not crowded, etc.)
Updated Jun 30, 2006
Phone: 1-888-484-1623
Website: http://www.chepe.com.mx/
At 15 kilometers of San Francisco de Conchos is located the so called Lago Colina that actually is a dam built in the decade of 1920 to control the Rio Conchos. The lake possesses great beauty and lightens the arid vision of the desert. It is nowadays a hotspot for tourism in the state. It offers various hotels, leisure centers, restaurants and other tourist services. In the lake the fishing of black bass, trout, catfish and other species can be practiced. Besides, this fish can be found in exquisite meals at the restaurants that are located at the shore. It is also possible to rent a motor boat and practice various water sports such as ski.
Written Jul 15, 2004
20 kilometers west of Camargo by highway, this small community is located. A former religious mission, it still has its ancient temple in pristine condition. Built in a sober style, it is a good example of colonial art.
9 km away is located the community of La Boquilla which houses 1,500 inhabitants. It is placed at the foot of the La Boquilla Dam or Lago Toronto one of the great dams of Chihuahua built in the 20´s decade to generate electricity.
Close to La Boquilla is located an impressive thermal spring named Los Filtros, throughout which a system of swimming resorts has been built. The spring emerges of a rocky front named El Nacimiento and forms a creek of warm water that runs for a kilometer before losing itself in the Conchos river. Throughout this kilometer is the series of swimming resorts that offer all necessary services for an outdoors party: BBQ grills, camping areas, grocery stores, bathrooms, etc.
Written Jul 15, 2004
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To the north of Ciudad Madera, 50 kilometers by the highway that leads to La Norteña is located another archeological site of first importance in the region and one of the most visited, second only to Paquime. Its name is Cuarenta Casas, built inside of the Cueva de la Ventana (the window cave) also by the inhabitants of Paquime culture.
The cave is at the middle of a cliff at the gorge of the Arroyo del Garabato and to get to it an hour walk through a path that descends to the creek and goes back up is necessary.
The whole site consists of 15 houses, some of them two stories high. All of them are built in earth brick and date back to the XIII century, when Paquime was at its peak. The rooms have been restored and arranged to receive visitors without altering their archeological value
Written Jul 15, 2004
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Chihuahuas mysterious, magical zona del silencio--the Zone of Silence, just four hundred miles away from El Paso, Texas. Deserts are often considered to be mysterious enough without the added weirdness that this patch of earth some four hundred miles from El Paso has to offer. It is a place which gobbles up radio and TV signals, and which has of late been asociated with the UFO phenomenon.
Very little information is available about the area before 1970, but there are stories of farmers in the area reporting that "hot pebbles" falling from a clear sky pelted their land.
The area also has a reputation for attracting meteorites. The Museum of Mineralogy of the University of Rome has a sample of a type of meteorite known as a hexahedrite from the Bolson de Mapimi. This meteorite has been known since 1837 and it weighed at least 2064 kg.
The Zone's modern notoriety can be traced to July, 1970, when the U.S. base at Green River, Utah test fired an Athena missile. The missile was supposed to land on the White Sands Proving Grounds in New Mexico, but the missile mysteriously overshot White Sands and continued south until it finally crashed into the Bolson de Mapimi. The U.S. went into the area to retrieve its missile with exaggerated secrecy precautions that served more to attract attention to the search than anything. After three weeks of searching, they found it stuck nose-first into a sand dune. They built an airstrip and a spur from the nearest railroad to the site and hauled off their property.
Supposedly, a few years later, an upper stage from one of the Saturn boosters used on the Apollo project broke up over the very same area.
Since de la Pena's visit, the Mexican government built a research facility in the Bolson de Mapimi that has become known as the "Biosphere." The facility has attracted scientists from all over the world, mainly to study the geology and flora and fauna of the area.
Updated Jul 15, 2004
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