Current Adventures
Baja Wildlife Cruise in February
All aboard this February 16-23 for a wildlife cruise to the Sea of Cortez. Here is a blip from the full brochure for this Baja trip: 8 day journey to the Sea of Cortez and the Baja Peninsula. February is an amazing month to experience three of the most charismatic marina animals in the world; [...]
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Every Spring, usually the first Sunday in March, the Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon stretches the resolve of a bunch of hearty runners- some local Tarahumara Indian and some who travel in from around the world. The terrain is rugged to say the least and the extreme distance is a real push for any long runner. [...]
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There are so many options for places to stay and eat on a Copper Canyon excursion. What we do is to find the really cool local places and then to plan our trips to be sure and include them. Hotels like in the video above in Chihuahua City- an old historic mansion that is filled [...]
Full StoryOff the beaten path in Copper Canyon
Train Tours in Copper Canyon There is a plethora of “canned tours” of Copper Canyon and we often see them herding people along their one day on the train and gringo food type of quick trips through this majestic places. What we do is totally different. Values From day 1, the Authentic Copper Canyon approach [...]
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We were headed toward Copper Canyon in October on the first “Blue Corn Express” culinary trip. As we came into the village of Guerrero, there was a huge fair or festival. Turns out it was a Fall Apple festival so we made a spontaneous stop….a delicious treat. This “fair food” beats any such fare we [...]
Full StoryDave and the Authentic Copper Canyon Experience
Recently I was sitting on CHEPE with a Blue Corn Express guest having a cup of coffee. He began talking about what we do on our trips…
Full StoryFirst Culinary Trip to Copper Canyon… Delicious!
The first ever culinary trip to the Copper Canyon area went off a few weeks ago and was a huge success. We made our first stop at Don Cuco sotol near Janos and got the royal tour, a grand lunch around the table in the family hacienda, and had the chance to pick up some [...]
Full StoryRiding the Gondola in Copper Canyon
They are almost ready to open the new gondola (tirolesa) near Piedra Volada in the Divisadero area in Copper Canyon. I was there with our first “Blue Corn Express” culinary trip last week and we got a sneak preview. It is not actually open but they are taking school groups and odds and ends of [...]
Full StoryIts not groups…its groupitos
Group size? <12: And its not a trip…its an experience. Like the experience this grupito had on a recent train trip to Copper Canyon. We watched as this Tarahumara lady wove a basket and chattered quietly to he son in the Indian dialect in the tiny town of Areponápuchi. This is not an escorted bus [...]
Full StoryRecommended books on Copper Canyon
There is just a short list of books I recommend people read before going to Copper Canyon…or just as an introduction to this great place: 1. “In the Sierra Madre”, Jeff Biggers – This one is a very careful account of his year in the village of Cusásare. Food, customs, language, history…very rich. <here on [...]
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