Authentic Copper Canyon

Bird Watching in El Fuerte

Bird Watching on the Rio Fuerte is featured in a new video from a recent Authentic Copper Canyon trip. This is an amazing way to spend a morning. First of all the river is placid and quiet. Then you begin to see a bird here and onother there- actually I usually doin’t see them but Rafael [...]

Early 2010 News from Copper Canyon

I have just returned from Copper Canyon- we had a group there for 8 days- a rousing success!

The way we approach our experiences there is to have a rough itinerary and then flex to meet the interests of the group. This make for a vastly different experience than people get with the canned or packaged [...]

More on the Birdman of Ocolome

Rafael shows us tons of medicinal palnts in Copper Canyon

Bird Watching in El Fuerte

I call him “The Bird Man of Ocolome”.
His name is Rafael. He is Ocolome Indian from thelittle village of Ocolome, and as he sits at the rear of the boat, you soon realize you are in the presence of a treasure-house of knowledge. Like he knows every plant and bird we are encountering.
So, we are [...]

Our Copper Canyon trips are about people

We partner in the Copper Canyon area with some great folks. One example is this father son team in El Fuerte, Chico and his son Sergio Villasenor. We sat out at the train station in El Fuerte last week and visited with Karen Catchpole (writer)and Eric Mohl (photograher).  They are Trans-Americas Journey and I just spent [...]