Another Blue Corn Express and a great recipe!
Just returned from another of our culinary trips through Copper Canyon. this one was a great success–here is a comment I just got: Hi Dave I’m still on cloud nine.What a fabulous trip.The people and all the experiences were truly memorable.You and Gustavo make a great team.Can,t wait till next Feb and Pueblo. Marianne That […]
Take a Tour- 02, 20, 2012
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- By Dave Hensleigh
- Our Team in Copper Canyon, The People, The Team
THE trip for street foodies
There are so many ultimately redeeming qualities of the Copper Canyon travel experience for those who truly love to experience other cultures. The Copper Canyon train is in the top seven in the world- everyday it passes through incredible country and has 37 bridges and 86 tunnels. The indiginous people (the Raramuri of “Born to […]
Take a Tour- 11, 16, 2011
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Our 2012 trips,including New Years in Copper Canyon
People often ask me what time of year is best for train trips to Copper Canyon. That is a hard one to answer because each season has its own draw. Let me say that I do not recommend June ( both hot AND dry). But all other times of the year are great. Here are […]
Take a TourTop Ten Reasons to Travel the Copper Canyon Train
This great place awaits curious travelers now …and what a joy it is to be able to introduce our guests to its wonders: 1. Copper Canyon is so huge. 2. The Rarámuri or Tarahumara– the indigenous people. 3. The train through Copper Canyon– CHEPE. 4. The little towns – the heart of rural Chihuahua. 5. […]
Take a Tour- 09, 07, 2011
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- By Dave Hensleigh
- Copper Stories, Our Blog, Our Team in Copper Canyon, The People, The Team
Jilo and 500 Pesos
I drop by Jilo Mancinas’ little hovel of a house in Areponapuchi. The front area serves as a garden, grazing area for Jilos ponies and parking for his beat up little pickup. Jesinia comes to the door. The pure beauty of this little girl flows. She and her sister Daniela live here with there parents. […]
Take a Tour- 02, 05, 2011
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Culinary Trip to Copper Canyon
The delicious foods of the Norteño region around Copper Canyon have long intrigued and satisfied me on our train trips there. So one day I was on the train rolling up toward the mountains from the west. And I thought- the foods of this place are one of the real highlights- and people really enjoy […]
Take a Tour- 02, 03, 2011
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Our Team in Copper Canyon: Gustavo Lozano
He is quiet…he is unassuming …and he is our mainstay in the heart of Copper Canyon. I met this skilled guide on the train one day as it rolled up through Copper Canyon. I saw him at a distance talking with some guests. Perhaps I have an aversion to guides who talk all the time […]
Take a Tour- 11, 01, 2010
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First 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 […]
Take a Tour- 10, 11, 2010
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Our Lodges in Copper Canyon: Noritari
I love food and little neat places that are out of the way enchant me. So Norítari is a favorite of mine… and of our guests as well. It sits up in the pines above the little town of San Juanito in one of the highest altitude places we visit on the Copper Canyon train trip. […]
Take a Tour- 10, 02, 2010
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- By Dave Hensleigh
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Celso at Don Cuco Sotol
Celso Jaquez and his family are the 4th generation at their hacianda near Janos (north of Copper Canyon) to be distilling sotol under the name “Don Cuco“. Most people are not familiar with sotol, but it is truly THE drink of Chihuahua, being made from the sotol plants that grow in this high desert. As […]
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