North by Northwest: El Chepe & the Copper Canyon

9 Days

  • El Chepe Express over 1 of 37 bridges
  • El Chepe ascends 2400 meters
  • El Chepe rides smooth in all weather
  • El Chepe Express- Exclusive First Class viewing car
  • El Chepe Express, First Class area
  • El Chepe Express
  • Ay, Chihuahua! Quinta Gameros
  • Ay, Chihuahua! Cathedral and view
  • Ay, Chihuahua! Pancho Villa’s former home
  • Copper Canyon!
  • Hotel Taramuri
  • Creel and the museum
  • Rrmuri weaving class
  • Raramuri cooking class
  • Raramuri cooking class
  • Welcome to Creel!
  • Posada del Hidalgo, El Fuerte
  • Zorro lives… in El Fuerte!
  • EL Venado Dance
  • EL Venado dance
  • Welcome to Los Mochis!
  • Mennonite community in Chihuahua
  • Mennonite community in Chihuahua
  • Mennonite community in Chihuahua
  • Say Mennonite cheese!
  • Raramuri woman and her assistant cook
  • Raramuri woman cooking
  • Raramuri in the wind
  • Raramuri girl weaving
  • Raramuri woman teach weaving
  • Raramuri woman in her office
  • Experiencia Raramuri
  • Room at Posada del Hidalgo, El Fuerte
  • El Chepe Express
  • Our trip route

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Overview

Join us on this exciting adventure on the famous El Chepe Express train, crossing the Sierra Tarahumara through 86 tunnels, 37 bridges, ascending 2,400 meters!

Enjoy 1st Class with reclining seats and exclusive 1st-class-only areas such as a lounge car and a panoramic car.

Your trip (Subject to change) includes:  1st Class tickets on Chepe Express train El Fuerte – Divisadero – Creel; tour El Fuerte, Mayo-Yoremi community, Raramuri community, Mennonites of Chihuahua, historic Centre of Chihuahua. Meals included: Daily breakfasts, 6 lunches, 4 dinners 

As wilth all of our tours, only local tour guides are used for the best local experience possible, and to promote community-based tourism

PLEASE NOTE: AIRFARE IS NOT INCLUDED!

Rates are in MEXICAN PESOS, PER PERSON, BASED ON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY; please contact us for triple or single rates:

Double occupancy: $37,250 MXN

For reservation and payment details, please contact us at:

zanca@zancatravelers.com

Call/text/WhatsApp: +527551318913

The Magical Places You Will Visit:

  • El Chepe Express
  • Copper Canyon
  • El Fuerte
  • Divisadero
  • Creel
  • Mennonites
  • Chihuahua

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North by Northwest: El Chepe & the Copper Canyon
  • Los Mochis: 10 meters; El Fuerte: 80 meters; Divisadero: 2,260 meters; Creel: 2,350 meters; Chihuahua: 1,433 meters
  • 15 maximum
  • El Chepe: Officially Chihuahua-Pacific railroad, but named for the first letters (in Spanish) of each word- "CH" and "P", El Chepe Express train covers: 86 tunnels, 37 bridges and ascends 2,400 meters. Chepe Regional goes all the way to Chihuahua, but has many stops and is a much longer ride. Los Mochis: By the Sea of Cortez in the state of Sinaloa. El Fuerte: Pueblo Mágico and"birthplace of Zorro" in the state of Sinaloa. Divisadero: Hotel Mirador is on the rim of the canyon, and has the distinction of being one of the 5 best views in the world; Creel is a Pueblo Mágico, population of 5,000 and was once a logging town and last stop on the Kansas City-Mexico Orient railway- the predecessor of El Chepe; Mennonite community: arrived in Mexico in the 1920s from Manitoba, with the largest population in the state of Chihuahua; Chihuahua: The city of Chihuahua was one of the operation base of the División del Norte- the army led by Pancho Villa.
  • By private vehicle from Los Mochis to El Fuerte. First Class tickets on El Chepe Express from El Fuerte to Creel. Private transportation from Creel to Chihuahua.