Travel to Mexico’s mysterious Copper Canyon country with a new concept offered by Fantasy RV Tours…The CAR-a-van! Fantasy has taken the very popular RV tour caravan and made it available to anyone with a car, truck or van. Now you have the flexibility self driving with the security of the caravan style of travel (escorted by a professional Wagonmaster). You’ll stay in quality hotels at night while you travel at your pace, stop when you want, take side trips when you want and see it all from the front seat. Our experienced Wagonmasters will be with you to assist with your border crossing and escort you throughout your Mexico vacation. The Copper Canyon Country is one of Mexico’s most popular areas to visit and is four times larger than the Grand Canyon. You’ll experience an interesting mix of the modern and the ancient living side by side. You’ll stay in some of the most elegant historic hotels (one right on the rim of the canyon) while we visit the cave dwellings of some of the Tarahumara Indians, ancient inhabitants of this remote area. You’ll travel by first-class Express passenger train on this remarkable railroad system through some very scenic country to your hotels in the Canyon. Bring your cameras, the scenery is incredible! On the way back from the Canyons you’ll visit a quaint historic colonial Mexican town, and then spend a few days relaxing on the beach. You can travel alone or save by carpooling… so find some friends and come along. It’s awesome!
Start: Nogales, AZ
End: Nogales, AZ
Total Driving Miles: 1,156
Day 1
Nogales, AZ
• Orientation
• Peso Exhchange
Assistance
• Get Acquainted Dinner
• Hotel
Day 2-3
Guaymas
• Breakfast in Nogales
• 118 Driving Miles to
Guaymas
• Two Nights Historic Hotel
• Welcome to Mexico
"Social" & Dinner:
Mariachis Entertainment
• Breakfast
• City Tour
Pearl Factory
City Market
Day 4
El Fuerte
• Breakfast in Guaymas
• 240 Driving Miles to El
Fuerte
• Park Vehicles at Hotel
• Hotel-Historical Restored
Mansion
• Deluxe Accommodations
• Festive Dinner
COPPER CANYON EXCURSION
Day 5
Creel
• Transport to Train in El
Fuerte
• Breakfast
• First-Class Express Train
Ride
• Lunch on Passenger Train
• Dinner in Creel "Social"
• Hotel in Creel
Day 6
Divisadero
• Breakfast in Creel
• Lunch
• Guided Tour of Creel Area
Tarahumara Caves
Valley of the Frogs
Valley of the Mushrooms
Arareko Lake
San Ignacio Mission
• Bus Tour to Posada
Barrancas
• Divisadero Area Tour
• Dinner at Canyon Rim
• Night at Hotel on Rim
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Day 7
El Fuerte
• Breakfast at Canyon Rim
• Lunch
• Board Train for El Fuerte
• Dinner on Train
• El Fuerte Hotel-Restored
Mansion:
Deluxe Accommodations
Day 8-9
Alamos
• Breakfast in El Fuerte
• Morning Tour of El Fuerte
• Optional Rafting Trip
• 131 Driving Miles to
Alamos
• Two Nights Alamos Hotel
• Festive Dinner
• Breakfast
• Guided City Walking Tour
• Restored
Mansions/Cathedral
• Aduana Excursion &
Dinner
Day 10-11 San Carlos
• Breakfast in Alamos
• 167 Driving Miles to San
Carlos
• Two Nights Resort Hotel
• Breakfast
• Optional Activities Free
Day:
Beach Time
Sea of Cortez Boat
Cruise
Charter Fishing
Golf
• Mexico Farewell Dinner
Day 12 Return to U.S.A. Nogales
• Goodbye Breakfast in San
Carlos
• 261 Driving Mles
Start: Nogales, AZ
End: Nogales, AZ
Total Driving Miles: 1,156
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• Departs from Arizona
• Drive to Auto South Canyon Gateway
• Leave Auto at Gateway Hotel
• 1st-Class Train to Canyon Rim
• Deluxe Hotel on Canyon Rim
• Tarahumara Indian Cave Dwellings
• Sea of Cortez Beaches
Today when Fantasy guests catch their first startling glimpse of the canyon cutting deeper into the earth than the Grand Canyon… all things seem dwarfed by its grandeur.
The closer you get, the more you see. The canyon walls climb from desert flora to high pine forests, wrapping around fertile valleys dotted with crystalline mountain lakes. Intricate twists of the canyon reveal waterfalls, wildlife, archeological sites and the dwellings of the shy Tarahumara Indians, called the most primitive tribe still living in North America. More than 50,000 semi-nomadic natives still live in this region in the traditional style of their ancestors.
The ancient explorers in Copper Canyon had some advantage over contemporary travelers; on foot or horse, they could more easily get an eyeful of this mystical land without a partner nervously reminding them to keep their eyes on the road.
We have incorporated Copper Canyon into many of our Mexico tours... How could we not want to share a place so magical?
Join Fantasy RV Tours on a First Class Passenger Train to the Copper Canyon. Described as North America's most scenic train ride we provide an opportunity to really see the magnificent scenery of the Copper Canyon aboard the Premier Express Train on the Chihuahua-Pacifico Railroad. We believe that the experience is truly worthwhile and that you will enjoy the scenery and people of this unique region.
