This spectacular journey through rural Mexico offers you the opportunity to drive your RV to Creel, the North gateway of the Canyon. Fantasy designed this trip to minimize the driving and maximize the globe trekker experience. You will have an enriching experience on this vacation with insight to Mexico’s history and culture. You visit the pre-Columbian ruins of Paquime, learn the art of Mata Ortiz pottery, an ancient process from the 12th century and tour a Mennonite community. On an adventuresome drive to the bottom of the Canyon (in a comfortable passenger van) you will have photo opportunities galore. This road to the Canyon floor is one of Mexico’s little known most scenic drives and, truly, off the beaten track. If you want to drive less and see more … this Fantasy trip is for you!
Start: Las Cruces, NM
End: Las Cruces, NM
Total Driving Miles: 954
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
• Drive RV to Top of Canyon
North Gateway to Canyon
• Passenger Van to Canyon Floor:
Batoplis—17th Century Village
Two Nights at Historic Villa
• Ancient Tarahumarra Culture
• Gondola Ride Into Canyon
• Breathtaking 360 Degree Canyon Views!
• Pre-Columbian Paquime Ruins
• Tour Mennonite Community
• Express Train to Urique Canyon
• Ortiz Artisan Pottery Tour
• Starts and Ends in USA!
Day 1
Las Cruces, NM
• Orientation
• Peso Exchange Assistance
• Get Acquainted Party
Day 2-3
Nuevo Casa Grandes
• Driving Miles 204
• Welcome To Mexico
Traditional Molcajetes
Dinner
• Buffet Breakfast
• Trolley Tour to Mata
Ortiz:
Paquime Ruins and
Museum
Ortiz Pottery Tour:
Lecture and Show
Artisans Making Pottery
• Lunch in Artist Home
• Visit Former Governor’s
Mexican Hacienda
Day 4-5
Cuauhtemoc
• Driving Miles 190
• Mennonite Museum
• Lunch in Mennonite Home
• Dinner
• Optional: Plane Flight
Over Canyon
Day 6
Creel
• Driving Miles 105
• Dinner
Day 7
Batopilas Canyon Floor
• Van to Canyon Floor
• Lunch in Orchard
• Dinner at Hotel
• Night at Canyon Floor
Hotel
Day 8
Batopilas Canyon Floor
• Breakfast
• Tour of Batopilas
• Lunch and Dinner
• Area Tour-Local Guide:
• Lost Cathedral Tour:
Old Silver Mining
Hacienda
Tarahumarra Indian
Village
• Night at Canyon Floor
Hotel
Day 9
Creel
• Breakfast in Batopilas
• Van to Creel
• Box Lunch en-route
• Back to RVs in Creel
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Day 10
Creel
• Area Bus Tour:
Arareco Lake
Elephant Rock
Cave Dwellings
Valley of Mushrooms
17th Century Jesuit
Church
San Ignacio Mission
Day 11
Cerocahui
• Divisidero-Canyon Area
Tour: Awesome
Vistas at The Rim
• RimWalking Tour
Scenic Suspension
BridgeWalk
• Gondola Ride Into The
Canyon: Spectacular
360º Views
• Lunch with Canyon View
• First Class Train to
Bahuichivo
• Bahuichivo Bus to
Cerocahui
• CerocahuiWalk Tour:
San Francisco Jesuit
Mission
Indian Girls Boarding
School
• Dinner in Hotel
• Night at Historic Mission
Hotel
Day 12
Creel
• Breakfast and Lunch
• Urique Canyon Overlook
Tour
• Bus to Bahuichivo
• First Class Train to Creel
Day 13
Cuauhtemoc
• Driving Miles 105
• Farewell to Mexico Dinner
Home Cooked by
Mennonites
Day 14
Las Cruces
• Driving Miles 322
• Group Border Crossing
• Hacienda RV Park
Day 15
Las Cruces, NM
• Goodbye Breakfast
Start: Las Cruces, NM
End: Las Cruces, NM
Total Driving Miles: 954
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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. Luckily, RVers can now tour this wonderland while gawking and gasping to their heart’s content.
We have incorporated Copper Canyon into many of our Mexico tours... How could we not want to share a place so magical?
