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- Four times the size of the Grand Canyon, Mexico's Copper Canyon is hailed as "one of Earth's infinite mysteries" by Great Train Escapes. The railroad that winds through the canyon took almost 100 years to create and starts at sea level before making an 8,000 foot climb to some of the world's highest bridges and traveling through 87 tunnels. The canyon is diverse with its tropical coast areas, ravines, forests and mountains.
- Great Train Escapes offers a nine-day, eight-night, fully escorted and guided tour of Copper Canyon that departs via luxury motorcoach from Tucson to an awaiting reserved rail car on the Chihuahua Al Pacifico. Tour features include a yacht tour on the Sea of Cortez, the 18th century church San Xavier del Bac Mission that blends Moorish and Byzantine architecture and a walking tour of the city of Alamos. Then it's off to explore the canyon and its vast canyonlands, cliffs and small villages. The last days of the tour feature a walking tour of the canyon including local dance demonstrations by the area's native people as well as shopping opportunities at the mountainside village of Creel.
Great Train Escapes
6417 - A Fauntleroy Way S.W.
Seattle, WA 98136
206-935-6848
greattrainescapes.com - Argonaut Tours is a family-owned business that has provided train tours for over 40 years. The tour is eight days and seven nights with the road part of the tour being taken by motorcoach. The tour departs from Tucson and features stays in El Fuerte, Northern Sinaloa's colonial city, which includes a two-night stay in La Choza Hotel which is family-owned and operated. View over 60 types of birds on the El Fuerte River floating cruise and enjoy a walking tour of the city before boarding your train to Divisadero Barrancas for a trip through the Tarahumara Indian Territory in Copper Canyon. Check in at the Divisadero Barrancas Hotel located on the canyon's rim for walking tours of the canyon and area villages which include shopping opportunities.
Argonaut Tours
101 S. La Canada Dr. Ste. 72
Green Valley, AZ 85614
520-325- 4321
argonaut-tours.com - The Copper Canyon Adventure from World Wide Country Tours is a ten-day, nine-night tour that departs from Tuscon via motorcoach for exploration of the San Xavier del Bac Mission. Then cross the Mexican border at Nogales and arrive in San Carlos for a two-night stay where you can either relax at the beach or enjoy a tour of the Saguaro and Organ Pipe Cactus Desert Forest for an additional $20 USD (as of 2010). After a brief tour of El Fuerte, which includes time in the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, you will climb aboard your rail car for your Copper Canyon adventure, which includes tours of small area villages and a stay at the metropolitan city of Chihuahua. Additional tour stops include the Paquime Ruins, "one of the most important Archaeological Zones in Northern Mexico" according to Country Tours.
World Wide Country Tours
5939 Country Lane
Greendale, WI 53129
800-344-6918 or 414-423-3700
countrytours.com
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