This tour is an introduction into the traditional and contemporary practices of Mexican farmers and ranchers, and will show you some of the finest farmlands in Mexico, with hands-on farm and ranch visits, to well established producers and experimental farms. Also enjoy a panoramic train ride to Copper Canyon, where you will discover a vast, interlocking maze of largely unexplored mountains that come together in five huge canyons, each one larger and deeper than the Grand Canyon. • Day 1 - 4 Ciudad Juarez - Chihuahua -current weather
• Day 5 - 6 Chihuahua - Creel Board the Copper Canyon train to Creel, transfer to Parador del la Montana Hotel (***)(meals included). Enjoy a guided stroll to the Copper Canyon and view the region surrounded by pine forest, mountain meadows, and Indian Villages. • Day 7 - 8 Creel - Los Mochis Train departure for Los Mochis, transfer to El Dorado Hotel (***). Take a City tour. Visit wheat, sorgus and tomato experimental farms. Lecture on NAFTA and agricultural products. Drive to El Fuerte, a picturesque colonial town, built in 1610 to protect soldiers and settlers from fierce Mayo Indian raids. |
Arrive in El Paso,
Texas and transfer to hotel in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Overnight at Plaza Juarez Hotel
(***). Visit the Antonio Narro Agricultural University Campus, and the Zaragoza Milk
Plant. Motor coach to Chihuahua, transfer to Sicomoro Hotel (****). City tour of
Chihuahua, a historical colonial city located on the edge of the arid Chihuahua Desert.
Visit the University of Chihuahua Animal Science Campus. Motor coach to Cuauhtemoc’s
Mennonite Colony. Visit cheese factories and Angus and Herford cattle breeders.|
• Day 9 - 10 Los Mochis - La Paz Depart to La Paz, transfer to La Concha Resort (***). Relax at the beach front hotel with it’s secluded and tropical atmosphere and enjoy the bay of La Paz which resembles a giant swimming pool with turquoise waters. • Day 11 Flightback home Transfer to airport for return flight home
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