The Copper Canyon region - larger, and four of the canyons in it are deeper than the Grand Canyon in Arizona has been inhabited by the indigenous Tarahumara, "the running people", for over 500 years. They are extraordinary endurance athletes, and routinely run 200-250 miles in one session, barefoot, or in their deerskin sandals.

We could spend weeks exploring this vast area, it is so mesmerizing, but we can get a very good idea of it on this 9 night adventure, concentrating, as usual on Nature, and developing community - a perfect place to do so!

We begin in the town of Los Mochis where we will meet for a Welcome Dinner at our hotel. The next morning, we'll take a van 1.5 hours up into the mountains to the beautiful Colonial town of El Fuerte, where we'll spend the day exploring, and one night. Our hotel was once a majestic mansion where the young Diego de la Vega was born, alias '' El Zorro ". We  may even experience thousands of bats emerging from the masonry of the museum nearby at dusk as they begin their nightly search for an insect dinner. For hundreds of  years, El Fuerte was the hub of all of the silver and gold mining trade in the area. Perched next to the Rio Fuerte which supplies the water for the vast agricultural areas in the coastal plain, El Fuerte is our gateway to the Copper Canyon.