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11.30 am - 4:30 pm ARRIVAL, ROCK SIGHTSEEING, AND INTRO TO THE NATIVE CULTURE

Arrive to Creel, Chihuahua on your own. We’ll pick you up from the Creel train station and take you a beautiful eco-resort right off the main strip in the quaint town of Creel. Check in and light snacks.  Visit a few sights around Creel  Lunch included. Enjoy in the hotel resturaunt. After lunch, we’ll take you on our bewitched tour El Hechizo. We’ll travel to the nearby Tarahumara (Raramuri) community of San Ignacio de Arareko and see various Valleys including Valley of the monks, frogs, and mushrooms, and to the Lake Arareko. Great opportunity to buy crafts directly from the Raramuri craftspeople. Evening free, dinner on your own. Take advantage of walking around Creel a “Pueblo Magico”. Filled with lots of shops, restaurants, and cool coffee shop, typical Mexican snacks. Also, a small museum above the train tracks in the plaza.

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8 am - 4:30 pm FLY OVER THE CANYON

8 am breakfast included. Enjoy in the hotel restaurant.9:30 am startHead to the famous Copper Canyon with a visit to the AdventurePark. Take the Cableway over the canyon, Zip line. For kidsthere’s a rock wall, eurobungi and mini golf. Entrance to the parkis included; attractions are on your own. Don’t forget your waterbottles, hats and sunscreen!www.parquebarrancas.com/views/atracciones.phpLunch at the train station @ 1:30 pm Watch the women makeGorditas with typical Chihuahua “guisados”.After lunch head back to Creel, stop at an overlook of theCanyon on Indian land and a short talk about the impact oftourism on the Tarahumara people near the Canyon.Evening free, dinner on your own

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8 am All Night CULTURAL IMMERSION CAMPOUT

8 am breakfast included. Enjoy in the hotel restaurant.9:30 am Start * you will be returning to this hotel on Friday afternoon but you will have to check out of your room. We can leave your luggage at the hotel. Just take what you need for the campout. A genuine experience in a Tarahumara Village nestled in the forest and close to the Copper Canyon, “Busure”. Stay the night in a Tarahumara village with a host family. We’ll camp, eat food prepared by the family, and see up-close how they live. Lots of farm animals, short walks, rocks to climb on, stories by the campfire, and an 18th century Colonial Mission.

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8 am- 6:30 pm COWBOY ADVENTURE

10 am after breakfast, head back to Creel.Check back into same hotel, rest and freshen up.Lunch on your own2:00 pm to 6:30 pm afternoon horseback (into the evening) ride 4-hour to the Rukiraso Waterfall. A vehicle will be available for anyone who needs a break from riding. Evening free, rest your bones and dinner on your own.

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8 am- 5 pm QUEEN OF THE CANYONS 

8 am breakfast included. Enjoy in the hotel restaurant. Please feel free to take snacks for the car.9 am startWe’ll travel to the town of Guachochi and visit to the Sinforosa Canyon (2.5 hrs. away). This road has spectacular views. Stay the night to head to a nearby Tarahumara pueblo the following day. The road is windy so take a Dramamine as needed. See here for some basic information on Guachochi and the Sinforosa. wikitravel.org/en/Guachochi1 pm visit to the queen of all canyons the Sinforosa! Talk about the communities nearby and the defense of their forests.3 pm late lunch eat local trout with oversized Clamatos with Indio Beer.5:00 pm Check into hotel (we will be here two nights).Evening free, rest, walk around a non-touristy town if you wish. There is a restaurant next to your hotel for dessert or snacks.

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8:30 am- 5 pm CULTURE IN‘COMMUNITY

8:30 am breakfast included. Enjoy Restaurant next door to the hotel.9:30 am startVisit the Tarahumara pueblo of Norogachi (1 hr. away). Observe how the Tarahumara gather for dominical services and then gather afterwards to hear a sermon from their traditional authority. Norogachi is reunion point for many surrounding villages and has a beautiful mission.1 pm lunch at a local restaurant or with a local family.After lunch return to Guachochi and head to the lake. Talk about the town of Guachochi including their indigenous radio station.Stay the night at same hotel in Guachochi.  

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8 am- 12 pm END OF TOUR 

Early breakfastHead back to Creel, end of tour.  

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• A b o u t E c o A l t e r N a t i v e T o u r s •

¡GRACIAS, THANK YOU, MATETERA-BA!

We started Eco-Alternative Tours to show travelers to the Copper Canyon the real life that is hidden in these mountains, the unique culture and beliefs of the indigenous people of the Sierra, the Rarámuri. Our mission is to promote the simplistic, nature-based worldview of the Raramuri, without negatively impacting their way of life. We believe in giving back by partnering with specific families who host our tours and donating a portion of our tour proceeds to the Raramuri community.

Our tours leave you with more than memories and photos of the breathtaking landscape of the Copper Canyon. You will get an eye-opening, authentic experience of connection with nature, people and spirituality that only the Sierra Tarahumara, the Rarámuri, and Eco-Alternative Tours can provide. We can’t wait for you to experience the beauty and life that exists in the Copper Canyon.”

-Jesus Manuel Palma Aguirre (Chunel) and Daniela Ramirez