Travel via first-class express train through the magnificent Copper Canyon. You will experience an interesting mix of the modern and the ancient living side by side, stay in some of the most elegant historic hotels (one right on the rim of the canyon), visit cave dwellings of the Tarahumara Indians, ancient inhabitants of this remote area. A unique highlight of this trip is an excursion to the floor of the Canyon, traveling down over a mile in elevation where missionaries established missions in the 1600s. On the way back to the USA we spend a few days relaxing on the beautiful Sea of Cortez beaches in San Carlos. Come along, It’s awesome!
Start: Amado, AZ
End: Tucson, AZ
Total Driving Miles: 1,139
Day 1
Amado, AZ
• Orientation
• Peso Exchange Assistance
• Get Acquainted Party
Day 2-3
Guaymas
• Driving Miles 285
• Cross US/Mexico Border
• Pearl Factory Tour
• Mexico Welcome Dinner
Day 4-5
Los Mochis
• Driving Miles 223
• Festive Dinner
Day 6
Depart for Creel
• 5 Nights & 6 Days
Canyon Excursion
• 1st-Class Express Train to
Creel
• Breakfast on Passenger
Traiin
• Canyon Rim Viewing
• Dinner
• Overnight in Creel Hotel
Day 7
Batopilas Canyon Floor
• Van to Canyon Floor
• Lunch in Orchard
• Dinner at Hotel
• Overnight in Creel Hotel
Day 8
Batopilas Canyon Floor
• Breakfast
• Tour of Batopilas
• Lunch
• Lost Cathedral Tour
• Dinner
• Overnight in Historic Hotel
Day 9
Creel
• Breakfast in Batopilas
• Van to Creel
• Box Lunch Enroute
• Dinner
• Overnight in Creel Hotel
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Day 10
Posada
Barrancas/Divisadero
• Breakfast at Creel Hotel
• Creel Area Bus Tour
Arareco Lake
Cave Dwellings
Valley of Mushrooms
Elephant Rock
• Posada
Barrancas/Divisadero:
Dinner
Overnight Hotel on the
Rim
Day 11
Depart for Los Mochis
• Breakfast at the Rim
• Walk the Canyon Rim
• Lunch
• 1st-Class Train to
Los Mochis
• Return to RVs
Day 12-13
Alamos
• Driving Miles 137
• Alamos Guided Walking
Tour
• Aduana Excursion &
Dinner
Day 14-16
San Carlos
• Driving Miles 168
• Area Bus Tour:
City Market Area
• Beach Party
• Mexico Farewell Dinner
Day 17-19
Tucson
• Driving Miles 261
• Cross US/Mexico Border
• Welcome Back Dinner
• Return to RVs
Start: Amado, AZ
End: Tucson, AZ
Total Driving Miles: 1,139
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• Drive RV to South Canyon Gateway
• Leave RV at Gateway Campground
• 1st-Class Express Train to Canyon Rim
• Passenger Van to Canyon Floor
• Two days at Canyon Floor
• Deluxe Hotel on Rim
• Sea of Cortez Beaches
• Starts and Ends in USA
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.
For the passenger train experience of a lifetime, you may leave your RV parked at a secured RV park in Los Mochis and travel aboard the Premier Express Train and stay at a deluxe hotel at the rim of the canyon. The option leaves you free to stare and utter exclamations as the train climbs to 8,000 feet, over bridges, into tunnels and through terrain that Reader’s Digest called “the most dramatic train ride on earth.”
We have incorporated Copper Canyon into many of our Mexico tours... How could we not want to share a place so magical?
Join Fantasy RV Tours on a First Class Passenger Train to the Copper Canyon. Described as North America's most scenic train ride we provide an opportunity to really see the magnificent scenery of the Copper Canyon aboard the Premier Express Train on the Chihuahua-Pacifico Railroad. We park Rv’s at a secured RV park in Los Mochis and travel abroad the train staying at a deluxe hotel at the rim of the canyon. We believe that the experience is truly worthwhile and that you will enjoy the scenery and people of this unique region.
