With the Chepe Express in the Barranca del Cobre
➢ Chepe Express :
Chepe Express Tour is undoubtedly one of the most extraordinary railway journeys in the worldThe train journey through the Copper Canyon, from Los Mochis on the Mexican Pacific coast to the high plateau of the Sierra Madre to Chihuahua, is undoubtedly one of the most extraordinary train journeys in the world. The landscape of the canyon system of the Barranca del Cobre is a lot larger and just as spectacular as the Grand Canyon in the USA, but not half as well known. Rivers have carved stately canyons into the rocks of the Sierra Madre Occidental. It is a very remote, lonely mountain region - created by the violence of nature over millions of years. The mysterious treasure of the Sierra Madre has never been found, or is the sheer beauty of the Copper Canyon the real treasure?
From freight trains to tourist trains, Habibi gives you the opportunity to be part of a special experience and not just for train fans.
During the construction of the railway line through largely inaccessible areas, the focus of interest was on transporting goods across Mexico and opening up rich mine deposits. The Chihuahua al Pacifico Railway took nearly a century to complete. With its 86 tunnels and 37 bridges, it is regarded worldwide as a technical masterpiece. Today, the 400-mile (653 km) Copper Canyon Railway is a major tourist attraction in Mexico. And yet the train ride on the train, affectionately known as the Chepe, has remained an insider tip because of the relative isolation in the north of the country.TRAVEL PROGRAM
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Experience the Chepe Express:
After the flat rolling in at the coastal plain of Los Mochis, the most spectacular section of the railway begins at El Fuerte. The Chepe Express tortures itself in adventurous hairpin bends over 2000 meters up into the Sierra Madre. The wild gorge system of the Barranca del Cobre is overcome by means of numerous bridges and tunnels, with breathtaking views down into the depths of the Rio Urique and Rio Batopilas gorges. The train makes a short stop in the town of Divisadero to be able to take at least one smooth photo. On the high plateau of the Sierra Madre you can see fantastic waterfalls and quiet mountain lakes, extensive pine forests and bizarre rock formations. Terminus is either Creel or the regional capital of Chihuahua.Chepe Express
Los Mochis (place of the turtles) is not far from the Pacific coast of Mexico. It is an important industrial port on the Pacific. From a tourist point of view, there is little to see and do here... except that the famous train journey through the Copper Gorge starts here. In the port of Topolobampo the ferries go to La Paz on the Baja California.
