Travel Pictures Gallery.com - Mexico - the North-2
a series of travel images from Mexico, the North, chapter 2. The Barranco del Cobre, Copper Canyon, a canyon in the Sierra Tarahumara (local name of the Sierra Madre Occidental) in the southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua. A famous trip by train on the Chihuahua al Pacífico Railroad. The traditional Tarahumara (or Rarámuri) native American people live around the town of Creel. We visit the Valle de los Monjes and the Valle de Hongos, with spectacular landscapes with eroded rock formations and the pine forest near Lake Arareko.