On Four Wheels

Friday was our last full day in Copper Canyon. After the exertions of the previous day, the best way to see as much of the area as possible would be by hopping on a tour. Unfortunately (or fortunately) there is a lack of tourists here in Creel at the moment. Most of the tours need four, if not six people, to make it affordable. So, as a next best option, The 3 Amigos offered us their pick up truck for the day. It still wasn’t cheap, but this way we could see what we wanted at the pace we wanted. And driving around here is a lot easier than cycling!

In all, a 200 kilometre round trip took us as far as a town called La Bufa, which overlooks another town called Batopilas. From there we headed back, stopping to take photos of the wonderful scenery. It was a lot of ground to cover in a day. We were supposed to have time for a three hour hike to see the Cusarare waterfall. I don’t know how! It was probably for the best that we didn’t have time for that one!

Some of the roads were good, some were flooded dirt tracks and in between there were dusty roads like something out of a rally stage. The Nissan pick up was rear wheel drive – fun for rallying – but there were moments where we could have quite easily got stuck in mud on some of the off road tracks!