WHAT: This is not a 4WD technical challenge, but an all hotel 4WD tour of Copper Canyon, Mexico.  No camping required!  One cannot begin to describe the magnificence of Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon, Mexico), Mexico’s Grand Canyon. It's actually a complex of several canyons, one of which (Urique) is more than a football field deeper!  Day one takes us to Nuevo Casas Grandes and the famous Paquimé ruins and museum. Day two takes us to remote Tejaban for the only hotel on the real Copper Canyon, Mexico.  Day three puts us at the bottom of Batopilas Canyon for the night and a little adventure to the "lost mission."  On days four and five, we lay over in Creel and marvel at the Tarahumara Indians living in caves and the Mushroom Rocks, to name a few  local attractions.  Day six is a leisurely drive to Divisadero where we’ll watch the train and "regular" copper Canyon tours arrive at this most popular of all stops.  Next, it’s off to Cerocahui for two nights and a side trip to the bottom of the deepest of all "Copper Canyon, Mexico" canyons, Urique.  Copper Canyon is in fact a complex of many "Grand Canyon" size canyons, so that's why we call it the world's best kept secret.  The trail roughens on our way to the hotel in Temoris.  Day nine, we ford the Chinipas River and say goodbye to conventional civilization until we arrive at colonial Alamos for two nights of supreme luxury.  For more details about our Mexico tours, see the first tour mailing for the April 2003 tour.