Copper Canyon Railway

The Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre) offers a great scenic landscape, and the train journey through the Sierra Tarahumara, one of the most impressive mountains in the Sierra Madre with its many different microclimates, is undoubtedly one of the most exciting and spectacular train excursions in Mexico.

Passengers are taken from Los Mochis at sea level up to the Sierra Madre which is almost 8000 ft (2400 meters) above sea level, and then descend to the city of Chihuahua.

The train makes several stops, allowing passengers to explore canyons and towns along the way. This train trip offers breath-taking views. If you are not in a hurry try to spend at least one night in this fantastic scenery, or take more time for some hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking and excursions to some of the Tarahumara Indian villages.

Expreso Maya

The Expreso Maya is a deluxe train connecting Villahermosa in the Tabasco state to Cancun on the Mayan Riviera. It offers many different excursions to the archaeological sites of Palenque, Uxmal and Chichen Itza, and to the cities of Campeche, Merida, and Izamal.

The train has four passenger carriages with 64 seats, each and decorated in a Mayan theme, a club-bar, cafeteria, dining room and library. On board gourmet dinners and entertainment.

Tequila Express

The Tequila Express Train leaves every weekend from Guadalajara, offering a pleasant two-hour ride through the hills of Jalisco to the city of Tequila. The landscape is dominated by vast plantations of maguey (agave) from which the famous liquor is distilled.

Needless to say, you are guaranteed an unlimited supply of margaritas and the like on board, where entertainment is provided by a Mariachi band. On your arrival in the city there are demonstrations of tequila making, followed by a visit to the Tequila museum and then on to some distilleries located in haciendas in the countryside.

Buffet with typical food, drinks and mariachi will keep you entertained until sunset, when you will return to the train for more drinks, singing and dancing on your journey back to Guadalajara.

Ferries

Car and passenger ferries run between the Northwestern Mexican coast and the Baja California peninsula from Guaymas, Topolobampo and Mazatlan to La Paz and Santa Rosalia.

Ferries also run from the Mayan Riviera; Cancun, Puerto Juarez, Puerto Morelos and Playa del Carmen, to the Caribbean islands of Isla Mujeres and Cozumel.