Copper Canyon - El Fuerte Our Air Charter departs Guaymas on Mondays at 10:30 a.m., for an aerial tour to El Fuerte. On the way we will have a lesson about GPS Navigation and basic aeronautical navigation. The flight takes about an hour. We remain overnight in El Fuerte. Then we transfer to the train station for our incredible rail trip to Creel where we will spend the night. We will not travel all the way to Chihuahua on this tour, but we will use our local contacts to learn the best place to spend the second night, on, or in, the canyon. Stories, history, photography lessons, and nature. But most importantly, an involvement with the local culture that will amaze and enchant you. We return to El Fuerte Thursday for a visit to that city and remain overnight. Our return to Guaymas departs around noon. Our tour includes round trip transportation between Guaymas and El Fuerte, round trip train into the Canyon, four night’s lodging and Spanish lessons along the way. History, local knowledge, special interest lecture series -- music and art, all included in a very special way. Ocean Camp Members price for this four day adventure by air, train, public bus, taxi and foot power is 6940 Pesos per person, based on double hotel occupancy. Mexico's most scenic railway connects Los Mochis on the Pacific coast with Chihuahua in the country's arid inland. The route takes 14 to 16 hours, and includes several stops in the fabled Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) - actually a group of 20 canyons, and all up four times larger than the Grand Canyon. The 655km (406mi) train line passes through 86 tunnels and over 39 bridges as it cuts through the Sierra Tarahumara's sheer canyons, hugging the sides of towering cliffs and offering dizzying glimpses of river beds far below. The views are stunning, particularly between Creel and Loreto; they're generally best on the right side of the carriage when heading inland (east) and on the left when heading to the coast (west). Stops along the way include the attractive colonial town of El Fuerte; Divisadero, with excellent views down into the 2300m (7544ft) depths of Copper Canyon; Areponápuchi, teetering right on the canyon's edge; Creel, a base for hikers and the regional centre for the local Tarahumara people; and the Mennonite hub of Cuauhtémoc.