Admission is free, though donations are gladly accepted. To bypass the town center and proceed directly to the the zoo, take the left fork just after crossing the dry arroyo near the town entrance, then take the next left fork onto a levee road that curves along the south end of town to the zoo. Also in town, a small, rustic museum adjacent to the church at the corner of Calzada Misoneros and Calle Victoria contains colonial artifacts and local fossils. It's open Mon. Santiago celebrates its patron saint day, the feast day of St. James, on 25 July.
Camping is permitted in the canyon.
The network of roads behind Santiago passes through dense thorn forest in some spots and it's easy to get lost unless you kee a compass on hand or a good fix on the sun. Do not attempt these roads at night. As if to sanctify the crossing, an impressive Guadalupe shrine has been built next to the rather unattractive marker. All rights reserved. All BajaQuest images watermarked with the Digimarc digital copyright system.