We will spend nine nights and ten days hiking the remote high mesas at harvest time. Jesusita is a basket weaver and seamstress who stopped working about the time I started wearing reading glasses. I gave her a pair and she started to work again. There are many forces acting to change the lives of the Tarahumara who retreated to this rugged area 400 years ago. I am committed to low volume, low impact tourism.
Life is short.
If you don't want to wait for us, I highly recommend Joe Cummings' Northern Mexico Handbook to get you on your way. If you would like to visit this spectacular area and sleep in a bed each night, then consider joining Santiago for a homestay in Norogachi, available year round.