These canyons are in many ways as spectacular as the Grand Canyon of the United States. The geological landscape of the Copper Canyon is distinctly different with a dominantly volcanic history in contrast to the sedimentary record of the Grand Canyon. However, the shear size and remoteness of this maze is certainly as grand as their American sibling. This is remote country. It is not wilderness in the sense that we Americans are accustomed to.
People live in the canyons.
This trip is unique in that we completely immerse ourselves in their culture. Rhodes has a unique relationship with the people of the Canyons, developed through his traveling and leading trips throughout the region for the past 15 years. Sometime during his extended stay in the Canyons, he decided to make it home. He and his Mexican wife Ana Marie Chavez began building the Paraiso del Oso, a tourist class mountain lodge that offers a quiet escape from the world of television, telephones and the like. Diego is there to stay.