Mexico Day 48 - Sumidero Canyon

We left San Cristobal and headed an hour away to Tuxtla, the capital of Chiapas. We based ourselves here as it's the easiest way to to do a day trip to Sumediro Canyon.

We intended on getting a local bus to the canyon but came across a tour company on the way to the bus stop and they offered us a pretty reasonable price so we decided to go with them instead.

The tour included a two hour boat trip through the canyon. Although the guide spoke only Spanish, there was a Mexican lady translating for her English speaking friends on the boat which really helped (although bilingual Craig probably didn't need it hah).

Sailing through the Canyon was incredible, we felt like we were in Jurassic park! But even better was the fact the we saw a family of crocodiles resting on the bank. They were absolutely huge and looked extremely menacing. After seeing the boat some of them made their way into the water which was pretty terrifying! We also saw some spider monkeys, happily swinging through the trees and enjoyed watching them curiously hang down from the trees to watch us!

Once the boat trip came to an end we had a few cold Bohemias at a restaurant on the river before heading back to our hotel to prepare for our flight to Mexico city the next day.Læs mere