SAN JUAN CHAMULA: The Church dedicated to their Patron Saint “San Juan Bautista” is undoubtedly one of the main attractions of this Tzotzil Indian Village. Inside the Church it is possible to observe syncretic –Prehispanic and Catholic- rituals. The sensation of being lost in the past comes to you when staring at the candles and smelling the incense. You will feel touched by their great devotion and solemnity with which the “Chamulas” assist everyday to this Church.

ZINACANTAN: Tzotzil Indian Village whose sacred spaces are found between the mountains around the valley and the group conformed by the San Lorenzo Church and the Esquipulas and San Sebastián Chapels. Their traditional attires are flowered and colorful, just like their greenhouses used for flower production.

AMATENANGO DEL VALLE: The village of potters, in their language Toz’ontajal. It is located on the top of a small hill which overlooks a fertile valley full of cornfields and vegetables. It is 37 km away from San Cristóbal de Las Casas. The Colonial Church predominates over the traditional houses and the irrigated lands on this Tzeltal Village. This village is known for the prehispanic tradition of making pottery by hand and firing it with firewood in the open. Pots, vessels, earthenware jars, flowerpots, and zoomorphic figurines are some of the pieces women and girls make as it has been for centuries. According to the Mayan cosmovision, making pottery evokes the act of creation by blending, modeling, drying, and burning clay.

TENEJAPA: The valley where this Tzeltal Indian Village is settled posses the church of San Ildefonso, the painteresque decimononic fountain in the main plaza and the ruins of the San Sebastián Church, all of them part of its cultural heritage.

ACTEAL: This place is known mainly for the murderers that occurred there against Zapatista people, On December 22, 1997; 45 indigenous people (mainly women and kids) gathered in a chapel to pray for the peace in Chiapas, and in that moment they were killed by “paramilitares”. Each month on the 22 day, members of “las abejas” group (this is a pacifist group, they support the Zapatistas’ ideas but they don’t believe in the idea of using weapons), commemorate the murderers with a public act, with a prayer as a tribute to “the fallen”. This is a very interesting moment to understand better the Chiapanecan situation due to the emotions you can feel there.

CHIAPA DE CORZO: Diego de Mazariegos established this lovely city in 1528. You can find there “la Ceiba or Pochota”, just in front of “La Pila” a XVI century mudejar fountain. The city is on one of the most ancient archeological Mayan sites. The local artisans work with lacquer, using techniques and designs from the colonial stage. This place is located 17 kms. away from Tuxtla Gutierrez.

SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS:undoubtedly one of the most beautiful cities in México, the ceilings made of tiles provides an atmosphere of province, together with the colors of the walls, the peace, the diversity of races (indigenous and non-indigenous), the wonderful churches and parks; allows you to find it lovely.

COMITAN: this is a hill surrounded by evergreens and Holm oaks a quiet city whose streets are flanked with ceilings of four waters; there you can find parks with sanctuaries and it’s the birth place of Belizario Dominguez.

RANCHO NUEVO CAVES: located 8 kms. away from San Cristobal, the caves are hidden between evergreens that provide wonderful pictures formed by stalagmites and stalactites. It is cold inside the cave so it is useful to take warm clothes.

HUITEPEC ECOLOGICAL RESERVE:located 3.5 kms. away from the Mukevitz volcano. This reserve with 135 hectareas. has hundreds of birds and some of them migratory.

MONTEBELLO LAKES: the first National park of Chiapas, since 1959. These lakes are famous due to the color of its water caused for the depth, the vegetation and the sun refraction. There are around 50 different lakes, the main are: Bosque Azul(Blue forest), La Encantada (the enchanted), Ensueño (dream), Agua Tinta (ink water), Pojoj, Cinco Lagos (five lakes) and Montebello.

CAÑON CANYON: a journey on boat over this geological failure formed 36 millions years ago is something fascinating and impressive; with its calcified walls with 1000 mts height. The fauna consists of birds, monkeys and crocodiles that live together with the nature in caves, falls and rocky walls. This canyon also has the biggest Electric dam engines of México. This helped to make the canyon easier to navigate. The dam has 300 mts. length and 200 mts. height.

MONTES AZULES: part of the Lacandonian lands, is one of the richest places in flora and fauna in the country, at the same time it is one of the last reserves of its type. The vegetation consists of bushes, mahoganies trees and palms.
There are more than 300 species of birds, especially Harpy eagles, red macaws and toucans; the reptiles and amphibion sum up 109 species.
This part of the jungle is also surrounded with lakes such as: Metzabok and Nahá.

MIRAMAR: a huge lagoon with a 40 km. length is the biggest of the Lacandonian Jungle. Some of its borders are abrupt mountains and some others are white beaches. The water color goes from blue indigo to emerald green. In the XVI and XVII centuries this was a battle place between the Lacandones and the Spanish people. This is a suitable place for adventure due to the geography and history.

LAS GOLONDRINAS:part of Montes Azules, here you can find the Welib’já and Ch’en Ulich falls, close to Bonampak.

GUACAMAYAS: deal place for birds watching and flora and fauna studying of the Tropical Jungle; located in Marques de Comillas, it was created to keep safe the red macaws. It is also a place to enjoy adventure.

AGUA AZUL: very well-known falls because of their special turquoise color, the water runs down forming natural pools where you can swim or take a bath. The color of the water together with the vegetation and the breeze, create one of the most impressive natural landscapes in the country.

MISOL HÁ: it is formed by the Tzaconejá River that runs down through rocks with a 30 mts height. With the falling, the water forms a big cenote where you can swim.

LACANJA: located in the border of Montes Azules, where one of the most ancient and important Indian villages of the country lives: the Lacandones; an ethnic Group that is considered direct inheritors of the Mayans. There are many species of animals and plants, this place is one of the greatest treasures of Chiapas, especially done for adventurers.

MIGUEL ALVAREZ DEL TORO ZOO: located in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, it is considered one of the best of the World, because it has different animals from all the parts of Chiapas, such as: jaguars, wild boars, crocodiles, quetzals, deer, turkeys, red macaws, among others, some of these animals exist only in Chiapas and they are endangered species.

PALENQUE: in the border of the jungle, it is the most static site of the Mayan World. Most of the stucco facades were built during the Classic Period, when the city was in the complete shining. The most amazing buildings are The Inscriptions Temple, built on a Mayan God’s tomb. This palace has several levels and a cross complex. This archeological site is located 180 kms south Villahermosa on the 186 road. You can also get there from San Cristóbal through the 199 road.

BONAMPAK: 150 kms away from the south Palenque, the mysterious Classic site of Bonampak has one of the finest murals that have been discovered up to date in the Mayan World. Into the Frescos temple, these murals have bright colors representing Mayan war scenes, sacrifices and celebrations. The easiest way to get there is from Palenque.

YAXCHILAN: just beside the Usumacinta River you can find the Archeological site of Yaxchilan. Part of this site is still covered with the jungle because the excavation is not ended yet. The main structure of the site is the Temple 33. The Lacandones still come to this site to give tribute to Hachakyum their main deity. To get there you need to take a boat trip that will take you to the main entrance, then you will do hiking to get to the ruins; the complete tour normally ends with a visit to Bonampak too.

TENAM PUENTE: the Word “Tenam”comes from Náhuatl and means: “fortification”; the word “Puente” was taken from the name of the place where this site is located now. The occupation occurred during the Classic and Early Post Classic periods when this place was abandoned for the Mayas.

CHINCULTIC: this archeological site is located 44 kms away from Comitan- Lagos de Montebello. Beautiful place surrounded by evergreen woods; its name means: “stepped- cenote”; its chronology is well known thanks to the pottery found in the site. The shinning of this Mayan City occurred during the Classic Period and it was named for the first time by the wise German Eduardo Seller, during a visit at the end of the XIX century. Chinkultic has around 200 small buildings, gathered around six main parts including the Acropolis and group A, the group B, and Group C, with the ball game and the great platform. The famous cenote is 50 mts down beside the Temple 1.

TONINA: In the middle of the road between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Palenque, through the 199 road you get to Ocosingo, colorful City, famous for the ball cheese; 11 kms away from here, you find The Archeological site of Tonina. Here there is a huge labyrinth of ages, temples, palaces and steps gathered along thousand years of constructions. The main characteristic of this place is that the highest point of this place it’s also the highest of Mesoamerica. From the seven platforms in the great pyramid, stand out the third whit the Underworld Palace and the fourth with the Grecas Palace and the war. The Four Suns Mural is in the sixth platform. A kind of code made of stucco and represents the Myth of the four cosmogonist stages. Finally the seventh, has the Prisoners Temple and the Smoky Mirror.

MUSEO DE CULTURAS POPULARES: t is located in a beautiful building of San Cristobal, its job as a museum its something innovating because it focus on daily life scenes from different places of Chiapas, specially those close to San Cristobal.

AMBER MUSEUM: it is located in the ex-convent of Virgin La Merced in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, the exhibit has amber sculptures, the main jewel of Chiapas. There are different types of amber you can find there, for example: blue amber, green amber, yellow amber and red amber; this last is very special because of its color, besides it is very expensive because it is not very common.

SERGIO CASTRO MUSEUM: in the historical downtown of San Crsitóbal, it shows more than ninety indigenous costumes and objects; as well as musical instruments, some of them very old. Open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 am. to 5 pm.

MAYAN MEDICINE MUSEUM: it’s formed by a variety of environments where it’s shown the Mayan Traditional Medicine of Chiapas, besides the practice and traditional resources used by indigenous people therapeutically.

REGIONAL MUSEUM OF CHIAPAS: it is located in the Capital City Tuxtla Gutierrez; it owns one of the most important Archeological Collections in the country; it owns pieces from the Pre Classic period to the arrival of the Spanish Conquerors, focusing on Maya and Zoque cultures but it also covers pre-Hispanic objects of the Olmeca and Teotihuacan cultures.

BELIZARIO DOMINGUEZ HOUSE MUSEUM: located in Comitan, shows the traditional way of living and working of Belizario Dominguez a civil hero of Mexico and his last name is used by this city Comitan de Dominguez. The house owns a work room, pharmacy, consulting room and other important rooms

LA VENTA PARK MUSEUM: located in Villahermosa, Tabasco; this museum shows photos, pictures and mainly the Colossal Olmecan Heads exclusive of this culture in Mesoamerica. Jade jewelry has also been found here. You can also enjoy the nature that surrounds the museum and the exhibition of some animals from this region.