A guide is essential on this three-and-a-half to four hour trek as the paths can get a little confusing. Heading south out of town the route leads to the ruins of an old mine then climbs to a plateau of rolling hills where the sacred mountain, said to look like an elephant, comes into view. From...
This attraction offers the chance to head into a silver mine but it has been rather overdeveloped by a US$5m refit in 2005. Instead of a natural experience, visitors to the cave walk along a flat concrete floor past different levels of mine in which models of miners hang in positions demonstrating...
Cuatro Cienegas' two main tourist attractions are havens for endemic species. Poza Azul, one of many desert pools connected by underground rivers, is home to the visitor's centre, a bright blue pool and three rare semi-aquatic endemic tortoises. Las Arenales is an area of white calcite sand dunes,...
This Poza has been turned into to a recreational area where you can swim, something you cannot do in the other pools. There are straw pagodas for shade but bring drinks as the shop is only open on weekends. Steps lead down to the pool, which is filled with fairly warm water but fed with cold water...
This site offers an impressive wide view over the pretty town of Zacatecas and its desert surroundings and is a great spot to watch the sun go down. There is also a museum about the 1914 revolutionary battle here (entry 15 Pesos), several statues of revolutionary victors, a mausoleum and an...