Tour to San Juan Chamula & Zinacantan Indian communities

Especially the visit of Chamula was impressive with the Church and the praxtices inside of it. However all in all it felt too much like a sales tour, even in the church you could get yourselve a "cleansing" for some hunderds pesos.

We had a lovely time visiting Dan Juan Chamula and Zincantan near San Cristobal de la Casas. Our guide Annulfo was excellent and made a real effort to enlighten us on the history and cultural practices of the two villages. He also explained the lifestyle of the local people and as an extra took us on a tour in San Cristobal itself! Wonderful trip!

On the morning we were scheduled to visit the Sumidero Canyon, Lucero, the administrator of Cepsu called to advise the tour had been cancelled due to bad weather. She quickly rearranged our day to visit 2 indigenous communities, and our family of 4 ended up having a private tour. Our tour guide, Nahum, was professional, courteous, knowledgeable and very pleasant to spend the day with. He gave us a lot f information about the two communities we visited. We had an extremely interesting day, despite the bad weather. I highly recommend this tour company. They are professional and a pleasure to deal with. Our trip to Chiapas was made all the more enjoyable thanks to them.

9.30 to 2.30 is hardly a full day tour, did not go to markets or central plaza or cathedral. The indigenous communities were good, but overall did not deliver what is in the tour description.

Los recorridos valen mucho la pena, puedes escoger varias opciones de recorrido, nosotros fuimos a las lagunas de Montebello y llegamos hasta la frontera con Guatemala, también fuimos a la cascada el chiflón, es un lugar espectacular y las cascadas están super bonitas. Otro de los recorridos es zinacantán y San Juan Chamula. En zinacantán te llevan a un taller de bordadoras y tejedoras de telar de cintrura, muy bonita experiencia. En Chamula no fue tan lindo, son gente muy particular y cuidan mucho la entrada a su templo, no puedes tomar fotos dentro del lugar y si te cachan te multan, sigan las indicaciones de sus guia en este lugar. La gente ahí no es muy grata.

Wir haben den Ausflug mit dem eigenen Auto gemacht. Die Kirche in Chamula ist ein Muss und wirklich was besonderes. Die Riten in der Kirche (Mischung aus Indigenen und katholischen Elementen) sind sehenswert. Achtung beim Fotografieren : ist verboten und wird auch in der Kirche überwacht. Zinacantan ist weniger interessant, es gibt nur mehr eine Handvoll Betriebe die indigene Bekleidung herstellen.

Ho visitato questa chiesa San Juan chamula e sono rimasto esterrefatto dalla devozione delle persone che pregano tutta la chiesa e piena di candele tantissime e per terra ci sono aghi di pino e 5 grossi recipienti dove brucia l, incenso non si può assolutamente fotografare all, interno perché dicono che porti via l, anima

Hermoso y pintoresco lugar para pasar unos días de descanso. Restaurantes con comida regional y nacional mucho que ver y un clima agradable además hay para todos presupuesto$$$. Lo único malo es que cuando fuí los templos estaban cerrados por lo del temblor pasado.