Native Trails MyTrails 2025 72 Chiapas labyrinth of water and forests and give the site a mystic charm. El Lagartero was an important religious and cultural center with a protected location, El Limonal island, for its main buildings: a ball court with four pyramids surrounding it. 60 Boat trip along the mangrove forests of El Madresal Duration: 04:00 h · Level: Medium Your helmsman, a fisher from the Ponte Duro ejido, welcomes you at the landing place and asks you to board the panga. Via narrow watercourses, you reach the long El Madresal lagoon that you cross down to Boca del Cielo, where it empties into the Pacific. Red, white and black mangroves line the shores, and the biosphere presents an infinite diversity of fauna and flora. More than 100 species of migrating birds stop by in the fertile coastal area each year, and several hundred species are sedentary: Depending on the season, you can watch snail kites, black-necked stilts, snowy egrets, great blue herons, tricolored herons, mangrove black hawks, ospreys, etc.; apart from birds, the place is also home to lizards, crocodiles, and sea turtles. 61 Visit of the San Francisco Cheese Dairy Duration: 01:00 h · Level: Easy The cheese factory San Francisco on the Pacific Highway near Pijijiapan is definitely worth a stop. It produces several hundred kilograms of fresh cheese from local cows´ milk a day and sells it throughout Mexico under the brand “Quesafran.” During your visit of the cheese dairy, you learn interesting details about the Mexican preferences in respect of cheese and can also buy provisions from the factory shop before you continue your trip. You can, of course, also get a sample of quesillo – a kind of mozzarella with chili and lime. 62 Visit of the Coffee Museum of the Finca Hamburgo Duration: 01:00 h · Level: Easy An interesting guided tour awaits you in the small Museo del Café on the estate of the Finca Hamburgo. In the large warehouse, pictures, family photos, agricultural machinery, and other old items tell about the foundation of the finca in 1888 by German immigrant Arthur Erich Edelmann, its more than 100-year history, and about the cultivation and processing of coffee beans. 63 Walk through the coffee fields of the Finca Hamburgo Duration: 04:00 h · Level: Medium On your hike through the mountains and coffee fields of Soconusco, you learn all about growing, harvesting, processing and preparing coffee – from the plant to the brewed drink. The finca was founded in 1888 by German immigrant Arthur Erich Edelmann. On the estate there is a small museum with photos and objects related to the fascinating history of the finca. 64 Walk to the viewpoint of the Finca Argovia Duration: 01:30 h · Level: Easy Accompany us on a hike through the coffee fields and different vegetation zones of the Soconusco region – from the cloud forest to the altitudes of the surrounding mountains. Our goal is El Mirador, the viewpoint of the Finca Argovia. On your way, you will constantly come across tropic birds, gigantic trees, and countless heliconia and anthuria species. 65 Tour of the coffee finca of Argovia Duration: 01:00 h · Level: Easy The Finca Argovia, founded in 1880, lies amidst a lush tropical landscape in the south of Mexico, directly on the Guatemalan border. On your tour, you learn interesting facts about the history and tradition of the coffee finca, which has focused on the ecological cultivation of the “black gold” in recent years. You will be amazed at the wonderful flora and fauna and learn all you need to know about the cultivation and processing of coffee in the Soconusco region. 66 Visit of the greenhouses of the Finca Argovia Duration: 01:00 h · Level: Easy The colorful abundance of flowers in the greenhouses of the Finca Argovia will fascinate you. A great variety of tropical plants such as anthurium, strelitzias, heliconia, palms, and various bamboo species are cultivated here and will impress you by their radiant colors. The subtropical rain forest climate, the altitude with intense insolation,
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