NAICA CAVES

The giant crystal cave in Naica, Chihuahua, is an amazing place, now known worldwide, although its discovery as such does not have much time, perhaps ten years. Previously, the village was founded by Naica mining, more than a century ago. The site is located about 3 km from the city of Delicias de Conchos and about 25 in the state of Chihuahua. The area has been widely exploited for its zinc and lead deposits including mimerales. U.S. companies were first and now one of the most veneficiadas is Peñoles. There are two federal roads in good condition to reach the place, which obviously comes from the two cities mentioned above. Like many places in the world where nature has formed expectaculares forms, mixing well beyond the spectacle of the giant crystals and drama of the lives and suffering of the struggling working miners who have been exploited to death by the mining industry ..

Of North Central Mexico City, is puende find buses to Chihuahua, Ciudad Delicias specifically, one of the lines is Chihuahuenses White Star Group.Travel time is about 18 hours, although there is always the possibility to do so by air in a couple of hours.

LEVEL OF DANGER:

Level: As if the place of Naica not been targets of violence, but for being in the state of Chihuahua with one of the highest rates of crime in Mexico, is recoemienda caution especially when going to other cities as well as on the road trip if traveling by car, especially in large new trucks that are often targeted by car robbers. Great caution with checkpoints and convoys of trucks with several new occupants. Travel day and ask for safety on the road to moving memento.