A panoramic road from Tuxtla Gutiérrez runs above the Río Grijalva framed by the high walls of the Cañon del Sumidero - reaching as high as 1,000m. It is dotted with several viewpoints affording magnificent vistas, the most spectacular being the mir..

The highly reputed Miguel Alvarez del Toro Zoological Park, devoted to Chiapas wildlife , was established in a 100ha park crisscrossed by little streams. Certain animals roam free here such as the monkeys, pheasants, guaqueques (pacas) and squirre..