Rock climbing in the Sumidero Canyon, Chiapas

Join expert certified guides as they lead you on this truly special, epic and awesome day of rock climbing in the jaw-dropping Sumidero Canyon, Chiapas, Mexico, a beautiful and momentous canyon with walls up to 1000m high and a fascinating mix of biodiversity.

Private

1 Day

All year

High

Intermediate

Highlights

Rock climb on the epic and spectacular Sumidero Canyon in Mexico!
See some of the most amazing views over the landscape, scenery and terrain
Explore Sumidero Canyon, featuring rapids, waterfalls, beaches and springs

Description

The Sumidero Canyon in Chiapas, Mexico, is a truly wild and relatively unexplored frontier, and I will guide you on this thrilling and fun day of rock climbing around the canyon, as we scale the absolutely massive and humongous rock walls, which reach up to 1000m, and take in the magnificent views over the water and valleys below.

The Sumidero Canyon is located close to the city of Chiapa de Corzo in Southern Mexico, and is nestled within the protected Sumidero National Park. The canyon itself was damned in the 1970’s, finally allowing people access to its interior, and despite many tourists, mainly Mexican, visiting the canyon each year, rock climbing is still quite a novelty for the area, possibly due to the sheer size and scale of the place.

We meet in the morning in the city of Chiapa de Corzo, and from there it is a short journey to the canyon.

Once at the canyon we have our pick of a wide range of rock walls to climb, each with different characteristics. There is variation in each location, with some walls exposed to different weather and with different vegetation, some accessible straight from the water and some require much walking on rugged terrain to be reached.

Much of the climbing is challenging due to the relative paucity of previous rock climbing in the area.

The views from our climbs are astonishing, as the walls tower over the landscape, scenery and terrain, offering sweeping panoramic views all around the raw natural beauty, including rapids, waterfalls, beaches and springs.

We finish the day happy in the knowledge that we have rock climbed in one of the more mysterious and wild frontiers of North America, and challenged ourselves to improve our climbing.

Rock climbing in the Sumidero Canyon is truly a one-off experience – book now to see what all the fuss is about!

Price includes

Guiding fee

Price details

Price to be split between group.

Itinerary

Day 1: Meet, rock climb, finish

Meet in Chiapa de Corzo, head to Sumidero Canyon, rock climb all day, finish

About the guide

Mexico

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What people are saying about Explore-Share

Man

Climbing with guide Guillaume was absolutely a highlight of my 2-week Europe vacation. Originally, we were planning on climbing in the Calanques, but the park was closed due to wind and fire danger. Guillaume chose another amazing location (Pic de Bretagne) based on my climbing abilities and preferences and kindly offered train station pick-up and hotel drop off, which I appreciated very much. The multi-pitch route we did was not only fun but also the right amount of challenge, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The communication from the team (Gauthier) was prompt and clear—highly recommend!

Maxine

Luis Silva was a great climbing guide and belayer! He taught me how to do moves that were difficult and encouraged me to try routes that were challenging for me! Because of his encouragement, I managed to complete these routes! I really enjoyed the climbs and completed 8 routes in the Sesimbra/Azoia area. The weather was perfect, no direct sun and cool enough to enjoy the climbs. Explore-Share made booking an outdoor climbing experience in Lisbon extremely easy. Luis, our guide, was fantastic, and the platform’s organization was flawless.

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