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Biosphere reserve in Mexico
Photo: Comisión Mexicana de Filmaciones from México D. F., México, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve is a protected natural area in the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. It covers an area of forested mountain slopes in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountain range known locally as the Sierra Madre de Chiapas. It is an area of rugged mountain landscapes that provides habitat to numerous plant and animal species including hundreds of birds and more than 50 types of mammals, from ferocious big cats to small forest creatures.
Sierra Morena is the best-known and largest of the ecotourism centers in the reserve.
By car
Pick up a 4WD vehicle directly from the international airport in Tuxtla Gutierrez. Take a highway south (either Chiapas state route 133 or state route 133) through Suchiapa to the town of Villaflores.
By combi
Shared vans (called combis or ecolectivos) go to Villaflores from the bus station or the ercado de los Ancianos in Tuxtla Gutierrez.
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