Choix

A fascinating old farm and mining village, in the high north of Sinaloa.

Choix is a magnificent town in just about the northernmost part of Sinaloa. The town is visited especially for the natural environment , the surrounding mountainous landscape, and for the rivers that seem to cut through everything. Green areas are vast, and seem to go on forever.

People come especially to visit the great Luis Donaldo Colosio Dam. Locals call it the Huites. The lake is spectacular for sport fishing and boat rides, but it mostly makes for a magnificent backdrop for days on and around it.

The town name comes from the indigenous Cahita word choim, meaning pitch or resin. In these high mountain parts, one could loosely then translate the place name then as place where the resin collectors live. The local economy thrives on livestock, agriculture, fishing, tourism, and commerce. Choix farmers produce more sesame than anyone else in the country. But freshwater fish farming is also big here. 

If you happen to be in town, a visit to the waterfalls at Vado Hondo is mandatory. Hot springs come up at Agua Caliente de Baca, about 40 minutes northwest of Choix. Views along the way are priceless. Closer to town, the Jesuit church of San Ignacio de Loyola is just the very center of a charming little town. It's walkable and lots of little places have sprung up to help visitors like you. 

Visitors generally arrive to Choix after disembarking from the Chepe Train in El Fuerte, itself an interesting destination.  If you don't want to take the train, the drive from Los Mochis is about 2.25 hours. Some buses will run the same route, also from Los Mochis.