State of Chiapas

Agua Azul

The Cascadas de Agua Azul ("Blue-water Falls") are found in the Mexican state of Chiapas. They are located in the Municipality of Tumbalá, 69 km [...]

Bonampak

Sorry, your browser does not support this audio tag. Bonampak is an archaeological site of the Mayan Culture in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. Bonampak [...]

Chiapa de Corzo

Chiapa de Corzo is a small city and municipality situated in the west-central part of the Mexican state of Chiapas. The town/municipality is located about [...]

Chiapa de Corzo

Chiapa de Corzo is an archaeological site of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica located near the small town Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas. It rose to prominence around 700-500 [...]

Chinkultic

Chinkultic, sometimes Chincultic, is a moderate-size archeological ruin in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, some 56 km from Comitán, the nearest city. It is part [...]

Comitán

Comitán, formally Comitán de Domínguez, for Belisario Domínguez, is the fourth-largest city in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The town is located in the east-central [...]

Mapastepec

Mapastepec is located south of Chiapas. One of its main tourist attractions is The Coaches, place located next to the sea for relaxation and recreation [...]

Palenque

Palenque is famous for the ruins of a Mayan city dating from about 600 AD to 800 AD. Set amidst thick trees, Palenque still evokes [...]

Palenque

Palenque is a city and municipality located in the north of the state of Chiapas, Mexico. The city was named almost 200 years before the [...]

San Cristóbal de las Casas

San Cristóbal de las Casas, also known by its native Tzotzil name, Jovel, is a town and municipality located in the Central Highlands region of [...]

Sima de las Cotorras

Sima de las Cotorras ("Sinkhole of the Parrots/Parakeets") is a sinkhole located in the El Ocote Biosphere Reserve in western Chiapas, southern Mexico. It is [...]

Sumidero Canyon

Sumidero Canyon (Cañón del Sumidero) is a deep natural canyon located just north of the city of Chiapa de Corzo in the state of Chiapas, [...]

Tapachula

Tapachula de Córdova y Ordóñez, simply known as Tapachula, is a city and municipality located in the far southwest of the state of Chiapas in [...]

Toniná

Tonina is a pre-Columbian archaeological site and ruined city of the Maya civilization located in what is now the Mexican state of Chiapas, some 13 [...]

Travel and explore Chiapas

Chiapas is Mexico’s southernmost state, a region awash with the legacy of Spanish rule and the remnants of ancient Maya civilization. Chiapas offers great biodiversity [...]

Tuxtla Gutierrez

Tuxtla, officially known as Tuxtla Gutiérrez is the capital and the largest city of the Mexican southeast state of Chiapas. It is the most developed, [...]

Usumacinta river

The Usumacinta River in southeastern Mexico and northwestern Guatemala. Usumacinta is formed by the junction of the Pasión River, which arises in the Sierra de [...]

Yaxchilan

Yaxchilan is an ancient Maya city located on the bank of the Usumacinta River in what is now the state of Chiapas, Mexico. The site [...]