The northern shore of Lake Chapala has been called a paradise because of its ideal climate and beautiful environment, but for those of its inhabitants who enjoy hiking, this area is paradise twice over.
You jump out of bed, walk a few blocks uphill and there you are at a trail head which takes you straight into a network of footpaths both easy and difficult, eventually leading to peaks offering spectacular views of the lake that residents and visitors on the shoreline never see.
Many kilometers of those trails have been laboriously traced, described and mapped by a non-profit organization called Senderos de Mexico (Trails of Mexico), an organization that is dedicated not only to cataloging Mexico’s hiking trails, but also signposting and maintaining them.
After years of on-trail research, Senderos de Mexico has published the 144-page “Trail Guide for Chapala, Ajijic, Jocotepec, and Ixlahuácan de los Membrillos.”
This guide comes in both a Spanish and an English version and contains 100 color photos, as well as 26 maps featuring contour lines, estimates of hiking time and levels of difficulty. Loose versions of all the maps are also included in a pocket.
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