hiking la bufa

[Izzenhood]

google this "hotel la casona de cantera, Guanajuato, Mexico", then click on the little map on the right side of the screen, and a larger map will come up. To the left on the larger map you'll see a road heading south. Zoom in an you will see it is named "Camino A la Cueva de San Ignacio". Follow it to la bufa. As you can see on google earth you can cut the switchback or stay on the road. I don't know whether you can drive up the road for a shorter hike.

It has been a while, but as I recall when you get close to la bufa itself the foot trail forks. One begins to climb la bufa and the right fork looks like it is going in the wrong direction. I believe that we found that the right fork, although longer, was easier and safer.

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La Bufa is south of El Centro. So from the main hospital on the Panoramica, continue south and park south of the power station, then take the dirt road or the steeper short cut to begin your hike.