Lace up your boots and head to Copper Canyon

The best way to explore Mexico's most spectacular landscape is on foot — preferably with plenty of water, a compass and a local guide just in case.

Copper Canyon in the north and Baja California's Sierra San Pedro Mártir are popular trekking spots with well-marked trails and plenty of challenge for hardcore hikers.

Even the moderately fit should try lacing up their boots to explore the lush cloudforest in Oaxaca state, the desert plains around the silver-mining town of Real de Catorce, and the Paricutín and Nevado de Colima volcanos in Michoacán.