Running parallel to Mexico's southern coastline, the Sierra Madre del Sur Mountains' rocky terrain provides travelers with challenging climbs and long-sighted vistas.
Featuring a range of different biomes, the vegetation types and fauna inhabitants of the Sierra Madre del Sur provide hikers with a variety of natural sites throughout their treks. Some experts have found that the region's forests are among the most diverse in the world, making this wildlife hot spot quite a gem for the natural world. Semi-deciduous forests dominate the lower slopes of the hills between 2,000 and 4,500 feet, yet as hikers climb, they will enter into the wetter conditions of a Mexican cloud forest.
Those who want to take the strenuous journey to the near top of these ridges will come into the arid landscape of scrub oak and forests thriving with fir trees.
Sierra Madre del Sur is one of many mountain ranges that form the undulating terrain of southern Mexico, making the entire area perfect for an outdoor spirit looking for a great place to launch an adventure.
Take on the hills of southern Mexico in Sierra Madre del Sur
Posted on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
