Mexico - Ancient and thrilling Tours

Mexico is a country with a huge variety - from ancient temples to modern metropolises, from indigenous tribes to Spanish colonialism, from its famous Tequila and Burritos to less known specialities. Mexico is a country with a passion!

Come discover why everyone loves Mexico...

Tours

Roman Catholic mostly - but held in check More

The largest Spanish-speaking population in the world, and the 2nd largest in Latin America (after Brazil), Mexico's population of 112m is the 11th largest in the world. The population is broadly divided into mextizos or Amerindian-Spanish (60%), Amerindian (30%), whites (9%). About 53% of Mexico's indigenous people live in Oaxaca state. While about 89% of Mexicans are Roman Catholic, religion plays a limited role in public life thanks mainly to Benito Juarez, an indigenous former president. Literacy is about 86% and life expectancy about 76 years.

People

Roughly the size of France, Spain and Portugal combined More

Mexico covers over 1.96 m sq kms, making it almost four times the size of Spain. With more than 9,000k of coastline, climates from tropical to desert and peaks of up to 5,700m Mexico is a vast and varied country. Mexico ranks fifth in the world in terms of the number of species of animals largely due the variety of its terrains and therefore climates - from deserts in the north to jungles in the south. Animals include coyotes, bears, spider and howler monkeys, mountain lions, jaguars and deer as well as over 750 species of bird.

And the diversity of flora and fauna per square kilometre in Mexico is second to none.

The Environment

Olmecs, Zapotecs, Mayas and Aztecs
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The first evidence of human life in Mexico dates from more than 20,000 years ago when hunter-gatherers crossed from Asia via the Bering Strait. The early civilisations in Mexico were among the most advanced in the world of the time and the country was home to the Olmecs, Zapotecs, Mayas, Taztecas and Aztecs amongst others. Hernan Cortés and the Spanish arrived in the 1500s and razed much of the culture, dominating the land until independence in the early 1900s. The Mexican economy is based on a mixture of industrial goods such as motor vehicles, raw materials such as iron and petroleum and consumer goods such as food, tobacco and clothing. Tourism is also an important source of foreign currency.

History & Economy