After 24 years in the Copper Canyon we do very specialized and custom tours

We have taken over 12,000 tourists on our private train and private train car to Copper Canyon since 1982

    This was our train in the 80's and 90's

We specialize in small groups and families. We can do a tour for just two persons or more with personal attention to the individuals.

We would like to have intelligent and sensitive tourists who want to explore in depth the life and natural beauty of our region of Mexico.

If you are unpleasant, then please consider other tours. No matter what your conviction we will serve you but we really want the kind of tourist that we are in a harmonious accord. The money is not so important as the spirit of what we do.

Bananafish Tours is owned and operated by Bill and Velma Wallace. They live in Los Mochis,  the gateway to Copper Canyon and in Los Angeles and are legally licensed tour operators in Mexico.

Velma was born in Los Mochis.  Her family was involved with the CHP railroad. She was an executive in an insurance company for many years.

Bill Wallace was a pioneer in Copper Canyon tourism. He is respected and known by all in the area of the tours. Bill speaks fluent German, French and Spanish. He attended the University of Vienna, Austria and UCLA where he graduated in 1966.  Bill also is a painter and an author of three books. He has worked in a Mexican university and made many contributions to Mexican life.  He will offer you an accurate history, information of the culture and nature of the region. You will not get the usual canned cheap claptrap which many Mexican that some tour guides feed to their customers.