Baja California is a tourist destination full of spaces of vegetation of great beauty and among the most attractive places it has are its trails and canyoning routes, free or low-cost options that have the necessary signage for any tourist to enjoy the route of safely, as is the "Grandmothers Trail" an approach to the mysticism of the original Kumiai people from the municipality of Tecate.
Also named as the "Nimaw Waña" trail, the "Grandmothers' Trail" is a nature setting that integrates a 2-kilometer (km) route between huge granite rocks, flora and fauna, equipped with unique signage that shows you a little of the cultural and natural heritage of the Baja Californian Kumiai culture, the first indigenous community that inhabited this region.
This incredible route was the first trail created in a native indigenous community of Baja California and owes its name to the Kumiai grandmothers of Juntas de Nejí, figures of old women who represented wisdom and who were in charge of showing the youngest the value of the land, the love for nature and the life of struggle of the Kumiai.
To walk it you do not have to be a born athlete, since it is a route suitable for all the public, which requires a low-level effort because it has a maximum height of 460 meters and is completed in approximately 1 hour and a half. ; but you should know that since it is a native community, it requires reservation prior to the visit.
To get to this extraordinary place you just have to take the Tecate - Ensenada highway, exit at El Testerazo and ask for the Álamo canyon or Juntas de Neji in Tecate Baja California.
This trail is part of the Official Trails of the State of Baja California within a program called "Shamelj" which means "Everyone" in Kumiai, a project of the Baja California Tourism Secretariat that seeks the conservation of biodiversity and biocultural heritage , trigger economic development for the communities and integrate them into the production chain of tourism products in this region.
Baja California currently has 18 approved trails, that is, routes prepared by international and national standards within the entire entity, and are endorsed by the Agreement for Tourist Training of Mexico (Acturmex), which guarantees that it is a route suitable for walkers. , with safe spaces, as well as their level of difficulty, and orientation signs on how to follow the path.