Why this ride
On the way it passes Natsitacua, Tatei Matiniere, Cuhixu Uheni and back through Tatei Matiniere. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,200 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Tuy Mayau and Cuhixu Uheni · 425 km
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 425 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 20
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Tuy Mayau
Out in the high desert of San Luis Potosí, near the town of Charcas, lies a landscape that for the Wixárika people, often called the Huichol, is the most sacred place on earth. Wirikuta is the land where, in their cosmology, the sun was born, and each year pilgrims walk or travel hundreds of kilometres from their homeland in the Sierra Madre Occidental of Jalisco and Nayarit to reach it, visiting a chain of sacred springs, hills and other sites along the way.
Read the complete Tuy Mayau write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tuy Mayau is where the day begins. Next is Natsitacua.
2. Natsitacua
Every year, groups of Wixárika people, known in Spanish as Huichols, leave their homes in the Sierra Madre Occidental and walk, ride or drive hundreds of kilometres east to Wirikuta, the sacred desert in San Luis Potosí where, in their tradition, the sun was born. Along the way they stop at a series of sacred places, springs, hills and water holes, where they leave offerings and perform ceremonies. Natsitacua is one of these places, out on the high plains near the border of Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí, and the names of the neighbouring stops on the route, such as Nihuetaritsié, are in the Wixárika language.
Read the complete Natsitacua write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Natsitacua comes up about 77 km into the recorded legs. Next is Tatei Matiniere.
3. Tatei Matiniere
Every year, Wixárika pilgrims walk or drive hundreds of kilometres from their homeland in the Sierra Madre Occidental to the desert of Wirikuta in San Luis Potosí, where they collect peyote, the sacred cactus they call hikuri, and perform ceremonies to renew the world. Along the way, they stop at sacred places, and Tatei Matinieri, a group of springs in the semi-desert of the Altiplano, is one of the most important. The Wixárika route through these sacred sites was listed by UNESCO in 2025, recognising a living tradition that goes back centuries.
Read the complete Tatei Matiniere write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 138 km into the recorded legs you reach Tatei Matiniere. Next is Cuhixu Uheni.
4. Cuhixu Uheni
Every year, groups of Wixárika pilgrims, the people known to outsiders as the Huichol, walk hundreds of kilometres from their homeland in the mountains of Jalisco and Nayarit to Wirikuta, a sacred desert in San Luis Potosí. The route crosses a chain of sacred places, springs, hills and rocks, where offerings are left and ceremonies performed, and Cuhixu Uheni, near the small town of Villa de Ramos, is one of them. The pilgrimage route as a whole has been put forward for World Heritage status as a living cultural landscape.
Read the complete Cuhixu Uheni write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cuhixu Uheni, about halfway. Next is back through Tatei Matiniere.
5. back through Tatei Matiniere
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tatei Matiniere write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Tatei Matiniere sits at 284 km, about halfway. Next is back through Natsitacua.
6. back through Natsitacua
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Natsitacua write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Natsitacua comes up about 348 km into the recorded legs. Next is Tuy Mayau.
7. Tuy Mayau
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tuy Mayau write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tuy Mayau closes the day.
Leg by leg
Tuy Mayau to Natsitacua
Tuy Mayau → Natsitacua is 77 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Natsitacua to Tatei Matiniere
Natsitacua → Tatei Matiniere is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tatei Matiniere to Cuhixu Uheni
Tatei Matiniere → Cuhixu Uheni is 74 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cuhixu Uheni to back through Tatei Matiniere
Cuhixu Uheni → back through Tatei Matiniere is 74 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Tatei Matiniere to back through Natsitacua
back through Tatei Matiniere → back through Natsitacua is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Natsitacua to Tuy Mayau
back through Natsitacua → Tuy Mayau is 77 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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