This was the most expensive tour we went on, costing over a hundred bucks per person. Although, this was another one that was being sold by more than one tour agent, so maybe a better price could have been found.
We all met at the tour office located at the airport there. After we'd assembled, we signed a waiver saying we wouldn't sue if the plane crashed and off we went. The pilot was excellent, I remembered to call shotgun, so I was up in front on the way over and quizzed him on his experience.
We flew for over a half hour, taking in all the sites below, with the pilot telling us what we were looking at - things looked different from above, I barely found our hotel before we passed it. We went over mountains and canyons, all lush and green. And, we saw waterfalls we wouldn't normally get to see.
When the air tour part was done, we landed in a little preserved village in the mountains, supposedly not that accessible, except by plane. There we walked around and admired the wonderful architecture, stopped at a coffee, etc. plantation and I bought some strong coffee and some incredible fresh peanuts.
Next, we went to an authentic Mexican hacienda with the rooms on a walkway, all bordering a large, square courtyard. It had been a rectory of sorts but was now operating as a B&B. It was very clean and pretty. We had lunch right there, in the shady part of the courtyard. Everything was unbelievably fresh. There were tortillas, salsas, chicken and, best of all, freshly squeezed juices.
After some more touring of the town which included the old jail (with a thin, little tree in the middle of its tiny courtyard surrounded by the cells), the old church, the little museum showing so many different artifacts, both Mexican and native Indian, we jumped back in the plane, waved goodbye to the happy dogs that had been trailing our group all day, and came back safe and sound.
I loved this tour! I would definitely recommend it to anyone.