There is a really large ecological and mountainous park in Monterrey called Chipinque. It is an absolute paradise for nature lovers, has really beautiful viewpoints in various places as well as challenging hiking trails and also a lot in store for mountain climbers. And although it is really far out of town, it does form part of Monterrey’s skyline.
You can get there either by car or, if you don’t have one, by bus to a certain point and then on foot. As a little warning: the walk is relatively long, because apart from the stretch to the Chipinque driveway, you also have to climb the winding road to the park, which is really long. And Uber drivers will cancel your journey – I tried it once for the way back – because it’s just too far and it’s simply not worth it for most Uber drivers. Lastly there were hardly any cars passing me at the time. In other words: it’s going to be a long day, mostly on foot, and the first break can easily be taken when you finally arrive at the entrance to Chipinque.

As already mentioned, the Chipinque is a really beautiful and great oasis of nature, where you can hike and climb mountains and have viewpoints. There’s also a rock slide somewhere – where me and a friend had a lot of fun when we were there – and just a lot of nature, coming down and the feeling of being in another world.
An advise for the park: go in good weather. Otherwise you won’t enjoy the views – that’s what happened to me on my first visit to Chipinque.

Go or not? The question of all questions. To be honest, I can’t really answer it, because on the one hand Chipinque is really beautiful and has great viewpoints, but at the same time you have to be really dedicated to get there and back, because it’s a really long walk to get there and back. To be honest, my feet were aching at the end of both visits and I was really glad when I got back to where a bus was going. So I would say this is something for real nature fans or people who are just really keen 😊 At the same time, I like nature, but I’m not a nature fan and I was still there twice….