It is located within the Sierra Tarahumara and its name is because the huge rocks look like resembling monks immersed in their reflections in the most sepulchral silence. 

A stream runs through this beautiful landscape and the impressive rock formations that reach up to 60 meters high make it look like something out of a dream. 

According to the experts, are the work of natural phenomena, geological movements, wind, and rain, which resulted in these formations after millions of years. This place combines natural formations and ancestral landscapes. 

Legend has it that they were indeed monks who reached a very high degree of concentration and remained like this, petrified forever. According to Rarámuri beliefs, the enormous stones were carved by the native inhabitants of the Valley of the Monks, approximately 20 million, years ago, and they are also Gods capable of listening to problems and offering advice.