The Cerro de las Flores is the highest mountain in the Isthmo region at 2,200 meters (7,200 ft) above sea level.

Flora include pine, oak, mango, avocado, sapodilla, tamarind, plum, granaditas, peach and banana.

Wild fauna include tapir, badgers, cat, raccoon, armadillo, rabbit, boar, porcupines, coyotes, parrots and various reptiles.

The villagers grow coffee, maize, beans and chiles, raise cattle and log the cedar, pine and oak trees.

These include older mines that in the past were used to access silver-rich zones of lead-zinc sulphides and oxides.