Surrounded by pine trees and pastures, Tactic is a cream and cheese-producing town which has an interesting Baroque colonial church.  The church contains several Byzantine-style paintings.

The main fame that Tactic has, however, is for the Pozo Vivo, the Living Well.  Anyone in town can point you in the right direction, and there you will see what appears to be a boiling caldron of sand, mud, rocks and tin cans.  It is said that the Pozo Vivo is at rest when nobody is around and only swirls and dances when somebody approaches.

Legend has it that the Pozo Vivo was formed because of a love affair between a Poqomochì princess and Spanish conquistador De Herrerìas.  When the conquistador was sentenced to death by the High Council, the princess betrayed her people and followed her lover to the center of the earth.  The next day, the Pozo Vivo appeared at the spot where she entered the earth.  On full moons, the couple's silhouette can be seen passing along the stream connecting the Pozo Vivo to the Cahabon River.

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