Join us for chapulines season! Add this experience onto an overnight at Rancho Los Nahuales in September or October. We venture out in the into the agave and corn fields surrounding Rancho Los Nahuales and search for grasshoppers with a maestro mezcalero. We hand select them and bring them back to the ranch to learn how to process them and cook them with a cocinera tradicional, and finally feast on Oaxaca´s favorite snack! The rumor is that if you eat chapulines in Oaxaca you’ll keep coming back. Check our Calendar for upcoming scheduled seasonal outings.

Dates: Oct 2023 / / Itinerary: 2 days, 1 night

Cost per person: $450 USD/8,500 MXN (Open Outing 2-6 people)

Includes:

• Personalized guide and translation service (Spanish/English)

• Comfortable transportation round trip from Oaxaca City (2 hours each way)

• Quick breakfast of antojitos, little local snacks at our favorite roadside comedor

• Visit to 2 traditional mezcal palenques, learning about the process and history of the mezcal of the region directly from the producing family

• Tasting of traditional mezcal made on site

• A chance to purchase mezcal directly from the producers (price not included), our help packing it for travel

• Early morning rise to learn to collect chapulines with a maestro mezcalero

• Learn to prepare chapulines salt with a cocinera traditional, take home some of the chapulines we prepare

• Farm to table lunch

• Head back to Oaxaca

• Drinking water and light snacks

• Donation to future community youth center