Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)

Comfortable transportation round trip from Oaxaca city (40 minutes each way)

Visit to a regional market

Breakfast at the market of local delicacies like chotolate atole, tamales, memelas, and tepache

Hands on class with members of the Vida Nueva women’s cooperative learning how they process wool, use natural dyes, weave, and use Zapotec design

A chance to dye our own garments (feel free to bring your own); each participant will be provided 2 cloth napkins in the cost of the experience

Lunch prepared by a cocinera tradicional accompanied by our selection of traditional mezcal

Drinking water and light snacks

Donation to women's cooperative annual project

Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)

Comfortable transportation round trip from Oaxaca city (1 hour)

Breakfast of tamales and fruit in the car

Visit to the home of weavers, one who works with cotton on a 4 pedal loom making tablecloths, blanks, and pillowcase

Visit to the Mitla ruins (30 mins free time at the ruins, entrance fee included)

Lunch of local delicacies prepared by a cocinera tradicional in the home of an antiques dealer and local historian, accompanied by our selection of traditional mezcal

Visit to the home of an artisan who weaves on 4 pedal looms as well as backstrap looms, using cotton, wool and natural dyes, learning about the history of the community and Zapotec designs

Drinking water and light snacks

Donation to women's cooperative annual project

Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)

Comfortable transportation round trip from Oaxaca city (40 minutes each way)

Visit to village market

Breakfast at the market of local delicacies like chotolate atole, tamales, memelas, and tepache

Demonstration from our teachers of the candle making process and how natural dyes are created

Hands on candle making class making wax flowers, mounting them onto hand poured beeswax candles

Bring home the candle you create, help packing it for travel

Lunch prepared by a cocinera tradicional accompanied by our selection of traditional mezcal

Drinking water and light snacks

Donation to women's cooperative annual project

Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)

Comfortable transportation round trip from Oaxaca city (40 minutes to Teotitlán, 1 hour back from Mitla)

Visit to village market

Breakfast at the market of local delicacies like chotolate atole, tamales, memelas, and tepache

Hands on class with members of the Vida Nueva women’s cooperative learning how they process wool, use natural dyes, weave, and use Zapotec design

A chance to dye our own garments (feel free to bring your own) such as cloth napkins and T-shirts

Travel 40 minutes to the town of Mitla, lunch of local delicacies prepared by a cocinera tradicional in the home of an antiques dealer and local historian, accompanied by our selection of traditional mezcal

Learn weaving traditions in Mitla from a family that weaves cotton garments on both a four pedal loom and backstrap loom

Visit to the Mitla ruins (30 mins free time at the ruins, entrance fee included)

Drinking water and light snacks

Donation to women's cooperative annual project

Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)

Comfortable and safe transportation round trip from Oaxaca city (1 hour each way)

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

Visit to the home and workshop of a family that makes sculpture with local red clay specializing in figures of mermaids, Oaxacans in traditional dress, and fantastical creatures

Two hour workshop, making our own clay creations

Lunch of regional dishes at Ocotlán market

Visit to a palenque in the home of a mezcal producer working with his sons to make micro batches of Minero mezcal for personal consumption and local sale

Tasting of Minero mezcal made on site

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

Drinking water and light snacks

Donation to community library

Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)

Comfortable and safe transportation round trip from Oaxaca city (1 hour each way)

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

We visit a workshop of blacksmiths who have been making knive, swords, and machetes that have used in mezcal production in the region for 4 generations. The workshop is famous for having made the sword used in the movie Conan the Barbarian. We´ll learn about the old fashioned process they still use to make their pieces.

Lunch of regional dishes at Ocotlán market

Visit to a palenque in the home of a mezcal producer working with his sons to make micro batches of Minero mezcal for personal consumption and local sale

Tasting of Minero mezcal made on site

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

Drinking water and light snacks

Donation to community library

Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)

Comfortable and safe transportation round trip from Oaxaca city (1 hour each way)

Big breakfast of at our favorite roadside comedor, which only uses wood fire for cooking

Visit to an alebrije workshop in San Martin Tilcajite, where we learn about the process of making alebrijes

Hands on workshop where we paint our own alebrijes, learning techniques and design from the artisans

Take home the alebrije that you painted

Lunch of regional dishes at Ocotlán market

Time permitting optional visit to a backstrap loom weaver´s workshop

Drinking water and light snacks

Donation to community library

Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)

Comfortable and safe transportation round trip from Oaxaca city (1 hour each way)

Big breakfast of at our favorite roadside comedor, which only uses wood fire for cooking

Visit to workshop of women´s embroidery cooperative who makes pieces embroidered with the traditional flowers of the region, learning about the history and family story

We´ll try our hand at the traditional embroidery of the region, guided by members of the cooperative. We can take home any of the broidery we do

A chance to buy embroidered pieces like blouses directly from the artisans (price not included

Time permitting optional visit to dry flower artisans or backstrap loom weaver´s market

Lunch of regional dishes at Ocotlán market

Drinking water and light snacks

Donation to community library