Join us on this overnight experience deep in the heart of mezcal country where we participate in the final preparations for día de los muertos with mezcal producing families of the region; visiting a nighttime flower market, a 125 year old bakery making the famous pan de yema, make our own altar, and of course feast on tamales de mole negro!

Itinerary: 2 days, 1 night 2023 dates: Oct 30-31

Groups: 4 minimum, 6 maximum Price per person: $450 USD/8,100 MXN

Includes:

• Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)

• Comfortable transportation round trip from Oaxaca city (2 hours each way) all transportation during overnight stay

• All mentioned activities

• 5 meals (does not include dinner on Day 2)

• Drinking water and light snacks

• Overnight accommodations at Rancho Los Nahuales, double occupancy rooms

• Donation to future community youth center

Activities planned:

• Visit to a traditional mezcal palenque, learning about the process and history of the mezcal of the region directly from the producing families who have been distilling their mezcal in copper for 4 generations, learning about and see the biodiversity of different types of agaves used to make mezcal. Tasting of traditional mezcal made on site

• Visit to nighttime flower market to buy supplies for our altar, including a trip to a 100 year old fireworks store 

• Visit to a 125 year old bakery making the traditional pan de yema for the holiday

• Early morning rise to gather chapulines (grasshoppers) and biruxe (wild marigold) for our altar (dependent on whether there has been enough rain this year)

• Build our own altar and make mole negro tamales with a local family