We know it can be challenging to find activities that are fun for all ages, these half day Mezcouting Experiences are not only kid friendly but a great way for participants of all ages to get hands on experience and immerse themselves in Oaxacan culture!
Teotitlán
Schedule: 9am-3pm
Cost per adult: $155 USD/2,900 MXN
Cost per child (4-12 years): $77.50 USD/1,450 MXN
Includes:
Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)
Comfortable round trip transportation from Oaxaca city (40 mins each way). Pick up and drop off from your hotel or vacation rental (Centro, Jalatlaco, Xochimilico, Reforma, San Felipe)
Visit to a regional market
Breakfast at the market of local delicacies like chotolate atole, tamales, memelas, and tepache in addition to quesadillas and fresh fruit
Learn to make traditional chocolate from scratch with a cocinera tradicional, toasting the cacao, grinding it by hand on the metate, and forming it into bars to be used in cooking and hot chocolate
Take home some of the chocolate we make
Lunch prepared by a cocinera tradicional accompanied by our selection of traditional mezcal
Rug weaving and natural dye demonstration
Drinking water and light snacks
Donation to women's cooperative annual project
Schedule: 9am-3pm
Cost per adult: $155 USD/2,900 MXN
Cost per child (4-12 years): $77.50 USD/1,450 MXN
Includes:
Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)
Comfortable transportation round trip from Oaxaca city (40 minutes each way). Pick up and drop off from your hotel or vacation rental (Centro, Jalatlaco, Xochimilico, Reforma, San Felipe)
Visit to a regional market
Breakfast at the market of local delicacies like chotolate atole, tamales, memelas, and tepache in addition to quesadillas and fresh fruitf 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 like T-shirts and napkins to take home
Lunch prepared by a cocinera tradicional accompanied by our selection of traditional mezcal
Time permitting visit to Tule tree on the way back to Oaxaca
Drinking water and light snacks
Donation to women's cooperative annual project
Beeswax Candle Making Workshop
Schedule: 9am-3pm
Cost per adult: $155 USD/2,900 MXN
Cost per child (4-12 years): $77.50 USD/1,450 MXN
Includes:
Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)
Comfortable transportation round trip from Oaxaca city (40 minutes each way). Pick up and drop off from your hotel or vacation rental (Centro, Jalatlaco, Xochimilico, Reforma, San Felipe)
Visit to village market
Breakfast at the market of fresh juice, baked goods, memelas, and hot chocolate at market
Hands on candle making class with Velas San Pascual, making wax flowers, mounting them onto hand poured beeswax candles
Demonstration from our teachers of the candle making process and how natural dyes are created
Bring home the candle you create, help packing it for travel
Lunch prepared by a cocinera tradicional accompanied by our selection of traditional mezcal
Time permitting visit to Tule tree on the way back to Oaxaca
Drinking water and light snacks
Donation to women's cooperative annual project
Ocotlán Valley
Schedule: 9am-3pm
Cost per adult: $155 USD/2,900 MXN
Cost per child (4-12 years): $77.50 USD/1,450 MXN
Includes:
Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)
Comfortable and safe transportation round trip from Oaxaca city (1 hour each way). Pick up and drop off from your hotel or vacation rental (Centro, Jalatlaco, Xochimilico, Reforma, San Felipe)
Breakfast en route of tamales and fresh fruit
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 clay workshop making our own pieces
Time permitting optional visit to dry flower artisans or embroidery workshop
Lunch of regional dishes at Ocotlán market
Drinking water and light snacks
Donation to community library
*Note that pieces created during the class need to be fired before taking them home, shipping them internationally is an additional cost not included
Schedule: 9am-3pm
Cost per adult: $155 USD/2,900 MXN
Cost per child (4-12 years): $77.50 USD/1,450 MXN
Includes:
Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)
Comfortable and safe transportation round trip from Oaxaca city (1 hour each way). Pick up and drop off from your hotel or vacation rental (Centro, Jalatlaco, Xochimilico, Reforma, San Felipe)
Breakfast en route of tamales and fresh fruit
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