Mezcal Minero (1 palenque)

Schedule: 9am-4pm, not available on Sundays

Cost per person: $155 USD/2,800 MXN (Open Outing 2-6 participants)

Includes:

• Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)

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

• Breakfast en route of tamales and fresh fruit

• Tour of an agave nursery and artisanal palenque, which produces small batch clay pot distilled mezcal where we learn about the mezcal production process from seed to bottle. The palenque is owned and operated by family that has been making mezcal for 4 generations and currently produces mezcal for national and international sale committing to sustainable agriculture and giving back to the community

• 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

• Lunch at Ocotlán market of regional dishes

• Drinking water and light snacks

• Donation to community library

Mezcal Minero (2 palenques)

Schedule: 9am-6pm, not available on Sundays

Cost per person: $185 USD/3,330 MXN (Open Outing 2-6 participants)

Includes:

• Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)

• Comfortable 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

• Tour of 2 mezcal palenques producing clay pot distilled mezcal

  • Tour of an agave nursery and artisanal palenque, which produces small batch clay pot distilled mezcal where we learn about the mezcal production process from seed to bottle. The palenque is owned and operated by family that has been making mezcal for 4 generations and currently produces mezcal for national and international sale committing to sustainable agriculture and giving back to the community

  • Visit to a second palenque in the home of a traditional mezcal producer working with his sons to make micro batches of mezcal minero for loca consumption

• Tasting of mezcal made on site at each palenque

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

• Lunch at Ocotlán market of regional dishes

• Drinking water and light snacks

• Donation to community library

Healing with Mezcal in Minas  

Schedule: 9am-6pm

Cost per person: $200 USD/3,600 MXN (Open Outing 2-6 participants)

Includes:

• Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)

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

• Big breakfast at our favorite roadside comedor where everything is cooked on a woodfire

• Tour of an agave nursery and artisanal palenque, which produces small batch clay pot distilled mezcal where we learn about the mezcal production process from seed to bottle. The palenque is owned and operated by family that has been making mezcal for 4 generations and currently produces mezcal for national and international sale while committing to sustainable agriculture and giving back to the community

• Tasting of Minero mezcal made on site including mezcal infused with herbs for traditional healing purposes 

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

• Lunch at the palenque of regional delicacies prepared by a cocinera tradicional 

• Limpia (spiritual cleansing) performed by our local hosts using herbs, mezcal, and incense

• Discussion with the traditional healer and mezcal producers about healing methods and the combined use of mezcal and herbs 

• Drinking water and light snacks

• Donation to community library

Disclaimer: These activities or recommended herbs have not been evaluated by any medical practitioners or federal/international health organizations. They are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. If you have a health concern or condition, consult a physician. Always consult a medical doctor before modifying your diet, using any new product, drug, supplement, or doing any new exercises. Please let us know if you have any medical conditions that would make you ineligible to participate in the activities offered.