Schedule: 9am-6pm
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 (40 minutes each way)
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