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Move yourself in soulful dance with a pro

Sway, leap, and step alongside a pro dancer at the Ethnobotanical Garden. Arrive at the garden Meet at the garden of the Santo Domingo Cultural Center. Warm up your body Prepare for movement with preliminary exercises. Feel the beat Engage with polyrhythm through a dynamic movement sequence. Wrap it up End by expressing through personal movement.

5 out of 5 average rating, 1 reviews

Taste Oaxacan craft beer, mead & charcuterie with a brewer

Learn about brewing in Oaxaca as you pair drinks with Mexican cheeses and charcuterie. Honor the hop Hear about the Holy Saint of the Hop Flower over a beer. Taste craft brews Sample seasonal beers and mead made with local honey. Pair savory bites Dig into traditional, house-crafted charcuterie and cheeses. Take away insights Refill your favorite brew and learn about the gastro scene.

5 out of 5 average rating, 2 reviews

Paint your own Nahual at renowned artists’ studio in Oaxaca

Uncover the magic of Zapotec art as you paint your own Nahual, a mystical being handcrafted by one of our talented artisans in the heart of San Martin Tilcajete. Discover your unique Nahual through a calculation based on your birthdate and explore the meaning behind this tradition. • Learn about tona and nahual, two fundamental figures in Zapotec culture, and explore the artisanal process behind the creation of these remarkable pieces. • Get your own creative kit including a wooden nahualito, vibrant acrylic paints, and other essential tools. • Learn to apply techniques like pointillism and brushing, as well as the traditional symbols that embellish these unique artworks. • Bring your own nahual to life by mixing colors and applying distinct details to reflect your mark. You’ll leave with your own beautifully painted nahual, deeper knowledge about the significance behind these traditions, and memories of this creative and cultural journey.

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Learn the art of Juchitán braids at a local home

Witness a Tehuana guardian weave Isthmus braids, an elemental hairstyle of the region. Enter our home Meet at my mother's house with a Tehuana attire shop. Wear the heritage Hear how the braids fit into the Tehuana identity. Plait a braid Watch me style a volunteer's hair (or become one yourself). View a photo exhibit Wrap with an expo that shows Isthmus braiding in context.

4.25 out of 5 average rating, 4 reviews

Culture walk through Oaxaca with an anthropologist

Sin duda la ciudad de Oaxaca es de las más bellas de Mexico, caminar por sus calles y ver las bellas casonas de la época colonial nos hablan del esplendor económico que trajo la grana cochinilla. Declarda patrimonio de la humanidad por la UNESCO, la ciudad contrajo el compromiso de su conservacion, asi esta ciudad es el mejor casco conservado del SXVII. Iniciamos nuestra visita en la antigua plaza de la cruz de pidra, donde apreciaremos la maravilla hidraulica que fue el acueducto, caminaremos hacia el templo de santo Domingo para admirar su rica decoracion, el convento alberga el museo de las culturas de Oaxaca y el jardin etnobotanico. continuamos por la calle de alcala hasta llegar a la catedral y la plaza de armas donde se dan citas los pobladores en las tardes, continuamos a visitar sus mercados, el molino de chocolate, la ex-Real alhondiga de Oaxaca, la fachada del templo de san Agustin y terminamos el en centro cultural san Pablo. Es posible que te parezca mucha información, intentemos que no sea monologo ni conferencia, hagamoslo juntos, ¡pregunta e interroga todo! Así sera mas divertido.

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Discover a private collection of Oaxacan art

Embark on an exclusive tour with me, a private gallerist and art curator, through my curated collection at Galería El Tinglado, connecting with Oaxacan artworks up close and delving into the stories and meaning behind each piece. • I’ll welcome you to the private space in my gallery and introduce you to its history and mission. • Explore artworks that showcase the rich narratives and cultural significance of Oaxacan artistry by such local masters as painter and sculptor Francisco Toledo and photographers Jalil Olmedo and El Negro Ibañez. • End the hour with a reflective discussion, where you’ll be invited to share your insights with the group in a welcoming, lively environment. You’ll leave with an appreciation for the vibrancy of Oaxacan artistic expression.

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Craft a chocolate dessert with an Oaxacan chef

Step behind the scenes of my celebrated restaurant in Oaxaca City, where I’ll show you how to transform Oaxacan chocolate into a one-of-a-kind dessert. • I’ll begin by welcoming you into the kitchen and sharing the ancient traditions of chocolate-making in this region. • You’ll learn the step-by-step process of creating a dessert using the finest local ingredients—from selecting the shape and flavor of your dessert to filling and decorating the finished product. • After we finish making your masterpiece, you’re welcome to linger over cocktails in our downstairs bar. After our encounter you’ll leave with a deeper knowledge and appreciation for the rich culinary traditions of Oaxaca.

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Taste Oaxaca’s seven traditional moles with mezcal pairing

Spend an evening at Los Pacos, my family’s restaurant in Oaxaca, where we will guide you through a tasting of Oaxaca’s seven famous moles, describing each one along the way. • After welcoming you to the restaurant, we’ll share a little bit about our history and take you back to the kitchen so you can see how mole is traditionally made. • Next comes a succession of bite-sized dishes, each featuring a different mole, including green mole with fresh Baja California tuna, a taco with hierba santa and Oaxacan cheese, sirloin with chichilo, a garnacha with beef tongue and caper stew, a plantain molote with almond mole a pork picadillo taquito with red mole, our traditional and authentic black mole with smashed sweet potato • Each bite will be paired with an artisanal or ancestral Oaxacan mezcal from our collection. It’s a rare chance to taste all seven of these classic dishes in one sitting, and you’ll leave with a full belly and a full heart. Note: Since every course comes with mezcal, guests must be at least 18 years of age.

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Make abstract artwork inspired by Oaxaca at Taller Sangfer

Unleash your creativity and connect with Oaxaca’s rich artistic traditions at this all-ages workshop to create abstract art inspired by the textures, colors, and spirit of the city. No experience required. • Viviana Elizabeth, a local visual artist whose work focuses on a profound exploration of memories, senses and thoughts, will guide the session and share the history of our gallery, Taller Sangfer, committed to create a space where others can connect with their own creativity. • Under her guidance, get to know the available materials, textures, and tools for your creation, along with their possibilities, and loosen up with some fun exercises to start exploring the joy of painting. • Use sponges, spatulas, brushes, pens, and natural objects like leaves or dried flowers to create compositions full of texture. Finally, we’ll relax with a refreshing drink and discuss our results. You’ll leave with your original artwork—in a canvas 20x20 cm—.

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4.98 out of 5 average rating, 2960 reviews

Traditional Oaxacan cooking class

What you'll do The first step will be to show you the ingredients that you can find in all Oaxacan homes, one of the advantages of our experience is that we have a garden with herbs and organic chilis. Baldo my son will share his knowledge in mezcal. We have an extend variety of agaves and homemade creations that you need to try. An open bar of mezcal is waiting for you. Snacks? Of course but you need to do Oaxacan style which includes worms, chicatanas and chapulines. Fist course we will offer chileajo tostadas and fruit water. Have you heard anything about the metate and how tortillas are made by hand? Here we will show you how to make tortillas, tetelas and memelitas. One of my specialties is salsas made in a molcajete, we will roast the ingredients over charcoal and comal. In every class we make 4 to 6 salsas depending seasonal ingredients. The mole is the emblem of our cuisine and we will make one of the 7 moles from scratch using a metate, you can’t leave our home without tasting our mole negro, chocolate de agua, café de olla, nieves and a delicious cake. Everyone will participate in the different processes, cutting ingredients from the garden, making sauces and of course eating. Remember, when you visit a house in Oaxaca you have to come with an empty stomach. Other things to note The class is available in English too. We can offer classes for vegans and vegetarians, please let us know in advance. I am very exited to show you the authentic traditional flavours of Oaxaca

4.99 out of 5 average rating, 1834 reviews

Traditional Oaxaca cooking class

Welcome to my home, your home! I'm Mimi Lopez Hernandez and the first thing we will do is cook our own sauce for our authentic Oaxacan breakfast. Then we will learn about the organic ingredients that we will use in our traditional Oaxaca recipe: one of the famous seven moles of Oaxaca and some delicious tamales in the style of our valley; we will make a toast with mezcal to start the experience and hands to work. Oaxacan cuisine is world represented by famous dishes that we can prepare and so you know a little more about our way of eating them, these dishes will be the ones you will take in your heart and you will learn how to do it from the beginning to the end. Don't forget that you'll be involved in each process to understand the cultural meaning of each other, you'll learn how to make tortillas by hand and put them in the comal, so come ready to participate and eat! After that, we'll eat what we prepare together. Traditional cuisine in Oaxaca is a cultural heritage and I will share with you the experience of visiting my house so that you live a totally traditional experience. Come prepared to enjoy! For your convenience the classes are available in English, with special characteristics for vegans or vegetarians, just let me know in advance. Welcome to Oaxaca!

4.96 out of 5 average rating, 691 reviews

Hierve el Agua HALF-DAY

Discover the BREATHTAKING beauty of the petrified waterfalls at Hierve el Agua. Witness stunning rock formations that resemble frozen waterfalls as we explore the site on foot and take a REFRESHING swim, all while enjoying the AWE-INSPIRING views of the surrounding landscapes. Fully guided in both ENGLISH and Spanish. This is the perfect way to visit Hierve el Agua in a SMALL group, hike around the formations and relax at the pools WITHOUT the addition of UNNECESSARY stops to actually see the place up and down with no rush. We'll meet in downtown Oaxaca. Then, we'll begin our journey to Hierve el Agua (1:30 hr. drive [70 km]) Once we arrive, we'll start the hike to the petrified waterfalls, go to the most amazing viewpoints, hike down to the base to it from below and appreciate its stunning beauty. We'll continue the hike and come back up to spend some time relaxing in the natural pools where you can dip your feet or even go for a full body dive. We'll finish off trying delicious food at a local eatery before driving back to Oaxaca. WHAT'S INCLUDED: - ALL entry fees and tolls included. - Comfortable private transportation. - Small group. ig ivan _ valero1 Things to note: -Food is NOT included. -Bring a bathing suit, a towel and a change of clothes. -We will hike from the top of the falls to the bottom and back up. Expect a 30 min ascend on rocky stairs.

4.88 out of 5 average rating, 1309 reviews

A farm to table traditional Oaxaca Cooking Class

We start the day in our family farm to introduce ourselves and Oaxacan cooking to you over coffee or hot chocolate we will choose the menu for the day where you will become the main chef of this culinary experience we will go to the farm to collect fresh herbs & veggies we will walk 4 min to the local market to buy the remaining ingredients for our Oaxacan feast Back at home will start to work with metate to transform the corn into a handmade masa to make fresh tortillas you will cook, nopales, huitlacoche, shred quesillio to make quesadillas, empanadas, tetelas in the hot Comal that works with wood fire You will have a moles tasting I Will show you how to cook different kinds of salsas to enjoy brunch After a nice break and some mezcales, we will cook a real Oaxacan 3 course meal It could be any of the most representative moles or other things, there is so many options to choose from the cooking class always is different, it’s based on your curiosity and doubts so, feel free to Choose your own mole/cooking adventure! Sip a nice mezcal and refresh yourself with a beer enjoying a real traditional oaxacan feast under the shade trees This workshop is fully hands-on and the aim of this experience is to share knowledge and teach you how to cook it at home we aim to show to our guests the magic of Oaxaca food in the real traditional way also we can accommodate food restrictions

4.97 out of 5 average rating, 403 reviews

Hierve el Agua Journey, Half Day

We will visit the incredible beauty of the petrified waterfalls of Hierve el Agua that were formed thousands of years ago by the runoff of water with Calcium Carbonate. This is the PERFECT way to visit Hierve el Agua. We will be a small group and you can walk through the waterfalls, swim and relax. NO unnecessary stops. We will meet in downtown Oaxaca. Then we will start our trip to Hierve el Agua (1:30 hr. [70 km]) Once we arrive we will start the hike to the petrified waterfalls. We will go to the best viewpoints to appreciate spectacular views. Then we will walk to the base to see them from below and observe their majesty. We will continue the return tour to conclude at the natural pools where we can swim and relax. We'll end up with a delicious lunch at local food stalls. Then we will start our return to Oaxaca. What's INCLUDED? - ALL check-in and toll costs included. - Private transportation Other highlights Food is not included. Bring a bathing suit, a towel, and a change of clothes

4.86 out of 5 average rating, 1517 reviews

Oaxacan Vegetarian Cooking Class

The Vegetarian Oaxacan Cooking Class, a class in English and Spanish, we will take a tour through a beautiful traditional neighborhood of Oaxaca, lend you a "chiquigüite and mandil" occupied to go to the market traditionally, we will take a tour of the Mercado neighborhood, we will pass the most beautiful churches and we will walk through parks overlooked by beautiful trees, pink, green and yellow quarry houses, I will show you beautiful parks of the colonial neighborhood and secret parks of this area of the city. In the middle of our tour we will meet some fresh organic vegetable and vegetable producers from a village near the city grown organically and harvested in the morning, then we will visit some producers in the neighborhood market, taste some snacks and buy some supplies for our Oaxacan vegetarian cooking class. We will return to our starting point to start the class and provide all the information on our menu, we will prepare everything fresh, a main course, a salad, water and even a dessert and all taken care of by a traditional stove. We will share the food and thank the mother earth and all the presenters, as well as the flavors of Oaxaca and diverse. Other things to note This cooking class was developed through deep research with people who specialize in pre-hispanic food, and we seek to spread the heritage value of Oaxacan vegetarian food.

4.98 out of 5 average rating, 662 reviews

Nature Walk In Hierve El Agua

Discover the Magic of Oaxaca: Culture, Nature and Tradition in an Unforgettable Day Live a unique experience in Hierve el Agua, one of the most stunning destinations in Oaxaca. We will start the day by picking you up at one of the two meeting points set for your comfort. Before the walk we will enjoy a delicious oaxaqueño breakfast prepared by a local family. Hierve el Agua is more than a natural wonder; it is a sacred site for Zapotecs, where they performed rituals in honor of the gods of rain and fertility. Here you can admire the petrified waterfalls, swim in natural pools and explore spectacular landscapes on a hike. Then we visit a workshop in Teotitlán del Valle, where you will learn how the famous rugs are created. From wool cardado to natural dyes and fabric, each piece is a piece of art full of history. We end with a visit to a mezcal factory, where you will discover its artisan process and taste varieties of this emblematic drink made with different agaves. Important details: • Includes: Traditional breakfast. • Not included: Entrance to Hierve el Agua ($50 MXN per person) IG rouscarrada / hierveelaguaoax Don't miss out on this unique experience and create unforgettable memories in Oaxaca!

4.93 out of 5 average rating, 263 reviews

Tour Monte Albán, Hierve el agua, Mezcal and Teotitlán

Hello you arrived at the tour indicated, we are the only ones that make Monte Albán and Hierve the water in a single day and to make it more interesting, we add a mezcal and Teotitlán del Valle factory a 100% handmade textile village with natural dyes. Start with Monte Alban. Monte Alban will be a guided tour within the archaeological site. Mexicanos: Admission is $100 pesos per person (included) but if they have credentials of teachers, students, Sunday or inapam their admission will be free. Foreigners: $100 pesos per person (included) Fábrica de mezcal: We will visit a mezcal factory where you can know the process of this drink so important for Oaxaqueños, you will have a tasting of more than 10 different mezcales. (Tasting included) We will make a stop to eat, options: Restaurant a la carte Buffet Restaurant Local Restaurant Mercado. Hierve el Agua the advantage of going on a private tour is that we have enough time to enjoy this place. Things to do: You can swim and hike. So you need to wear a bathing suit and a comfortable shoe (optional) (Beginning hiking level) (Admissions $70 pesos per person included) Highways and car parks are included.

5 out of 5 average rating, 1102 reviews

Oaxacan Journey

Hola! Soy Beto! Mexicano orgulloso de nuestra cultura y con amor profundo a Oaxaca y sus tradiciones. Durante muchos años mi pasión ha sido viajar y explorar lugares rodeados de naturaleza, ademas de una gran afición a crear contenido. Por ello, decidí compartir esta aventura en donde te llevaré a contemplar las majestuosas cascadas petrificadas de hierve el agua. Lugar único en el mundo (sólo existen 2 cascadas de este tipo en el mundo). Nuestra aventura comienza muy temprano para poder disfrutar del lugar sólo para nosotros, ya que bajaremos al fondo de la cascada haciendo algo de senderismo! Podrás gozar de las piscinas naturales y bañarte en ellas, tendrás el privilegio de contemplar vistas únicas y además, te ayudaré a tomar las mejores fotos. Nuestro recorrido continua en el mercado más emblemático de la región, para disfrutar de un autentico almuerzo oaxaqueño! El "Mercado de Tlacolula". Grandioso por su folklore, gastronomía y diversidad cultural. Después, visitaremos el pueblo de "Teotitlán del Valle" donde aprenderemos la elaboración de una de las artesanías más icónicas: Los tapetes de lana tejidos con pigmentos naturales. En el taller, tendremos la oportunidad de participar en las técnicas ancestrales que utilizan nuestros artesanos desde hace varias generaciones. Nuestra última parada será en el milenario árbol del Tule!

4.94 out of 5 average rating, 1378 reviews

Biking To The Ancient Tule Tree

Oaxaca's FAVORITE ride. A must do while you're here! Join this beautiful and safe bike ride to see the massive and ancient "El Tule" tree, which is famous for being the WIDEST tree in the world. We'll also visit the town of "Santa Maria del Tule", its church and its market. This is a great GUIDED ride and we'll provide you with a BIKE and HELMET. We'll meet in Oaxaca city to start our journey to El Tule tree (45 min. bicycle ride from downtown [10 km / 6 miles one way]). We'll ride on a SAFE bike lane covered with tree shades for the most part. It's mostly flat. We'll start biking out of the city first, then towards the outskirts with views of beautiful hills, and crop fields. Once we arrive to Santa Maria, we'll take you to the tree, the colorful church and the beautiful lush gardens. Here you'll LEARN interesting facts and history about the tree. Then, we'll have time to visit the food market to grab a bite/drink and to walk around the square and gardens. Finally, we'll start our ride back to Oaxaca. REQUIREMENTS: - To know how to ride a bike (EASY-MODERATE ride, 20 KM / 12 miles total) - MINIMUM height is 1.53 m / 5' 0 ft. WHAT´S INCLUDED: Bike, helmet, on-the-go repair tool kit, profesional bilingual guide. *Bikes provided are ours (not rentals), well maintained to offer a great riding experience. ig ivan _ valero1 *Check out my profile for other rides and hikes.

Things to do in Santa Lucía del Camino

Activities led by local experts

Move yourself in soulful dance with a pro

Taste Oaxacan craft beer, mead & charcuterie with a brewer

Paint your own Nahual at renowned artists’ studio in Oaxaca

Learn the art of Juchitán braids at a local home

Helados y Destilados with a Mezcal Sommelier

Culture walk through Oaxaca with an anthropologist

Discover a private collection of Oaxacan art

Craft a chocolate dessert with an Oaxacan chef

Taste Oaxaca’s seven traditional moles with mezcal pairing

Make abstract artwork inspired by Oaxaca at Taller Sangfer

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Traditional Oaxacan cooking class

Traditional Oaxaca cooking class

Hierve el Agua HALF-DAY

A farm to table traditional Oaxaca Cooking Class

Hierve el Agua Journey, Half Day

Oaxacan Vegetarian Cooking Class

Nature Walk In Hierve El Agua

Tour Monte Albán, Hierve el agua, Mezcal and Teotitlán

Oaxacan Journey

Biking To The Ancient Tule Tree

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