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6 spots-Machetes & Mezcal

Only 6 spots left! Write to us here to reserve yours.

Cost per person: $185 USD/3,475 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)

  • Quick breakfast of antojitos, little local snacks at our favorite roadside comedor

  • We visit a workshop of blacksmiths who have been making knive, swords, and machetes that have used in mezcal production in the region for 4 generations. The workshop is famous for having made the sword used in the movie Conan the Barbarian. We´ll learn about the old fashioned process they still use to make their pieces

  • Lunch of regional dishes at Ocotlán market

  • Visit to a palenque in the home of a mezcal producer working with his sons to make micro batches of Minero mezcal for personal consumption and local sale

  • 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

  • Drinking water and light snacks

  • Donation to community library