Teotitlán & Mitla
Teotitlán Weaving & Natural Dyes
Schedule: 9am-3pm
Cost per person: $155 USD/2,800 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 a regional 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
Lunch prepared by a cocinera tradicional accompanied by our selection of traditional mezcal
Drinking water and light snacks
Donation to women's cooperative annual project
Mitla Weaving & Mezcal Antiques
Schedule: 9am-4pm
Cost per person: $155 USD/2,800 MXN (Open Outing 2-6 participants)
Includes:
Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)
Comfortable transportation round trip from Oaxaca city (1 hour)
Breakfast of tamales and fruit in the car
Visit to the home of weavers, one who works with cotton on a 4 pedal loom making tablecloths, blanks, and pillowcase
Visit to the Mitla ruins (30 mins free time at the ruins, entrance fee included)
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
Visit to the home of an artisan who weaves on 4 pedal looms as well as backstrap looms, using cotton, wool and natural dyes, learning about the history of the community and Zapotec designs
Drinking water and light snacks
Donation to women's cooperative annual project
Beeswax Candle Making Workshop
Schedule: 9am-3pm
Cost per person: $155 USD/2,800 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
Demonstration from our teachers of the candle making process and how natural dyes are created
Hands on candle making class making wax flowers, mounting them onto hand poured beeswax candles
Bring home the candle you create, help packing it for travel
Lunch prepared by a cocinera tradicional accompanied by our sel
Drinking water and light snacks
Donation to women's cooperative annual project
Weaving Two Ways
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 20 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
Ocotlán Valley
Clay Two Ways
Schedule: 9am-6pm
Cost per person: $185 USD/3,330 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)
Quick breakfast of antojitos, little local snacks at our favorite roadside comedor
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 workshop, making our own clay creations
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
Machetes & Mezcal
Schedule: 9am-6pm
Cost per person: $185 USD/3,330 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)
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