Monarch butterfly: a small trip nearby Mexico City.


Welcome to Mexico! In this journey you will have the perfect time to explore the highlights from Southeast territory.

Discover one of the biggest cities around the world, visit the unknown city of Angels, and get amazed with Zapoteca gastronomy. Discover new places, swim in what Mayans believed was the underworld door and get relaxed on the Caribbean beach.


  • Start/Finish: MEXICO CITY/Playa del Carmen
  • Physical rating: 3 OUT OF 5
  • Travel days: 12 days

Day 1 Mexico City welcome meeting / arrival day

Welcome to Mexico City! One of the biggest cities around the world is waiting for you with many cultural options, museums, coffee places, tasty food and history. Make sure you arrive before our journey starts, if you want to have extra time to explore the city more. Our welcome meeting is at 5 pm.

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Day 2 Mexico City Tour.

Visit a local market with a local mural painting from Diegos Rivera time.

Ancient ruins from Mexicas (Aztec) times. 

Discover the metropolitan cathedral that took 300 hundred years to finish the construction.

After that you will have a free afternoon to enjoy as you want. Your tour guide will provide the best options.

INCLUSIONS:

Tamales and atole at the local market

Mexico guided City tour.

Day 3 Day trip to Teotihuacan – Puebla

Discover Teotihuacan, a 45 km ride ruins site away from Mexico City, not Aztec either Mayan, secrets await for you in this fascinating. Learn more about the architecture, the way they see the world and the newest secrets archeologists discover.

Meet a local family in San Francisco Mazapa town, try pulque (a fermented tasty local drink), learn about the 5 types of obsidian and enjoy some crystalized prickly pear candies.

After that, let’s enjoy the view from the road, on a short ride to Puebla.

Before the day ends, join your guide for a Walking orientation.

INCLUSIONS:

Teotihuacan: entrance fee, guide, parking fee, local family visit, private transportation.

PUEBLA Walking orientation.

Day 4 Puebla

Today is free for you to explore after a city tour given by your tour guide, from the tasty and relaxed coffee places, colonial architecture buildings, and interesting museums.

Your guide will show you some highlights around and give some other ones as recommendations.

INCLUSIONS:

Walking City Tour.

Day 5 Oaxaca Travel Day

Let’s go to Oaxaca city, declared one of the best tourist cities in Mexico and around the world, not only because of how beautiful it is, but also because of its gastronomic offer, its colorful neighborhoods and it’s beautiful people.

Enjoy the wonderful mountains and cactus on the road. After check in hotel, lets stretch our legs and let’s go for a walking tour around the downtown

INCLUSIONS:

Walking city tour.

Day 6 Oaxaca

Today is a free day to explore, there are many options in Oaxaca for all tastes and budgets.

Full day tours to petrified waterfalls, mezcal factories and archeological sites near Oaxaca, are only some options. Your tour guide will give you the best options for today.

INCLUSIONS:

No activities or meals included for today.

Day 7 Oaxaca City

Today is a free optional activity day. Don’t forget to visit the fascinating museums around Oaxaca city, the hidden and tasty coffee shops. This is our last day in Oaxaca, what about trying the famous tlayudas, tamales, grasshoppers or fresh fruit at the local market.

INCLUSIONS:

Street art tour.

Day 8 Flight Day to Merida

Departure day to Peninsula of Yucatan! Are you ready to find out more about the Mayan culture? The tasty gastronomy Yucatecans have, fascinating archeological sites, colorful streets, lovely local people, and mysterious cenotes to get refreshed on a hot day.

We will be taking a connection flight to Yucatan, so get ready and follow your guide. Once we arrive, we will be having a walking city tour.

INCLUSIONS:

Breakfast

Walking city tour.

Day 9 Merida

Today is a free day to explore. Uxmal, Kabah or chichen itza are amazing ruins to visit as optional activity, or if you feel more attracted, there are many museums in Merida city to explore and continue learning more about the past and present from this ancient culture.

INCLUSIONS:

cenote tour, entrance fees, life jacket, transportation, local guide.

Day 10 Merida 

Today is a free day to explore. Enjoy the architecture, history and museums around the town.

INCLUSIONS:

No meals or activities for today.

Day 11 Travel Day Merida to Playa del Carmen

Playa del Carmen travel day as a final stop.

Visit an amazing local cenote along the way to Playa del Carmen.A cenote is a natural sinkhole water where we can swim. The ancient Mayans believe this place was sacred and they will find the door to the underworld. Now we have the opportunity to enjoy and have a break before our last stop.

You may want to say goodbye to your guide and drop by for a last dinner 🙂

INCLUSIONS:

Cenote transportation and entrance fee.

Playa del Carmen walking orientation.

Day 12 Playa del Carmen

Departure day. No meals or activities for today.

INCLUSIONS:

Meals: 2 Breakfast

Transportation: Private Transportation.

Accommodation: (4 stars hotel) (3 stars hotels) (hostels) (mix hotel-hostel)

ACTIVITIES:

  • Tamales and atole at the local market.
  • Mexico guided City tour.
  • Teotihuacan entrance fees, transportation, local guide, local family visit and pulque taste.
  • Puebla walking orientation and city tour.
  • Oaxaca city tour & walking orientation.
  • Street art tour.
  • Merida city tour & walking orientation.
  • Cenotes activity, entrance fee & transportation.
  • Playa del Carmen walking orientation.

CERTIFIED MEXICAN GUIDE

EXCLUTIONS:
  • Tips or gratitude for your Guide and local guides or drivers.
  • Flights: national or international.
  • Taxis for arriving or departure days.
  • Any personal expense or souvenir not mentioned on the schedule.
  • Bank fees.