MEXICO CITY AND BEYOND: PACIFIC COAST AND CHILL
Welcome to Oaxaca, Mexico!
Recognized worldwide for its gastronomy, crafts, textiles, and it’s beautiful people! On this trip, you will visit the most iconic and important sites. You tried the delicious gastronomy of Oaxaca. You will visit its beaches and discover a palette of colors as well as the smiles of its people.
- Start/Finish: OAXACA CITY / HUATULCO
- Physical rating: 2 OUT OF 5
- Duration: 8 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.
Prepare your walking shoes, your camera and let’s go around the very heart of Mexico City.
Visit a local market with local frescos from Diego’s Rivera time.
Discover ancient ruins from Mexicas (Aztec) times.
Get admired with a cathedral that took 300 hundred years to finish the construction.
Have a free afternoon to enjoy as you want. Your tour guide will provide the best options.
INCLUSIONS:
Breakfast: 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.
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
Are you ready for another road trip? 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 its 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:
Jalatlaco street art tour at night
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:
Jalatlaco street art tour.
Day 8 Oaxaca travel day to Puerto Escondido
Today we are ready to leave Oaxaca city and continue to the Pacific Coast. Our first stop is Puerto Escondido.
Once we arrive join your tour guide for a walking orientation and enjoy the beach.
INCLUSIONS:
Breakfast on the road
Walking orientation.
Day 9 Puerto Escondido
Today is free for you to explore. Your guide will give you the best recommendations and options for today.
INCLUSIONS:
No food or activities included for today.
Day 10 Ventanilla stop – Mazunte – Huatulco
Say goodbye to Puerto Escondido, we will visit a unique natural reserve area on the way to Huatulco. Prepare your camera to capture wild animal life in this area.
We will see amazing local flora and fauna on a boat ride with a local guide.
After that, let’s make a stop in Mazunte town, where you will enjoy the very local atmosphere, bay beach and a walk on this tiny hill called Punta Cometa to enjoy the sunset.
When we finish we will drive to Huatulco as a final stop.
INCLUSIONS:
Mangroves tour, local guide, boat fee, natural reserve fee,local guide.
Punta cometa sunset. (mazunte stop)
Day 11 Huatulco
Today is a free day to explore.
There is an amazing cooking class or just chill at Huatulco bay as optional activities. Your guide will help you with the best recommendations for today.
As part of the last day maybe you will like to have a last group dinner.
INCLUSIONS:
No meals or activities for today.
Day 12 Huatulco
Departure day. No activities or meals included for today.
INCLUSIONS:
Meals: Breakfast
Transportation: Private Transportation.
Accommodation: (4 stars hotel) (3 stars hotels) (hostels) (mix hotel-hostel)
Included Activities:
– Mexico City walking tour + tamales and atole.
– Teotihuacan visit, entrance fee, local family visit and guide.
-Puebla: walking orientation and City Tour.
– Oaxaca: walking orientation and City Tour, Jalatlaco street art tour.
– Jalatlaco neighborhood street art visit.
– Puerto Escondido walking orientation.
– Mangroves tour, local guide, boat fee, natural reserve fee,local guide.
– Punta Cometa guided sunset
– Huatulco walking orientation.
EXLUTIONS:
- Tips or gratitued for your Guide and local guides or drivers.
- Flights: national or international.
- Taxis for ariving or departure days.
- Any personal expens or souvenir not mentioned on the schedule.
- Bank fees.