Authentic Oaxacan food & Cultural Experience

5.0 (13 reviews) Oaxaca City, Mexico
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Duration9h
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
Private tourOnly your group will participate
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

If you really want to go beyond the restaurants and really taste Oaxaca, this tour is for you. We leave the city to visit Native towns where indigenous families & traditional cooks still prepare food the old-fasioned way! Grinding corn by hand, cooking over the wood fire and usuing clay pots and comales.

You will taste dishes prepared specially for you, learn about Ancestral cooking techniques, hear stories behind each recipe and see how food, identity & daily life are deeply connected in this communities.

By choosing this Tour, you also support local markets, indigenous cooks and local families who preserve Oaxaca´s culinary heritage.

A genuine Oaxacan Cultural & Gastronomic inmersion - Fully private and all-inclusive

Options

Full-Day Gastronomic & Cultural Tour in Oaxaca

Pickup included

OPTION FOR 3 PEOPLE

OPTION FOR 3 PEOPLE
Pickup included

SUV VEHICLE FOR 4 PEOPLE

SUV VEHICLE FOR 4 PEOPLE
Pickup included

What's included

  • Mezcal tasting
  • Traditional Chocolate workshop
  • Authentic Mole tasting
  • Breakfast in Teotitlán market
  • A cooler with drinks
  • Tacos & Oaxacan Icecream at Tlacolula market
  • Private Transportation
  • Textile weaving demostration in Teotitlán town

What to expect

  1. Oaxaca
    45m
    STARTING TIME 9:00 AM
    We will do 45 min approximately from Oaxaca city to the fisrt stop.
  2. 1h · Admission ticket included
    We will start this delicious and cultural experience in a small native Market to have breakfast and try the next options: Memelitas, Empanadas of Mole amarillo with chicken, oaxacan cheese or squash blossom flower, traditional tamales and Atole!
  3. Teotitlan del Valle
    1h 10m
    We will move to the next spot in the same community, visiting an indigenous Family and see how they work with the weaving process making beautiful rugs! They still keep the old traditions which is been passed generation by generatios using natural dyes from diferent elements sunch as the cochinilla insect, some flowers, roots, seeds, and more for all the colors they work with.
  4. Mercado Tlacolula
    1h · Admission ticket included
    We love Tacos!
    One of the special things in this market are the Barbacoa Tacos. They are soo delicious and we will try some tacos of Goat and sheep with a good salsa and fresh water.
    (Food is included in this stop)
  5. 2h
    Two activities with a Traditional Oaxacan Cook!
    We will visit the house of a native family and eat with them but before... We will work out all the food we have ate.
    The first activity is a chocolate workshop, we will toast the cacao seeds on the comal and grind them in the Metate stone to prepare tradicional oaxacan chocolateand enjoy it with a piace of bread, we also will learn about the cosmovision of the Cacao in the zapotec culture.
    After that we will try three different types of Oaxacan Tamales, fresh made by this family.
    (Both activities are included on the price)
  6. Santiago Matatlan
    1h 10m
    Dessert for the end!
    We will visit a traditional Paleque (distillery) to see the whole process of the mezcal since how the cook the plant, the fermentation process, destilation and more. Finally you will have a Mezcal tasting which is included on the price.
    We save the mezcal at the end because this place has a beautiful view of the sunset and agave fields. Salud!
  7. Oaxaca
    1h
    BACK TO YOUR HOTEL
    We would do 1 hour approximately from the Mezcal spot to Oaxaca city.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

We will pick you up directly at your Hotel/ AirB&B 10 minutos before the scheduled departure time.

End point

We will pick you up directly at your Hotel/ AirB&B 10 minutos before the scheduled departure time.

Pickup details

We will pick you up directly at your Hotel/ AirB&B 10 minutos before the scheduled departure time.

Additional information

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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5.0 (13)
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