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Oaxaca Adventure: Mezcal, Carpets & Cuisine
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Oaxaca de Juárez
Discover Oaxaca’s rich culture with a mezcal tasting, ATV ride, and artisanal tour. Taste traditional food, explore Mitla, and enjoy unlimited mezcal.
Discover Oaxaca’s rich culture with a mezcal tasting, ATV ride, and artisanal tour. Taste traditional food, explore Mitla, and enjoy unlimited mezcal.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Teotitlan del Valle - Experience the wonder of learning about wool carpets, from dyeing with natural colors to weaving on pedal looms. Enhance your coordination by practicing on a real loom to create mats. Discover the ancient secrets of using plants, animals, and barks to dye sheep’s wool and craft beautiful carpets.
- Mercado Tlacolula -…
- Teotitlan del Valle - Experience the wonder of learning about wool carpets, from dyeing with natural colors to weaving on pedal looms. Enhance your coordination by practicing on a real loom to create mats. Discover the ancient secrets of using plants, animals, and barks to dye sheep’s wool and craft beautiful carpets.
- Mercado Tlacolula - Explore the iconic aisles of the Tlacolula market and enjoy the vibrant atmosphere with the local vendors. Sample various pre-Hispanic drinks and foods like Tejate, traditional bread, and chapulines (are you brave enough to try them?). If visiting on a Sunday, experience the oldest tianguis in the valley, where people gather to share, trade, and exchange their goods. Immerse yourself in the authentic culture of Oaxaca.
- Santiago Matatlan - No Oaxacan experience is complete without tasting the exquisite Mezcal. Visit Matatlan, the world capital of Mezcal, and learn about its distillation process to become a true connoisseur. Sample over 8 different types of wild agaves, including Cuixe, Tobalá, Mexicano, and Tepeztate. Tour the agave fields to see how they grow. After learning and tasting, enjoy a traditional Oaxacan meal accompanied by the flavor water of the day and, of course, more Mezcal!
- San Pablo Villa de Mitla - The adventure continues in Mitla, where you will visit a family clothing store and enjoy more Mezcal from a personal brand. After a day full of activities, return to the city, but not before strolling through the main streets of Mitla.
- Oaxaca - This itinerary includes round-trip transfers from the city of Oaxaca to all the exciting destinations where the fun awaits! Transfer only.
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Carpet tools
- Bottled water
- Alcoholic beverages
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Lunch
- ATV Quads
- Private transportation
- Carpet tools
- Bottled water
- Alcoholic beverages
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Lunch
- ATV Quads
Additional Information
Embark on an authentic adventure in Oaxaca by exploring four unique towns!
- Discover the ancient craft of sheep wool carpets in Teotitlan and uncover the secrets of their creation.
- Dive into the world of artisanal mezcal production in Matatlan, the world capital of Mezcal. Here, sample over 8 varieties of OMG agaves!
- Explore a traditional market…
Embark on an authentic adventure in Oaxaca by exploring four unique towns!
- Discover the ancient craft of sheep wool carpets in Teotitlan and uncover the secrets of their creation.
- Dive into the world of artisanal mezcal production in Matatlan, the world capital of Mezcal. Here, sample over 8 varieties of OMG agaves!
- Explore a traditional market in Tlacolula, where you can savor chapulines, shingle, quesillo, and other delightful treats.
- Finally, hop on motorbikes to cruise the main streets of Mitla, enjoy the stunning scenery, and experience the thrill of a 100% Zapotec town. Plus, visit a local artisan and designer!
Surprise! Enjoy a taste of a personal brand of mezcal (spoiler: it’s delicious) with unlimited mezcal available throughout the tour to savor at your leisure.
Four villages, six hours, unlimited mezcal, private transportation, and incredibly delicious food await you!
Book now and experience Oaxaca like never before!
Location
Happy Experience Oaxaca
Our office is located near the historic center of Oaxaca. We are inside the Hotel Escalada; while everyone arrives, you can enjoy a coffee or just wait in our comfortable lounges.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Siddiques
Mar 27, 2026
Irwin is the guide and... - Irwin is the guide and organiser of this tour. As I was the only person - indeed he would go even if I was the only one in the tour - I had a lot of informative conversations with him while he drove us to all the points of interest. Compared to the other tours I feel this one has a high personal touch.
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Rachelef_sf
Mar 6, 2026
One of the Best Tours Anywhere! - This was an excellent day trip! The entire day exceeded our expectations. Our guide Irvin was a knowledgeable local with perfect English.
We started by visiting a traditional weaving family in Teotilán del Valle. As an avid knitter, I really enjoyed learning how the weaver went from taking raw wool from a nearby pueblo to washing it in a basket with a native root, carding it, dyeing it with natural plants and minerals, to weaving beautiful rugs and wall hangings. I tried my hand at spinning the wool into yarn and can really appreciate the skill and the expertise of the weaver! My non-knitting husband also found the whole process very engaging.
Our next stop was a palenque, where we learned about the various types of agave plants used in making mezcal, to seeing the steps involved in the making the final product. Of course, we then tasted various blends and purchased some to take home. Afterwards, the tour included lunch at the pelanque.
The third stop was at the market in Tlacolula de Matamoros. We tasted (and purchased) some Chapulines, then we moved on to a tasting of delicious Tejate. Afterwards, we had some local bread with cinnamon and raisins. We were there on a Thursday, and we appreciated that it wasn't as busy as it would be on a Sunday.
Our final stop was Irvin's hometown of Mitla, where we met his delightful mother in her clothing store and had a tour of the town.
It was such a great day...we highly recommend this day trip!
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Catherine_b
Jan 17, 2026
The Best Food & Culture Tour in Oaxaca - This was my favorite tour in Oaxaca! Irvin’s passion is contagious and it was so much fun experiencing food, mezcal and cultural traditions with his friends and family. So enjoyable I booked a follow-up tour with his cousin Cesar to visit caves near Mitla.
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Kumiko_h
Nov 5, 2025
Wonderful experience in Oaxaca! - This tour is the must to join in Oaxaca. We could exposure Oaxaca culture and history through seeing, touching, smelling and tasting! Our tour guide, Margoni was super helpful, patient, cheerful and knowledgeable. We had a great filling day in Oaxaca!
Thank you and I am highly recommend to choose this tour to everyone visiting in Oaxaca~!
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Diana_a
Jul 18, 2025
Our guide Irvin was very... - Our guide Irvin was very knowledgeable, very energetic, very attentive to our needs, he answered all our questions and concerns. We had a great experience and plan to book with him again in the future. Our favorite besides all the mezcal tasting was riding through Mitla's downtown in quads. He took care of pictures and videos so we could just enjoy the tour....
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Mer1
Feb 16, 2025
Superb Tour! - We thoroughly enjoyed our tour with Irvin, who was very personable, lively, knowledgeable, and spoke excellent English. The tour exceeded our expectations. The woman who provided the demonstration of rug making was delightful, Irvin’s leadership through the tianguis atTlacolula was superb, the Mezcal tasting demonstration was expansive, and the ride on ATV at Milka was an unusual treat. Don’t miss it!
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Threeaikens
Feb 3, 2025
Wonderful tour to Tlacula!! - Lovely guide who took us to the Tlacula Market and helped us try all sorts of unique foods that are very old ,some pre-Hispanic.I even got an opportunity to meet his very nice family.It was overall a great tour experience!I would recommend it to all who come to Oaxaca!!
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