Explore The Best Of Oaxaca’s Culture Alongside A Friendly Native
Private Tours Hosted By Juan Montes-Lara
Monte Albán Archaeological Site Tour
4-HOUR EXPERIENCE
This tour takes us to the most emblematic place of the ancient Oaxaca: The sacred city of the Zapotecs. It is beautifully placed on top of hills near the modern city of Oaxaca.
Mitla, Teotitlán Tour
FULL-DAY EXPERIENCE
Visit of the most important archaeological sites in the Valley of Oaxaca and other interesting places. If you are short on time this is the best tour to take.
Hierve el Agua Tour
FULL-DAY EXPERIENCE
Visit the “petrified waterfalls” formed during millions of years by the precipitation of limestone. Swimming in the pools there is also a possibility for this tour.
Dominican Route Tour
FULL-DAY EXPERIENCE
Visit the beautiful northwest and the XVI century Dominican Churches built at the beginning of the spiritual conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards.
Mezcal Tour
5 TO 6 HOUR EXPERIENCE
See where mezcal is produced: the Traditional way, using copper distillation equipment, and the Ancestral one, using clay pots - just the way it used to be produced in the old days.
Arts & Handicrafts Tour 1 (Southside)
5-HOUR EXPERIENCE
Visit the south side of the Valley of Oaxaca where you’ll see black pottery, wooden carved Alebrijes figures, the textiles of Jalieza, and the decorated terracotta’s of Ocotlán.
Arts & Handicrafts Tour 2 (Eastside)
FULL-DAY EXPERIENCE
Visit rug weavers weavers on the eastern side of the Valley, then travel to the south side to see black pottery, carved Alebrijes figures, textiles of Jalieza, and the decorated Ocotlán terracottas.
Sierra Juarez Northern Mountains Tour
FULL-DAY EXPERIENCE
We’ll venture into the nearby mountains in the north of the Valley of Oaxaca. A twisting road takes us to the birth place of Benito Juarez and then to Ixtlan and finally, to a Pueblo Magico: Capulalpan.