PERU
Southern Highlands & Sacred Valley

2027‍
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DATE:
2027

COST & DETAILS:

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Limited to 12 participants

$1,500 deposit due upon registration / Final payment due TBD

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This price includes:

  • An expert bilingual guide plus a tour host

  • Accommodation

  • Workshop, studio tour and artisan fees

  • Most meals, including tips

  • Local transport in private van

  • Entry fees

Does not include:

  • International airfare

  • Transfers to and from airport

  • Personal shopping

  • Alcoholic drinks

  • Some dinners (as detailed on itinerary)

  • Optional tips for guide, hotel staff and driver

PART 1: text
(3 nights)

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Highlights include:

  • Venture well off the beaten track to explore a slice of rural life in Mexico inaccessible to most travelers

  • Visit a Mixtec village where women still wear distinctive, hand-embroidered blouses with figurative designs paired with pleated skirts and bright beaded necklaces

  • Visit a Trique village where women still weave and wear full-length red huipiles. A spectacular sight, this is one of the last villages in Oaxaca where almost all women still dress traditionally. We will enjoy homemade lunch at a weaver's mountaintop log-cabin home

Accommodation: A basic but comfortable plaza-front hotel in Tlaxiaco

We will be staying in basic (but clean and safe) accommodation & visiting poor, rural areas. Please come with a sense of adventure & also be aware that we will be driving on winding dirt roads. 

OUR EXPERT LOCAL GUIDE

We’re thrilled to have Ana Paula Fuentes as our guide. A Mexico City native and the founding director of the Museo Textil de Oaxaca, Ana Paula is an expert in Mexican textiles who has strong relationships with the artisans we will visit. 

PART 2: OAXACA CITY & THE CENTRAL VALLEY
(5 nights)

Oaxaca City is a delightful, small city with beautiful colonial architecture; fascinating museums and galleries; excellent artisanal shops; outstanding regional food; and a lively arts and design scene. From here we'll take day-trips to explore the Central Valley, situated within the Sierra Madre Mountains and home to the indigenous Zapotec.

Highlights include:

  • Visit a renowned family of dyers and weavers in the famous rug weaving village of Teotitlán del Valle and learn about cochineal dyeing, which is native to the area

  • Enjoy a private tour of the Museo Textil de Oaxaca with our guide, who was the museum's founding director

  • Visit the Mitla archeological site to see where Zapotec weavers have drawn inspiration for their geometric designs

  • Meet individuals and organizations in Oaxaca City working to create new opportunities for artisans in the area

Accommodation: 3-star boutique hotel in Oaxaca City

You may want to spend more time in Oaxaca City at the end of the tour so that you can visit the classic sights we won't have time to see on our itinerary.

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TESTIMONIAL

“Touring the creative heart of Mexico, our amiable small group was introduced not only to immense visual beauty but also the welcoming makers of such splendid objects. Always well organized but not too exhausting, the tour exposed us to the delicious regional cuisine and an overview of the history of the area. I personally feel this tour was life changing. I have fallen in love with Mexico, an unexpected but wonderful outcome. It is a unique tour that can have that effect on a seasoned traveler!”

— Kathryn Harris