ECOTOURISM AND ADVENTURE IN OAXACA
Ecotourism, Nature and Adventure in Oaxaca
Oaxaca, located in the southeast of Mexico, is an example of a singular miscegenation that even in the midst of modernity never forgets its origins. In its varied geography, it brings together not only a vast biodiversity, considered among the largest in the world, but also insurmountable cultural and ethnic riches, and the most different and beautiful natural settings.
An ideal space for Alternative Tourism, Oaxaca offers activities such as walking, mountain biking, rappelling, climbing, zip-lining, horseback riding, observation of flora and fauna and more, in close contact with nature. The visitor can also witness the various aspects of local life, savor the gastronomy and enjoy the warmth of its people, as well as an offer of accommodation in hotels, ecotourism cabins, local houses or excellent camping areas.
Map of Ecotourism in Oaxaca
Pueblos Mancomunados de Oaxaca
In Pueblos Mancomunados, tourist activity started in 1994, in the community of Benito Juárez and then spread to all the towns that make up the Mancomún in 1998. For its operation it has had the participation of the Commissariat of Communal Assets, from local government agencies to through the Presidencies, Municipal Agencies and the General Assembly of Comuneros.
In 1998, it received support from the Canadian Embassy and the Commission for Environmental Cooperation to design the Nature Routes, a network of more than 100 kilometers of marked hiking and mountain biking trails that link the Populations of Pooled Towns. Likewise, that same year the community company Expediciones Sierra Norte was created and a promotion and direct sales office was opened in the city of Oaxaca.
San Antonio Cuajimoloyas
San Antonio Cuajimoloyas is 56 kilometers (1.5 hrs.) From the city of Oaxaca. It is one of the highest altitude communities in the region: 3,200 meters above sea level.
It has majestic natural settings; It is an ideal place for walking tours, mountain biking and horseback riding, enjoying a wide variety of flora and fauna. Here you can observe and enjoy spectacular rock formations, beautiful and peaceful plains, as well as enchanting paths flanked by rows of imposing maguey plants.
Do not miss our now traditional regional wild mushroom fair, which takes place the penultimate weekend of July in La Guelaguetza. San Antonio Cuajimoloyas, an encounter with nature!
Services:
- Cabins in the town and in “La parcela”, in the middle of the forest.
- Community hotel “Yaa – Cuetzi”. Simple but comfortable rooms.
- Camping areas
- Traditional medicine
- Spectacular zipline: 1,000 meters long. Enjoy an eagle view of the community and the forest!
- Community dining rooms and trout farms “El Bocadito”, “La Zanja” and / or “El Arcoíris (Tarajeas)”.
- Events room with capacity for 50 people. It has a projector, screen, tables, chairs, kitchen … and even Coffee Break service!
- Community projects: Mushroom making, sarcina crafts, Serrano bread making, talks about medicinal plants.
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez is located 2,800 meters above sea level, but only an hour and a half from the city of Oaxaca.
It has multiple natural attractions: exuberant wooded vegetation of conifers, varieties of pine, oyamel, oak, strawberry trees, ailes, etc. Get to know the wooded area “Los Pinabetes”, with 300-year-old pine trees up to 30 meters high. It has routes in walking, mountain biking and horseback riding.
Do not miss a visit to its viewpoint, with an impressive view over the central valleys, where you will also test your courage when crossing its imposing 150-meter-long suspension bridge, as well as its system of 3 zip lines totaling 300 meters of length. Also be sure to visit Mr. Eli’s family farm and / or Stone House. Benito Juárez, a natural escape!
Services:
- Cabins in the town
- Tourist House (“Tourist Yuú”): For large groups (21 people). A room with a glass ceiling, to observe the stars.
- Camping areas
- Community restaurant and trout farms.
Community guides. - Zip lines with a total length of 300. The highest reaches a height of 80 meters; 150 meter long suspension bridge.
- Community projects: Making artisan bread, typical gastronomy workshops, get to know the “Mycological” project on the production of mushrooms and their medicinal properties.
San Miguel Amatlán
San Miguel Amatlán awaits you 62 kilometers from the state capital, about two hours from the city of Oaxaca.
It houses an enormous natural beauty, incomparable landscapes, ancient natural treasures and interesting colonial vestiges, as well as ideal places for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding. In its small site museum you can learn more about the history of the Commonwealth Peoples.
You will be able to participate in productive processes such as mushroom cultivation and the production of Serrano bread, or enjoy the delicious local and regional gastronomy amid the hospitality of its inhabitants. San Miguel Amatlán, a place to remember!
Services:
- Cabins in the town
- Camping areas
- Community restaurant
- Traditional medicine
- Community guides
- Community projects: artisan women, cultivation of mushrooms, making artisan bread and community day in the field.
Santa Catarina Lachatao
This unique town, located in the rugged Oaxacan mountains, has an altitude of 2,100 meters above sea level, and retains all the provincial charm, which is manifested in the unmistakable features of its vernacular architecture, such as the cobbled streets, the houses with adobe walls and tile roofs, and the local green quarry temple, visible from some neighboring communities.
In addition to the friendly and warm treatment of its inhabitants, Lachatao offers the possibility of entering its forests of pine, oak and strawberry tree, following trails that wind between streams; beautiful landscapes and impressive viewpoints from where you can admire the magnificent spectacle of sunrise or sunset.
The visitor can enjoy the typical traditional gastronomy with dishes such as “chichilo” or serrano moles, accompanied by a good pulque or exquisite tepache.
The natural attractions can be seen through different routes: “Cerro del Jaguar”, “La Virgen” and “the Ex Hacienda Minera 5 Señores”.
- Guides for adventure or mystical hiking through mountain landscapes, rivers, flora and fauna of the Sierra Juárez.
- Restaurant-viewpoint with regional food
- Cabins with or without kitchen, fireplace, garden, fire pit and hot water.
- Zapotec wisdom in meetings, workshops and retreats, where music, visual arts, gastronomy, traditional medicine, sidereal observation and knowledge of the community are combined in harmony to… “live nature to the fullest.”
- Hiking, abseiling, horseback riding, cycling, camping.
- Cerro del jaguar: walking ritual on the cerro del jaguar.
- Guided visit to the community museum.
La Nevería
Small community located 62 kilometers (two hours) from the city of Oaxaca. It is the youngest and smallest of the Pueblos Mancomunados in the Sierra Norte. It has only a hundred inhabitants, whose houses rest on a small valley between mountains.
Latzi Belli, is the voice in Zapotec that gives its name to this community whose inhabitants were dedicated to the manufacture and commercialization of ice at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, taking advantage of the intense winter cold between the months of November and February there the name “La Nevería”.
Here you can get in touch with nature through its unique hiking, biking and horseback riding routes, going through farmland and pine and oak forests, where orchids and bromeliads, various birds and mammals of temperate forests abound. In addition to having the opportunity to live “a community day” participating in the daily activities of local families.
Do not miss the route “The 7 colors of Corn”, where you will learn about our effort for the conservation of native corn. La Nevería, naturally unique!
Services:
- Cabins
- Homestay accommodation: If you are interested in learning more about the way of life in our community, ask about this accommodation option.
- Camping areas
- Community guides
- Community restaurant. Don’t forget to ask about the watercress dish!
- Events room with capacity for 100 people. It has a projector, screen, tables, chairs and a kitchen.
- Zipline and Aerial Skill Games: Don’t forget to jump off our 200-meter long Zipline and visit our aerial skill playground!
- Education and sustainability routes: If your visit is for educational purposes, we recommend you request the route “Productive projects” where you will learn about the comprehensive development model of the community.
- Voluntary work: Participate in the work carried out in greenhouses.
- Cooking workshops based on organic products and tortilla making.
Santa Martha Latuvi
Santa Martha Latuvi, a picturesque community that stands out for its natural beauty and the hospitality of its inhabitants. Latuvi, “rolled sheet” in Zapotec, is located 2,400 meters above sea level and 53 kilometers from the city of Oaxaca.
In Latuvi you will awaken each of your senses through its 7 routes that you can travel by walking, cycling or on horseback. Like the El Molcajete waterfall or the “Camino Real” route, a pre-Hispanic road that was used by muleteers to market their products to the central valleys and the Gulf of Mexico.
Don’t miss the traditional apple fair on July 25 and 26 and the visits to Mrs. Martha or Mrs. Julia to learn about the process of making pulque and tepache. Santa Martha Latuvi, a path towards nature!
Services:
- Cabins with hammocks outside to rest during the day.
- Homestay accommodation: If you are interested in learning more about the way of life in our community, ask about this accommodation option.
Camping areas. - Community dining rooms and trout farms: “Cara de León” and / or “El Manzanal”. In the latter you can fish your own trout.
Traditional medicine. - Community guides.
- Productive projects: work in the field, harvesting fruits (in season), workshops for making jams, Serrano bread, making pulque and tepache, a millenary drink.
Llano Grande
Llano Grande was founded at the beginning of the 19th century and is located in one of the highest areas of the Oaxacan orography. This community of Zapotec origin is one of the cleanest in the country: its inhabitants dedicate their efforts to the care and preservation of its extensive and beautiful wooded areas.
Just 66 kilometers (2 hrs) from the city of Oaxaca you can enjoy from quiet walks through the forest, rest in comfortable cabins and watch birds or venture into the world of mountain biking through incredible trails surrounded by enviable vegetation that will make your visit an adventure. Llano Grande, a paradise close to heaven!
Services:
- Cabins.
- Camping areas.
- Dining rooms.
- Community guides.
- Legends and myths: Learn about the stories and legends of our communities in a visit to older adults in the population.
- Events room with capacity for 50 people. It has a projector, screen, tables, chairs, kitchen … and even Coffee Break service!
- Bird watching.
- Typical cooking workshops.
- Bread workshops.
- Corn tortilla making workshop.
Ixtlán de Juárez
This region is considered one of the 17 most important areas in the world for its biodiversity (WWF). For adventure lovers they offer zip-lining, aerial games, rappelling, climbing, mountain biking, hiking, biking, flora and fauna observation, fishing, temazcal, climbing, horseback riding, rappelling and caving.
For those who enjoy nature, they take bird watching tours, photographic safari and appreciation of ecosystems such as the cloud forest and jungle, as well as tours of local industries such as traditional bakeries, charcoal ovens generating with this low environmental impact and a improvement in the quality of life of the inhabitants of the region.
In Ecoturixtlan Turismo Alternativo (communal company belonging to Ixtlán de Juárez, belonging to the Sierra Norte of the state of Oaxaca) they have an environmental training room for 250 people with cafeteria service and necessary technological equipment (computer, cannon, video, TV and sound equipment) to hold meetings, workshops, congresses and conventions, as well as transportation service from Ixtlán and from the city of Oaxaca (prior reservation). An Adventure you will never forget!
Attractions:
- Cerro del Cuachirindoo viewpoint
- Caves of the Arch
- Mesophyll forest of Montain
- Temple of Santo Tomás from the 17th century
- Industrial park
Activities:
- Adventure activities
- Tour to the Mesophilic Forest and Jungle.
- Tour to the Cerro del Cuachirindoo and Temple of Santo Tomás.
- Tour of the recreational park (caves, trout).
- Tour to the bromeliad forest.
- Travel to the country of the clouds.
- Hike to the Cerro de los 40 days.
- Mesophyll waterfall.
Capulálpam de Méndez
Capulálpam is a beautiful corner that still preserves the placidity of the province, framed by its traditional architecture, where adobe, wood, tile and yellow quarry stand out. All this, coupled with the hospitality of its people, has allowed Capulálpam to have been named as “Pueblo Mágico” (Magic Town).
Capulálpam Mágico Community Ecological Tourism is a company that emerged in 2005 as an initiative that, with the support of the General Assembly of community members and society, has as priorities the sustainable use of natural and cultural heritage, the generation of jobs for men and women. women of the Community, promoting the constant training of collaborators to increase the competitiveness of their services and activities, the consumption of local products as well as generate the conditions for the diversification of tourist activity in the destination.
Being in the Magic Town of Capulálpam is synonymous with harmony, tranquility, magic that is perceived in the air, in the greeting, in the daily life of our daily lives, which are translated into unique experiences that they warmly offer to our visitors.
The visitor can enjoy a walk through the cobblestone and steep streets, or visit the Temple of San Mateo (patron saint of the town), built of yellow quarry and decorated inside with unique precious wooden altarpieces dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. .
In the Center for Traditional Medicine, traditional doctors share their ancestral experience through “clean”, massages or comforting temazcal baths, and offer natural medicines made by themselves.
A visit to the “Los Sabinos” spot is recommended, where tall and ancient trees rise; to the “El Calvario” viewpoint, which offers a spectacular panoramic view of the town; or “La Cueva del Arroyo”, where nature has shaped different and capricious figures. Another recommended route is to the “La Y” spot, whether on foot or by mountain bike, admiring pine and oak forests, as well as species of bromeliads, ferns or mushrooms, as well as some birds,
In the recreational center “Los Molinos” you can enjoy the vertigo of a 100 meter long zip line that crosses the river from a height of 30 meters, and then cross the suspension bridge. It is also possible to rent a bicycle and take the tour within the center itself. A last route is to “Cerro Pelado”, to walk through an old path or “royal road”, which communicated Capulálpam with other towns in the Sierra Juárez.
Services:
- Cabins with cafeteria service.
- Meeting room with wifi service. (up to 40 people)
- Camp area in the park “Los Sabinos”.
- Restaurant in the recreational center “Los Molinos”.
- Bank terminal.
- Billing.
Santiago Apoala
Santiago Apoala (“Where they distribute the water” in Mixtec) owes its name to the abundance of the vital liquid in its territory. Apoala offers the visitor unparalleled natural beauties: rocks, canyons, waterfalls and valleys, caves with wide galleries and natural viewpoints. Due to the unique orography of the Mixteca region, mountain biking represents a true adventure, traveling through paths and trails in the middle of beautiful valleys.
During the tours there are various attractions, such as canyons, or the so-called “ghost forests” of oak and hay, as well as the diverse flora and fauna, and a unique set of pre-Hispanic terraces on the slopes of one of the hills of the town. The visitor can appreciate the beautiful spectacle that the river water, of intense emerald tones, offers to the view while it runs between stones, as well as know the various “water eyes” that nourish the channel, which eventually pours into the river Papaloápam.
Within the framework of this unique paradise cradled between rocks, interesting walks or mountain bike tours can be made through the impressive places of Apoala such as: La Gruta, El Cañón (twin rocks), El Mirador, the Cola de Serpiente waterfall, Peña de the Guacamayas (cave paintings) and the Peña del Diablo.
As a complement to its natural beauties, the manifestations of the Apoala culture find one of its best examples in the Temple of Santiago Apóstol, probably erected in the 16th century. Small in size, its main façade is made up of a portal and a tower with a single-body bell tower. In the corners of the atrium there are posas chapels, common at the time of its construction.
For its part, the local library houses a facsimile of the Nuttall Codex, which explains the origin and history of the Mixtec race and its peoples. In addition to having a description of the region and its characteristics, the document recounts the heroic deeds of a great ruler named Eight Deer Jaguar Claw.
SERVICES:
- Lodging: 12 adobe cabins with capacity for 44 people, bathroom and fireplace and tourist inn with 3 rooms with capacity for 6 people; each room has a bathroom.
- Food: Restaurant and dining room.
- Equipment Rental: Mountain bike, tents for 2,3 and 5 people and hands-free lamps.
- Other services: Ecotourism office, community guides, camping areas, campfire areas and tours.
- Activities: Ethnotourism, flora and fauna observation, hiking and mountain biking.
San Sebastián de las Grutas
The caves are famous for being the largest in all of America with their more than 1,000 meters deep and more than 60 kilometers long. One part is open to the public and comprises 5 chambers with heights from 20 to 70 meters with a length of 400 meters. To enter you can request the support of a guide.
The caves have more than 20 entrances scattered throughout the region. First explored in the 1970s, they were found to join a nearby cavern called Li Nita. This cavern system is unique in the world and therefore a team of cavers from UNAM conquered its darkness by descending more than 1,000 meters to come face to face with the bowels of the earth in 2015.
We find San Sebastián de las Grutas interesting because they have managed to exploit it in a way that integrates various activities for the traveler. For example, you can enter the underground river that gives life to the community and that in dry season has crystal clear waters.
The town offers a beautiful view full of vegetation in which if you look carefully you could come across a white-tailed deer, a green toucan or some common animals of the region.
People who travel to San Sebastián complement their experience supporting local tourism with the purchase of mezcal from the region and handicrafts. The most famous are the handicrafts carved in wood and the weaving of the palm that becomes the famous mats.
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Santo Domingo Cultural Center
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Oaxaca City
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Guided Tours in OAXACA
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