Hierve el Agua Guided Full Day Tour in Oaxaca
Description
We will get to know an important part of Oaxaca, its culture, history, art and gastronomy. We take a tour with a professional team, we will visit 6 special places. We visit the petrified waterfalls of Hierve el Agua, where we have 2 hours of free time. We visit the beautiful archaeological zone of Mitla where we will take a tour of 40 minutes to 1 hour with a certified guide. We eat in a buffet restaurant with traditional local food. We visit Teotitlán del Valle where we will see the house - workshop of a wool rug artisan. We visit a factory, outlet or palenque of mezcal to have a tasting of this traditional alcoholic beverage of the state. We visit the famous tule tree located in Santa María el Tule, recognized among other things for its thickness or width and years of life.
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Itinerary
We visit the town of Roagia, where the petrified waterfalls of Hierve el Agua are located, there we will have 2 hours free to go hiking, enjoy the view and the natural pools.
We will visit the archaeological zone of Mitla, making a tour in an average time of 40 minutes to 1 hour with our certified guide, we will know the history of this place and we will enjoy the magic and mysticism of these buildings.
We will make a stop to eat, in a restaurant with a buffet service with traditional Oaxacan foods.
We visit the house-workshop of a master craftsman dedicated to making textiles or pieces of wool, we will learn about the processes that are carried out to make the well-known wool rugs, from spinning, pigments and weaving.
We visit a mezcal factory and outlet where we will take a tour with local staff to talk to us about the process that takes to produce this traditional Oaxacan alcoholic beverage, then we will be given a tasting of some mezcal and mezcal creams.
We will visit the famous Tule Tree, talk with our guide about the history and why this tree is important or famous.
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Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Pick-up from hotels is between 7:30 a.m. and 7:50 a.m., this varies by the route to be followed by the driver.
- The total tour time may vary due to factors such as departures and returns to hotels, transfers between destinations, among others.
- Due to the demand during holiday seasons and festivals the number of travelers on this tour can be expanded.
- The order of the itinerary can be modified by situations outside the company and for the benefit of the user.
- If necessary, the tour is conducted in English and Spanish by the same guide.
- They are shared tours and seats are reserved. If you require extra space for size or personal items, reserve another space and let us know so we can make an adjustment.
- Due to festivals or activities within the city in high seasons the completion point may vary.
- Not recommended for people with walking problems.
Reviews(155)
This is a great tour. It lasted almost 12 hours from start to finish. The gods did a great job and were very friendly and accommodating. I enjoyed everything. The mezcal factory was something else. The owner himself walked us through the whole process.
A great tour. Guide is knowledgeable and small group. The time spent at the petrified waterfall is decent.
Hierve el Agua and Mitla are incredible. Tour is long but very fun and a great way to see a lot of the sights east of Oaxaca.
Very good tour. The sites visited are very good and the organization is well done.
The experience was great, there was plenty of time to do all the activities and still get home at a reasonable time. Our tour guide Rocio was very knowledgeable and would always ask if how we were doing. The guide from the mezcaleria Santiago was also very nice and knowledgeable. He answered all our questions to our understanding.
This is the best day trip I’ve ever been on! Simon is an amazing guide—knowledgeable, warm, and fun. He explained a lot about the history of Oaxaca and Mexico in English throughout the tour. I really appreciate him! Also, Antonio drove very smoothly, was friendly, and I highly recommend him too. I strongly recommend this tour — it's packed with great content: we saw beautiful scenery, enjoyed a buffet that exceeded expectations, visited a mezcal distillery and a wool shop, and finally saw a tree over a thousand years old.
The truth here is…. Don't look for it anywhere else…. They have a black Mercedes Sprinter, very nice and comfortable….. Rocio the guide is awesome…. I am very picky, sensitive about food, and sometimes annoying…. I didn't have any complaints here!!! They even did me the favor of stopping to buy coffee…. At first they played hard to get and said no…. But they took me to a really great place and from there to Hierve el Agua…. I'm telling you, don't look elsewhere, it's with them!!!!! The timing was good…. The guides were good…. The van was good, the food was good, the music was good…. What more can you ask for
This experience was amazing. The tour guide was super knowledgeable and attentive. Each location stop was the right amount of time and never felt rushed. I liked the experience of seeing so many things in Oaxaca in one day. The weather was great for us and cross were limited. Though we got caught in Guelaghuetza festivities and caused the travel to be a bit longer, it was still very fun. The group I was with was a ball of energy as well! Someone even got engaged at Hierve de Agua from our group! It was a beautiful day! Would highly recommend.
very good option to get to know this beautiful place and highly recommended they have an excellent local guide
I think there are many points to highlight, the first is that Hierve el Agua is a place that honestly needs “investment” in the sense that the trail is not well marked, and well, the truth is we kind of got lost and didn't know “how far we could go down” but they explained to us that unfortunately the guide cannot go through and it is like an “excuse” from the locals so that you pay for a guide, but well, just that :) other than that the driver and our guide 11/10, we were a group of different nationalities and excellent translation in both Spanish and English, and well, the Mezcal tour, what can I tell you THANK YOU SANTI!! Sorry for having changed your name during the tasting haha but my respects to him, the tour, the explanation of the process and learning to drink mezcal, a beautiful thing. The tour already included everything for us (even the food which is a delicious buffet restaurant, you only pay for alcoholic drinks), and the truth is, it was worth every penny. Curiously, from that tour, a very beautiful friendship was made that the tour didn't end at the agreed point haha
