This new tour provides travelers the opportunity to see México City from a locals perspective. The living conditions in far apart areas, the various forms of transportation, the beautiful hills that lay up in the far north side of the city and every little aspect of the daily activities that people do to live in such a crowded place like Mexico City. A tour full of colorful houses, street art, unbelievable housing designs on steep hills, interesting historical facts about our past and our present, pulque tasting (drink of the gods)and cablecar traveling, making this a unique tour that will bring you close to our culture and give you an authentic feeling of what most Mexicans live on there day to day. During our travel, we will have a short hike up an ecological reserve in what happens to be the “last lung of Mexico City”, a big mountain range that goes around the historical barrio until we reach a pulqueria at the top like no other in Mexico City.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 21.
If you came to Mexico City for it’s culture, history and to explore beyond what most of tourists get to see, this is the place for you! A unique tour for travelers and explorers. Immerse yourself in an experience that will give you an authentic feeling of how the majority of mexicans travel and live, while enjoying the unimaginable views. We will be riding the cable bus to a popular barrio out of the city limits. This barrio has also been known for holding prehispanic items and history of these past cultures. Enjoy a unique look from above into the colorful neighborhoods with outstanding street art, thousands of Volkswagen beetles going around as taxi cabs, unthinkable steep hills and much more.
Cuautepec is a popular barrio which’s history goes all the way back to the years 2000 B.C. Some cultures like the chichimecas and Toltecs established some of there people around these lands, being this the way on how small artifacts were found in the early 1900’s. Now days, the streets of cuautepec are amazing to observe, so much energy, and people going around, houses built on challenging conditions due to the steep hills.
We will then go up the hills on a cab up to the highest part. The natural reserve we visit is also known as México City’s “last lung”, you will be impressed on how beautiful the views are from up there, giving you both a mix of nature and city.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Unique cablecar experience, pulque tasting &unbeatable views lasts about 2–3 hours. The itinerary has 3 stops.
Prices start at $42 per person for this Mexico City experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs every day, starting at 11:00 AM and 3:30 PM.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is The meeting point is the entrance to the cablebus, you will know right away that you have made it. Best way to arrive is Uber, if you plan to arrive some other way, please let me know if you need any clarification on how to arrive to this location. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in EN, ES.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 9 participants.
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 4.9 out of 5 across 57 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by NotYourUsualTours.
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Eric was awesome! Super easy to communicate with and very knowledgeable ! Took us to a local spot with amazing views and friendly people! We got caught in some rain on the way back down from the mountain but it made the experience even more memorable! Definitely recommend giving this tour a chance if you’re looking explore the more diverse local communities and culture!
We had such a great experience on our private tour with Eric! He met us at the cable car entrance and was super communicative beforehand, which made everything really easy and stress-free. Eric was incredibly knowledgeable and thorough throughout the tour, and he was also friendly and personable. We really enjoyed our time with him and learned so much along the way. If you’re thinking about doing this tour, definitely go for it—you won’t want to miss the experience!
This tour was amazing! Our tour guide, Erick, was super impressive. While traveling by the cablebus, he informed us of the history of the areas we flew over. The view at the end was worth the trip and the hike. 10/10 would do again!
Anyela was amazing! We had a really nice time. She was very informative, and answered all of our questions. I would definitely recommend for group or solo travelers.
A personal and unique experience that I highly recommend. Erick our guide was the best and super knowledgeable and the overall tour did not take an entire day so it was super convenient to do and come back to do more stuff. A word of warning that part of the hike does get steep in some parts but is doable and not a super hard/long hike. But wearing good shoes and maybe long pants is recommended. Also we did go pretty high in the mountain so those sensitive to altitude shouldnt do this tour right after they land in Mexico. Overall my favorite tour and super interesting to learn the history.
This is such a wonderful, unexpected experience. We got to see an area of the city that most people never go to and had great Pulque, beautiful views and encounters with wonderful people in the mountains. We also got to ride in VW beetles, but be aware they are for 2 people, so if you have a larger group you will be separated. You will also learn a ton from Erick, so please give this a shot!
This was so much fun and interesting and not something we would have done on our own. Erick our guide was so friendly and knowledgeable - he completely made this tour. Thank you.
Erick was a fantastic guide for this tour. He's extremely knowledgeable about these unique areas of Mexico City, the city itself and it's history, as well as Mexico as a whole. You see a unique part of the city that tourists don't normally go to making this experience well worth it! The pulque (a local drink) tour stop is an added bonus!
This was a very authentic ans personal experience! Our guide, Alex was very friendly, knowledgeable and took us through his own neighborhood, as well as a fairly remote Pulquería where we tried some of the freshest pulque we had while in CDMX. We rode through the town, had a traditional lunch, and hiked up a hill to see gorgeous views of CDMX. The cablecars were smooth and offered a beautiful view of the surroundings. Nothing like I’ve ever seen in a big city as a primary mode of transportation. 10/10 would do the tour again and recommend Alex to people willing to go a bit off the beaten path and experience beautiful scenery and delicious food & drink!
Our guide Alex speaks perfect English, is a local here knowing the city and Mexico inside out, courteous and professional. At the end of the tour he walked us to the bus stop, gave detailed instructions on how to get to our next destination of the day and swiped us into the bus stop. The tour itself gave us a chance to get a more complete picture of Mexico city and truly feel the vastness of it. Highly recommend.
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