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Dates
Oct 26-Nov 5, 2019
Price
$2170 CAD per person Double Occupancy **
Length
10 nights, 11 days
Activity Level
Moderate
Hosts
Walkstars founders Dawn & Patrick Moore
Welcome to this exciting tour that includes healthy walking every day!
Welcome to this exciting tour that includes healthy walking every day!
Another Walkstars Abroad adventure in Mexico with One Percent Travel: Rare & Unique Experiences. Experience the Day of the Dead at pedestrian speed where you can notice the small details, take pictures and create memories with friends old and new. There is nothing better than to sit down at the end of the day in a locally owned eatery, order a cerveza and share your day’s experiences with friends. Salut!
Our last tour included participants that ranged from 18 – 70!
Join Walkstars founders Dawn & Patrick Moore
Our tour provider is One Percent Travel: Rare and Unique Experiences specializing in unique, small-group experiences. Our friend, Alberto Morales, the marvellous owner, has created a carefully planned, rich itinerary and will personally guide us. He will include many out-of-the-way spots that big groups just don’t get to. Alberto’s deep love of this area and his thorough knowledge will help us appreciate the history of the ancient civilization, the art and culture of Oaxaca and, of course, local cuisine.
Day of the Dead highlights
Day of the Dead highlights
Dia de Muertos is a holiday celebrated throughout Mexico where Mexicans gather to honour and remember their loved ones who have passed. In 2008, UNESCO inscribed this holiday in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The origins of this holiday can be traced to indigenous observances dating back hundreds of years and to an Aztec festival dedicated to the goddess Mictecacihuatl.
Visiting Mexico during the Day of the Dead Festivities is a surreal, rare and unique experience you can't miss and will never forget. You will witness the rituals used to celebrate these important dates, all of them full of colour and tradition. They include extravagantly decorating private altars, honouring the deceased using sugar skulls and marigolds, and offering favourite foods and beverages to welcome the spirits.
This tour will give you a taste of Mexico City and highlight Pueblo City, Cholula and Oaxaca with all they have to offer, all-the-while experiencing the week that culminates in the observance of the Day of the Dead.
Join us and experience a wonderful cocktail mixed from cultural, historical and sightseeing ingredients on this Day of the Dead tour!
Local crafts
Beautiful local hotels
Happy Group
Authentic Customs
Your experience includes
Your experience includes
A carefully planned, rich itinerary that includes unique experiences & healthy walking each day
Small-group travel
Aiport - Hotel - Airport transfers*
Modern, clean, air conditioned vehicles
10 Nights accommodation at 3 & 4 stars and Petite Boutique hotels
Great gastronomy
breakfasts
8 a la carte lunches at local eateries
Welcome dinner & Farewell dinners
Entrance fees to all the proposed activities
Bilingual tour guide licensed by SECTUR (Mexican tourism bureau)
Knowledgeable explanation of the history, legends and traditions of Mexico and the Day of the Dead
Guided service, commitment to your needs and interests, advice on any situation you may require, orientation
the certainty you are dealing with a professional, experienced company
Professional driver
Insurance (Travellers should arrange their own medical and cancellation insurance)
Souvenir Water bottle & Unlimited purified water refills
Souvenir Memento
Onboard snacks
“Know Before You Go” information including, reading lists, packing list, what to bring, security information, weather and and lots more
pre-departure social in Vancouver
* See note on transfers in "Details"
Frida Kahlo
Inspiring Archeological Sites
Day of the Dead
Oaxaca
ITINERARY
ITINERARY
DAY 01 Welcome
DAY 01 Welcome
Arrival at Benito Juarez International Airport and and transfer* to your accommodation in downtown Mexico City
Traditional Mexican Welcome dinner, briefing and general information session
DAY 2 The Colours of Mexico Art Tour
DAY 2 The Colours of Mexico Art Tour
In the morning we will visit the National University Campus to admire the murals produced by O’gorman, Siqueiros and Diego Rivera. Afterwards, we will tour the House of Frida Kahlo in Coyoacan.
Still in Coyoacan, we will stroll the markets and sightsee the plazas.
After lunch, we will continue to the floating gardens of Xochimilco to board a traditional boat to visit the ancient canals while listening to traditional music.
Murals, markets and ancient canals
DAY 3 Teotihuacan & Basilica de Guadalupe
DAY 3 Teotihuacan & Basilica de Guadalupe
Teotihuacan is the most visited archaeological site in the country. We will walk the Causeway of the Dead while admiring the pyramids of the Sun and the Moon.
Afterwards, we will continue our journey towards the Basilica de Guadalupe, where we will appreciate the devotion of the Mexican people for the patroness of Mexico and Queen of America, Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Archeology Teotihuacán means "place where gods were born," reflecting the Aztec belief that the gods created the universe here.
Pilgrimage & Worship Juan Diego claimed in December 1531 that the Virgin Mary appeared before him on the Tepeyac Hill.
DAY 4 The National Anthropology Museum and Downtown Walking Tour
DAY 4 The National Anthropology Museum and Downtown Walking Tour
First, we will visit the National Anthropology Museum which exhibits the best of the civilizations which thrived in Mesoamerica before the arrival of the Spaniards.
Continuing with our CDMX Walking Tour, we will admire murals by Diego Rivera at the National Palace, the Main Square and the Cathedral.
Museum One of the best in the world and most certainly the best museum in Mexico
Murals
DAY 5 Puebla & Cholula
DAY 5 Puebla & Cholula
On our journey today we will pay a visit to Cholula to go through the tunnels under the largest pyramid in the world and admire the Church at Santa Maria Tonantzintla.
Also enjoy downtown Puebla where we will see the Cathedral, the Palafox Library and a Talavera ceramics workshop
Archeology Layers of history. The Great Pyramid is topped with the Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de los Remedios.
Crafts & Culture
DAY 6 Puebla City Tour
DAY 6 Puebla City Tour
Today we will continue with our walking tour of this magnificent colonial city including the Amparo Museum, The Candy Street, The market, El Rosario Chapel and more!
Colonial City one of the five most important Spanish colonial cities. Famous for mole!
DAY 7 Oaxaca City & Monte Alban
DAY 7 Oaxaca City & Monte Alban
We will depart towards Oaxaca
Enroute we will visit Monte Alban, an ancient Zapotec archaeological site which has been inscribed in the list of Humanity's Heritage sites of UNESCO along with downtown Oaxaca.
The city of Oaxaca celebrates All Saints Day and All Souls Day on November 1 & 2. We are fortunate to be able to experience the celebrations in this city. Although Dia de los Muertos is recognized all over Mexico, Oaxaca has become known for its ornately rich celebrations venerating the return of their deceased loved ones.
Cultural Celebration
Overnight 1 of 3 nights in Oaxaca City
Meals included breakfast, lunch
Accommodation Hotel Posada Catarina
DAY 8 Mitla, Teotitlán & Hierve el Agua & Day of the Dead
DAY 8 Mitla, Teotitlán & Hierve el Agua & Day of the Dead
Today our tour will take us to the archaeological site of Mitla
and the weaving workshops of Teotitlán where we will learn how wool and cotton fibres are coloured using traditional methods.
Hierve el Agua is a natural marvel of calcium carbonate which resembles a petrified waterfall.
We will enjoy the main festivity of the Day of the Dead.
Crafts & Culture
Overnight 2 of 3 nights in Oaxaca City
Meals included breakfast, lunch
Accommodation Hotel Posada Catarina
DAY 9 Convent of Santo Dominigo
DAY 9 Convent of Santo Dominigo
City tour of Oaxaca to visit:
the Cathedral of Oaxaca
the magificent temple of Santo Domingo and
the quaint streets of this beautiful colonial city.
Colonial City Tour
Overnight 3 of 3 nights in Oaxaca City
Meals included breakfast, lunch
Accommodation Hotel Posada Catarina
DAY 10 Biosphere Reserve of Tehuacan-Cuicatlan and Travel to Mexico City
DAY 10 Biosphere Reserve of Tehuacan-Cuicatlan and Travel to Mexico City
On the way back to CDMX we will visit the Biosphere Reserve of Tehuacan-Cuicatlan inscribed in the list of UNESCO sites of Humanity's Heritage for the importance of its biodiversity
Farewell dinner
Biosphere Reserve
Overnight 1 of 1 nights in Mexico City
Meals included breakfast, farewell dinner
Accommodation Casa Gonzalez
DAY 11Buen Viaje!
DAY 11Buen Viaje!
Buen Viaje!
Airport transfer to Benito Juarex International Airport, Mexico City*
If you want to arrange an extension to your holiday, One Percent Travel can help you
Meals included breakfast
What travellers said about our last trip.....
What travellers said about our last trip.....
6 STARS - A+
Thank you for organizing this wonderful trip!
The itinerary was well planned, quite varied and Alberto was extremely knowledgeable and engaging.
It was great to get to know everybody better and traveling together was a lot of fun.
We both had a very good time and look forward to other adventures.
Doina & Peter
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Amazing trip
Carlynn
I had so much fun!
I enjoyed everything we did and learned so much. I am ready to embark on another journey with this group.
Marilyn
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