Important Information for the Day of the Dead Spiritual Journey

There are so many sacred places to experience in Oaxaca and we’re so excited to share them all with you! We’ll do our best to enjoy the food and art in this #1 rated culinary city! Your heart will surely melt in this fabulous place, totally fed by the magic and energy of this land. We’ll be staying in both the city of Oaxaca (5 nights), and in the Zapotec village of Teotitlan (3 nights) which is world famous for its hand loomed rug weaving (be prepared to take a few home)!

Oaxaca map

The state of Oaxaca is located in the south of Mexico and straddles the Sierre Madre mountain ranges. Deep valleys and majestic peaks characterize this geographically challenging state. Ranging from tropical beaches to alpine mountains, Oaxaca’s micro-climates are unique among the world’s ecosystems. Oaxaca is culturally fascinating with many diverse native ethnic groups and rich craft traditions and as a result, the city of Oaxaca has been declared a Cultural Patrimony of the World by UNESCO.

What’s Included:

Five lunches, three dinners, three breakfasts, one late night graveyard snack
All spiritual teachings, ceremonies, and classes
All admission fees to the ruins of Monte Alban, the Tule Tree, Mitla &/or Yagul & the convent of Cuilapan de Guerrero
Guided hike up the sacred mountain
Your wonderful guides
All tips for the drivers, guides, and bell-boys
All ground transportation (unless you fly in or out of Oaxaca and miss the group transport)
Trips to the artisan towns of San Martin Tilcajete, San Bartolo Coyotepec & Teotitlan del Valle
Our Day of the Day experience at the cemetery and market!
A Salsa Dancing class
A cooking class – learn to cook a traditional Oaxacan dish!
Creating an altar

**Remember – you are in one of the culinary capitals of Mexico! We did not include all the meals so that you would have an opportunity to sample the foods you would like to try and enjoy! Trust us – this is the way to go. **

What’s Not-Included:

Daily breakfast is not-included while staying at Casa Sotano but FYI: the Continental Breakfast at the hotel is 70.00 pesos per person (around $5.50 USD) which includes: coffee or tea, juice or fruit, bread, jam and butter or you can have the American Breakfast which is 90.00 pesos per person (around $6.80 USD) which includes: coffee or tea, juice or fruit, bread, jam, butter, eggs or hot cakes (you can also eat at another nearby restaurant).
Figure that you’ll be purchasing supplies for your altar (around $10.00-$15.00 USD).
Tips for the maids are not-included (we suggest you plan on leaving $1.00 USD per person per day).
Your roundtrip air flight to Oaxaca is not-included in the cost of the journey, nor are spa services, or souvenir shopping.

Regarding Flights: Please note, we suggest making sure your reservation to Oaxaca arrives no later than 6:30 pm on October 30th and on the 7th of November, do try to leave no earlier than 10:00 am if possible. Also, please bring some pictures of your beloveds who have passed, or even pictures of people you are ready to let go of in your life or best of all forgive! Do not forget a camera as the art is incredible.

Feel free to make your own flights, but please confirm them with us before booking. If you need help – no worries, Ales in Custom Travel is our travel guru – feel free to ring him at: 604-204-0444 or email him and it will be his pleasure to assist you!

The actual schedule of spiritual teachings and what we will be doing day to day is not published. This is because we teach by channeling spirit which comes in the moment. Every day will be a magical experience for all of us, teachers included! Keep you heart and mind open to the experience life brings us. Due the remote areas we are traveling to, weather, bad roads and other unseen obstacles may cause us to make changes in the schedule or to visit different sites. We understand that if this happens we were not meant to be where we were going!

On this spiritual journey our intent is to create sacred space where we can learn and share in group for the purpose of transcending our ego-minds and deepening our spiritual connections. The power of our teachings (please make sure you align with the group leader’s philosophy) and ceremonies comes from our combined energy and if group process does not interest you, then this trip would not be your best choice.