Ancestral Flavors:
a Oaxacan Culinary Journey

Airport transfers (OAX) by a program director.

Two to three participants are normally placed per home. All houses have WiFi. We carefully selects the homestays to match your interests and preferences.

Daily homemade meals prepared by your homestay in order to further experience Oaxacan cuisine and regional cooking traditions.

Morning culinary arts-related activities such as cooking classes and workshops. This program is an incredible opportunity to learn how to make quesillo (a unique cheese from oaxaca), nieves (local ice cream) and typical beverages like chocolate and atole from scratch. 

Visit the most important traditional food markets of Oaxaca City. Select local ingredients to be used in your cooking classes.

Travel to surrounding indigenous communities such as Teotitlán and Etla to learn about their cooking traditions and the rituals underlying them. 

Visit an agroecological farm to learn about sustainable agriculture in a critical environment  and prepare a typical meal using organic vegetables from the farm.

 Learn about the central role the corn plans in the local diet.

Afternoon cultural activities include a printmaking class, latin dance class, art gallery tour and travel to the village of Arrazola to make your very own Alebrije (folk art wood sculpture typical to Oaxaca).