Oaxaca Trip Overview
We will be able to visit a unique place in the earth, a geopark is a unified area that advances the protection and use of geological heritage in a sustainable way, and promotes the economic well-being of the people who live there.
With us forget about paying additional costs, in this tour everything is included, including local food.
Enjoy the spectacular landscapes in the Geopark UNESCO Heritage Site.
Additional Info
Duration: 9 to 10 hours
Starts: Oaxaca, Mexico
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Oaxaca, , Mexico
We will be able to visit a unique place in the earth, a geopark is a unified area that advances the protection and use of geological heritage in a sustainable way, and promotes the economic well-being of the people who live there.
With us forget about paying additional costs, in this tour everything is included, including local food.
Enjoy the spectacular landscapes in the Geopark UNESCO Heritage Site.
Stop At: Ex-Convento de Santo Domingo de Yanhuitlan, Calle Miguel Hidalgo s/n 18 kilometers west of Nochixtlán, Oaxaca, and 37 kilometers south of Tamazulapan, Oaxaca. To get there from Oaxaca City, take highway 190., Yanhuitlan 69660 Mexico
It is the home of an extraordinary Dominican Church whose massive stone architecture is reminiscent of the finest European churches, complete with flying buttresses and elegant arched ceilings. Six thousand indigenous people constructed it beginning in the mid-16th century.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Geoparque Mixteca Alta, Carretera Internacional s/n, Yanhuitlan 69660 Mexico
After local breakfast. The visit includes a tour of the Upper Mixteca in a community on local development through educational tourism that promotes natural and cultural heritage. The tour will allow you to experience various attractions such as the canyons, the oak and heno ghost forests, diverse flora and fauna, and a unique set of pre-Hispanic terraces on the slopes of one of the hills of the village.
Hiking in the geopark formation.
Visitors are guided along these geotrails by local people, who teach them about the geological heritage and its relationship with ecological, historical, archaeological and cultural heritage.
Duration: 3 hours
