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- Day 1 Mexico City Hello and welcome to CDMX! Settle in, meet your Trip Manager and your new travel crew before we kick things off with a Welcome Dinner at a beautiful rooftop restaurant in Roma Norte. Locations Visited: Mexico City MX.
- Day 2 Mexico City Mexico City is yours to play with today. Follow your curiosity through museums, markets, leafy Roma-Condesa, local taquerías or whatever corner of the city is calling your name (your Trip Manager will help point you in the right direction). Plus, there’s an optional foodie adventure up for grabs. Think satisfying tacos, local stories and serious flavour. Locations Visited: Mexico City MX.
- Day 3 Mexico City (Including Xochimilco) Morning, travellers. We've got an epic day trip planned today for extra local stories and cultural context.With a Local Guide by our side, we’ll cruise through Xochimilco’s ancient canals on colourful trajineras, checking out floating gardens, music, food boats and local life along the way. Next, we’ll visit Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul, and explore the rooms, gardens and artefacts that shaped one of Mexico’s most iconic artists.Back in Mexico City, you'll have the option to see a Lucha Libra show for a dose of masks, moves and max energy. Locations Visited: Mexico City MX, Xochimilco MX, Mexico City MX.
- Day 4 Mexico City to Puebla via Teotihucan Goodbye, Mexico City. Time for a deep dive into ancient history. Today, we'll take on Teotihuacan (AKA the “Place Where the Gods Were Born”). A Local Guide will show us around the Avenue of the Dead, the mighty Pyramid of the Sun and even the Pyramid of the Moon, bringing centuries-old murals and history into focus. Puebla will be our home tonight. The evening is all yours to explore this city framed by volcanoes and packed with colonial colour. Locations Visited: Mexico City MX, Teotihuacan MX, Puebla MX.
- Day 5 Puebla Puebla's yours to shape. Wander colourful streets, chase local flavours, head out to nearby towns like Cholula or Atlixco, or go big with a volcano-landscape adventure. Locations Visited: Puebla MX.
- Day 6 Puebla to Oaxaca via Zapotitlán de Salinas Time to swap colourful city streets for mountain roads and wide-open desert views.Who's up to see giant cacti? That's what we'll check out on a desert walk through the Tehuacán–Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve. Best part? A community guide will join us to share the stories of the plants, the ecosystem and the communities connected to this wild corner of the country.Tonight, we'll move on to Oaxaca for a whole new kind of Mexico magic. Locations Visited: Puebla MX, Zapotitlán de Salinas MX, Oaxaca MX.
- Day 7 Oaxaca We'll kick things off with a quick orientation of Oaxaca. Then the city's all yours to get stuck into. Hit the markets, wander colourful streets, try a tlayuda, follow the music, you do you. There’s also an optional artisanal Mezcal tasting experience up for grabs today. Locations Visited: Oaxaca MX.
- Day 8 Oaxaca to Pueblos Mancomunados Today, the road climbs deep into the Sierra Norte for pine forests and mountain air. That's right, get ready for a two-day reset in the Pueblos Mancomunados!We'll arrive in Llano Grande just in time for breakfast. Then we'll hit the El Pinovete trail with a Local Guide, hiking through forest paths to a hidden waterfall. After lunch, get hands-on in a traditional pan serrano (AKA bread) workshop before sharing dinner with the community and staying overnight in rustic mountain cabins. Imagine: forest, stars, no city noise. Bliss. Locations Visited: Oaxaca MX, Pueblos Mancomunados MX.
- Day 9 Pueblos Mancomunados to Oaxaca After brekkie, say goodbye to your generous hosts as we begin our scenic journey back down from the pine-covered highlands. We'll arrive in Oaxaca around midday, with free time to wander markets, grab a cafe stop, hunt for last-minute crafts or soak up the city one more time. Tonight, there’s an optional farewell dinner at Los Danzantes for one final crew moment before the adventure wraps up. Locations Visited: Pueblos Mancomunados MX, Oaxaca MX.
- Day 10 Oaxaca Our Mexican adventure officially comes to an end today. Grab one last breakfast and say goodbye to your crew. Don't worry, memories of the markets, mountain air and big Mexico moments will be coming with you. Locations Visited: Oaxaca MX.
Name: Mexico: Oaxaca & the Sierra Norte
Brand: Contiki
Quality: Tourist Class
Tour Type: Escorted
Start City: Mexico City
End City: Oaxaca
Location Summary: Mexico City, MX, Xochimilco, MX, Teotihuacan, MX, Puebla, MX, Zapotitlán de Salinas, MX, Oaxaca, MX, Pueblos Mancomunados, MX
Is Youth: This tour is open to those aged 18-35 only
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- Dining Summary - 2 Dinner (D). 9 Breakfast (B). 1 Lunch (L).
- FAQs - Mexico City: You’ll now book and pay for your Free Time Add-Ons through WeTravel — a simple website link where you can browse all the FTAs, pick what you’re keen on, and pay directly by card, in any currency. You’ll get the link in your Welcome Email, usually 3–5 days before your trip starts. Once you’re in, it’s easy: check out the pics, descriptions and prices, add your chosen experiences to your cart, then check out online. You can book before your trip starts or while you’re on the road, up until each activity’s booking deadline.Missed the link? No stress. Your Trip Manager can share it with you on trip too..
- Included Experience - Mexico City: Get to know your Contiki crew over dinner at a rooftop restaurant in Mexico City. Expect big CDMX energy, skyline views and the perfect first-night setting to officially kick things off.. Xochimilco: Glide through Xochimilco’s ancient canals on a colourful trajinera with a Local Guide bringing the stories to life. Think floating gardens, music drifting by and a proper slice of local Mexico City culture.. Mexico City: Explore Frida Kahlo’s iconic blue home, where her art, memories and personal world still feel alive. You'll wander the rooms, gardens and artefacts that shaped one of Mexico’s most famous creative voices.. Mexico City: Admire the ‘City of Gods’: one of the first great cities of the Western Hemisphere. Although no one really knows who built it.. Follow a Local Guide through the wild desert landscapes of Zapotitlán de Salinas. dotted with giant cacti, ancient rock formations and quiet valleys. With a Local Guide, you'll learn how local communities have lived with this fragile ecosystem for generations.. Oaxaca: Walk into Oaxaca’s historic centre with your Trip Manager, passing Santo Domingo, the Museo de las Cultures and the lively Zócalo. We'll finish near the cathedral and dinner spots, with the city’s colour, music and street life doing most of the talking.. Pueblos Mancomunados: Spend two days in the Pueblos Mancomunados, a network of Indigenous mountain communities protecting their ancestral lands through community-led tourism. You'll hike forest trails, join a hands-on cooking workshop, share local meals and sleep in rustic mountain cabins under seriously starry skies.. Pueblos Mancomunados: Settle into rustic adobe cabins in the Sierra Norte highlands, surrounded by forest, fresh air and wide-open skies. This overnight stay places you right in the Pueblos Mancomunados for a closer look at life in this remote mountain region. It’s simple, peaceful and all about the setting - think star-filled skies, cool evenings and a slower pace from the moment you arrive..
