Day of Dead in Oaxaca

Learn, Create, Celebrate: Your Profound Immersion in Oaxacan Traditions. You’ll visit the fields, shop in the local market, cook the ancestral mole, construct the altar (ofrenda), and join the creative mask workshop. Experience the most authentic level of engagement.

Strictly limited to 20 guests.

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Marigold Field

Harvest the flower that guides the souls. Includes a Traditional Welcome Lunch.

Ancestral Cooking

Prepare the traditional offering dishes: mole, tamales, atole, and rice.

Day of the Dead Altar

Ofrenda assembly and decoration workshop. Please bring a photograph of your loved one!

Traditional Breakfast

Breakfast of memelitas, chocolate, and bread. Includes a history talk and a visit to a local bakery.

Traditional Market

Shopping trip in Santa María Atzompa for fresh, local ingredients.

Mask Workshop

Making and painting your own Death Mask. Materials included.

Mezcal & Music

Enjoy an authentic mezcal tasting with traditional music.

Fireworks

Traditional fireworks as night falls: a spectacle of light and colour.
Enjoy the «Toritos» (Little Bulls).

Chat With a Advisor

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Oaxaca’s Day of the Dead:

Unlock The Complete Experience.

Live the authentic tradition: mystic cemetery vigil (alumbrada), vibrant street parades (comparsas), colourful altars, and the gastronomy that honours life. Your deepest cultural immersion awaits in the epicentre of the celebration.

The experience is completed with a journey to the heart of the tradition: Sample the authentic Mole Negro and traditional Bread of the Dead (Pan de Muerto), perfectly paired with the ancestral Mezcal. Join the family gathering at night, where thousands of candles and the scent of marigold (Cempasúchil) light the path for those who return home just for these days.

Complete Experience

28 and 29 October 2025
Hotel/Airbnb Pick-up
Marigold Field Visit and Traditional Breakfast
Tour and Shopping at Santa María Atzompa Market
History and Tasting of Pan de Muerto (Bread of the Dead)
Ancestral Cooking Experience (Preparation of Mole, Tamales, and Atole)
Setting Up and Decorating the Altar of the Dead
Seasonal Lunch and End of Activities
‘Muertera’ (Death Mask) Making and Painting Workshop
Commemorative Bag, Surprise Raffle and Treat.

Complete your experience! Book both events and get the ‘Muertero’ (Death) Tour included for the unique promotional price of $300 USD.

$272 USD

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Day of the Dead Tour

Round-Trip Transportation (Tour Redondo).
Trip Coordinator (Coordinador de Viaje).
Traditional Dinner (Cena Tradicional).
Mezcal and Mezcal Cocktails (Curados de Mezcal).
Cemetery Tour and Illumination (Recorrido y Alumbrada)
Altar Offering.
Traditional Procession (Comparsa).
Live Music: Enjoy the sounds of the season.
‘Toritos’ Fireworks

$82 USD

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