Road trip around Oaxaca

Instead of organized day tour we opted for car rental. Our hotel is cooperating with car rental company and they even bring the car to the hotel. For only 1200 pesos (55€) we rented automatic car including insurance and hit around 9:00 the road.

Our first stop were the petrified waterfalls of Hierve el Agua. Waterfalls are located only about 70 km from Oaxaca but the way takes almost 2 hours 😅. There are two road ~ longer mountain road with incredible views or shorter toll road where you drive through the canyon. I would recommend to drive both ways. After paying the entrance fee we took around bags and walk the trail around the waterfall to different viewpoints. There is also path down to see the waterfall from below. The views were incredible and we enjoyed a lot! After the walk it was a time to go for a swim. There are several pools and the water was refreshing. There were not many tourists which was also a big plus!

Next to the exit there was a cute kiosk serving tasty food and fresh fruits and we had tasty lunch and mangos for only 285 pesos (13€). Our next stop was cute village of Mitla famous for market and small archeological site. We didn’t have time to explore the archeological site but the market was nice and we tried Nieves special local sorbet / ice cream 🍦.

Our last stop was Mezcaleria Gracias a Dios Mezcal. Local family run business specializing in mezcal production but also producing gin, rum, whisky, limoncello… we saw all the production, agave plants and were able to taste all different bottles.

Mezcal is not my favorite alcohol but it was interesting to see the plants and production. Agave plants is very specific to Oaxaca’s region and there are around 200 plants in total and out of them 30 types are used for mezcal production.Read more