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- Spanish
Wellness tourism has exploded around the world — but almost none of it looks like this. While most healing experiences are designed in hotels and performed for tourists, this one happens in the homes and hands of real Zapotec healers who have been practicing these traditions their entire lives — not for visitors, but for their own communities. The clean, the egg reading, the soul calling, the herbal bath — these are not demonstrations. They are the real thing, offered to you as a guest with the same care and intention given to the families who seek healing here every week. You will leave lighter, cleaner, and with a connection to Oaxaca that no archaeological site or mezcal tasting can give you. There is no other experience like this available to international travelers in Oaxaca.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
We will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel, the pick up time will depend on the distance from your hotel to the center, it can be from 20 to 5 minutes before. The tour is operated with a minimum of 4 people.
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Itinerary
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Your experience begins with a welcome in Zapotec — the indigenous language spoken in this village every day — and a brief, moving introduction to the world of Oaxacan curanderismo : who the healers are, what they do, and why their role in the community is irreplaceable. Your curandera will then perform a full clean using bundles of fresh herbs swept across the body, copal smoke to cleanse the spirit, mezcal as a sacred element of purification, and candle flame to read the energy. This is followed by an egg reading, in which the healer interprets what the egg reveals about your physical and emotional state, and a soul calling — a ritual calling of the soul back to the body, used when a person has experienced fright, loss, or spiritual imbalance. Intimate, personal, and conducted with complete seriousness and care.
2 hours • Admission ticket free -
2Teotitlan del Valle
In the second village, a local family receives you as a guest in their home. Lunch is served — a light, nutritious, traditional meal made from ingredients grown and prepared locally, the kind of food that sustains communities here every day. After eating, each guest is invited into the tub bath : a large clay or wooden tube filled with warm water infused with medicinal herbs and flowers selected by the healer for their therapeutic properties. You'll soak as long as you need, followed by a gentle massage of the neck and shoulders to release tension accumulated in the body. The experience closes with a cup of herbal tea — a final, quiet moment to absorb everything you've felt and experienced before the journey back to the city.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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