OAXACA
Oaxaca’s best days out.
The 9 dessert tours travellers book most around Oaxaca, with what each one costs, how long it runs and the operator you go with.
Taste Oaxaca cacao in a small-group, 2-hour class with 15–20 samples, cocoa-based toast, and a house drink in English.
Most Popular“This experience was amazing, we learned so much and the tastings were really unique and delicious. It is a good business to support.”
Make Oaxacan chocolate from roasted cacao to your own hot drink, with a clay comal, hand-peeling, and tasting plus cocoa toast.
“The class was amazing. I went in with prior knowledge and still got the opportunity to learn so much more. I also got to play sommelier with all of the varieties of chocolates and get a workout in while grinding the chocolate.”
Hands-on Oaxaca chocolate-making at Teolab. Learn cocoa basics, mold your own bars, taste samples, and take home 150g.
“An excellent opportunity to learn and fun to experience the process. We appreciated Robertos knowledge and answering all of our questions.”
Taste 100% cacao through spicy Oaxacan chocolate, then learn and make your own ancestral drink in a one-hour artisan class.
“Martin was an excellent guide unexplained everything very clearly. He was also very pleasant and patient with my Spanish.”
1-hour Oaxaca chocolate class where you toast cacao, grind it into bars, then use it for simple mole and hot chocolate.
“What a fun and educational class this was!! We heated up cocoa beans and made actual chocolate to make hot chocolate and chocolate ice cream . We also learned how to make a simple mole with chocolate and it was all hands on with the instructor guiding us . At the end of the class…”
Make Oaxacan-style take-home chocolate in a small, hands-on class in Oaxaca City, led in English by Tomás.
“My wife and I had a great class with Tomas. He introduced us to the history and production of the cacao beans as well as an interesting personal story of his grandmother and her inspiration to his chocolate career. We produced from start to finish some delicious candies and a Oaxacan hot chocolate. The whole…”
Hike to Santa Catarina Ixtepeji from Oaxaca’s hills, through pine forest, then warm up with handmade hot chocolate at the mirador.
“We had an amazing time with our guide Ivan. He took us up beautiful mountain roads and guided us up gentle trails through an old growth pine forest blanketed with wild flowers. He was patient, his English was good and he showed us medicinal and edible plants as we hiked up to an observation platform…”
A 2.5-hour walk in Oaxaca Centro mixing art gallery visits, artist conversations, and local chocolate tastings with cocoa history.
“We loved it! The tour guides were locals with a great deal of knowledge of the local art scene and chocolatiers. The community workshops were a great example of collective action and innovation.”
Art galleries plus Oaxaca cacao tastings on a 2.5-hour small-group walk, with coffee, chocolates, and a guide who keeps it moving.
“Fantastic walk around town seeing art galleries and eating chocolates! Pablo was knowledge and worked hard to make sure the whole family mom, dad, and 2 teenagers really enjoyed the experience- definitely recommend!”
The city, the valleys and the makers, and every way to reach them.
