Discover the
real México!
Wisdom of the Mountains Tour
Choose from two departures:
February 20 - 28, 2010 or
March 6-14, 2010
Day 1: Meet in Oaxaca and enjoy dinner with your group
Day 2: Stroll through the exciting city of Oaxaca, taking in markets, museums, and
historic sights. Travel to the ancient Zapotec city of Monte Albán.
Day 33: Take a dip at Aguas Hirvientes, visit a local weaver’s cooperative and the oldest
tree in the Americas (2,200 years old).
Day 44: Travel to the Chayotepec Fair Trade coffee community,
with stops and hikes along the way
Day 55: Try your hand at coffee harvesting with local families.
Spend the evening telling stories and sharing music.
Day 6: Start the morning with a refreshing hike and learn
about the natural history of the region. Spend the afternoon
making tortillas & roasting coffee.
Day 77: Travel to El Porvenir, hiking along natural river beds and then explore coastal
Zapotec cities
Day 88: Swim in the warm waters of the Pacific or relax in a hammock by the sea
Hiking in El Porvenir
Day 99: Return to Oaxaca
Price:
Price $1,500 (no applicable taxes)
Package Includes:
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8 nights’ accommodation (mix of hotels &cabañas)
All ground transportation
All activities & entrance into sites
Bilingual, local guide
Most meals
Does not include:
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Airfare
Health and / or travel & cancellation insurance
Drinks (alcoholic & non-alcoholic)
Tips
All hotel accommodations based on double occupancy.
We specialize in small-group travel and ask participants to attend a pre-departure orientation session. This session will provide you with essential
travel information, health and safety information, basic Spanish phrases, information on the region & Fair Trade, and a chance to get to know fellow
travelers. All participants are required to purchase health and travel insurance. We are partnered with Odyssey Travel (www.odysseytravel.com), which provides travel support for our participants.
Photos: S. Ramen & C. Dunbar
Responsible Travel
Responsible travel, as with Fair Trade, is based on respect for local peoples and cultures, as
well as for the environment. JUDES is committed to creating responsible travel opportunities
that support community development and authentic cultural exchanges.
This includes:
• Ensuring that community members receive a fair wage for work and services
• Reducing our environmental footprint while travelling
• Creating long-term partnerships with the local communities that invite us to participate
• Being transparent about our costs and suppliers
• Supporting two-way cultural exchanges
Want to learn more? Watch our short video on YouTube at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPgfd40SKIU
Sunrise at our cabañas in Chayotepec
Trip Cost includes:
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Markets in Oaxaca
All transportation from Oaxaca, most meals, accommodations (8
nights at double-occupancy), knowledgeable and bilingual local
guides, all activities, and entrance to historic sites
Sustainability Fee:
Fee: Gold Standard carbon offset for air and ground
travel and support of local environmental projects. We encourage
participants to reduce their carbon emissions in Canada.
Reciprocity Fund: A fund to enable representatives from Fair Trade
producer communities to visit Canada.
Administration & Education Fund for JUDES:
JUDES: Contribution to the
administration costs for JUDES and educational activities on Fair
Trade.
About JUDES and UCIRI
JUDES (the Just Us! Development and Education Society) is a not-for-profit organization committed to raising public awareness about the
social and environmental issues relating to international development and the benefits of Fair Trade. We work to strengthen the relationship
between producers and consumers and help individuals in living justly and lightly on our planet.
UCIRI (a Fair Trade co-operative) and Chayotepec (one of UCIRI’s coffee producing communities) have invited JUDES to be a Canadian
partner in this community-based tourism initiative, which provides additional community-economic development for the region.