Mezcal Journey in Oaxaca: Agave fields, distillery & tasting
Mezcal is made from a single plant, and you'll see thousands of them in the fields before you taste what they become.
The Mezcal Journey is a six-hour educational tour in Oaxaca that takes you through agave fields in Mitla and Matatlán, into an artisan distillery to watch the production process, and ends with unlimited mezcal tasting paired with traditional Oaxacan food. The tour includes an air-conditioned vehicle, bottled water, and a live guide in English or Spanish. Minimum age is 18.
Step-by-step itinerary
Mezcal tour and tasting in Oaxaca
- Visit agave fields and learn about plant
- Tour artisan mezcal distillery
- Unlimited tasting of mezcal varieties
- Enjoy traditional Oaxacan meal
- Santiago Matatlan 2h
- San Pablo Villa de Mitla 45m
What’s included
- Mezcal tasting with unlimited varieties.
- air-conditioned vehicle transport from Oaxaca.
- traditional Oaxacan meal at a local restaurant.
- bottled water throughout the tour.
- live guide in English or Spanish.
- Every day except Monday and Wednesday 11:00
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Learn mezcal production in Oaxaca from agave fields to bottle, touring thousands of plants and watching the artisan distillery process before tasting.
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The experience
You start in the center of Oaxaca and travel to the agave fields around Mitla and Matatlán. There you walk through thousands of specimens (the blue agave plants that become mezcal) with time to photograph and do a couple of hands-on activities in the fields themselves. The scale of the plantings and the chance to stand among them is what makes the next part of the tour make sense: you've seen the raw material before you watch it transform.
At an artisan distillery, the guide walks you through each step of how mezcal is actually made, from roasting to fermentation to distillation. This is not a quick overview. It's the full process explained as it happens. Afterward comes unlimited tasting of different varieties, where you learn to distinguish between the categories and classes: the flavors that separate one mezcal from another. The tasting is paired with a traditional Oaxacan meal at a local restaurant, already included in the tour price, and more mezcal flows through the meal itself.
The tour runs six hours total. An air-conditioned vehicle handles the driving between Oaxaca and the towns, so the walking and the standing in the fields and the distillery is what you choose to do, not what the heat forces on you. Bottled water is provided throughout.
Top questions
What languages is the tour guided in?
Live guide in English and Spanish.
What exactly do you do in the agave fields?
You take a walking tour through thousands of agave specimens in Mitla and Matatlán, learning about the plant itself. The tour builds in time for a couple of hands-on activities and photography in the fields.
How does the mezcal tasting work?
After the distillery tour, you taste unlimited varieties of mezcal and learn to identify the different categories and classes. The tasting is paired with the traditional Oaxacan meal that closes the day.
Is the meal included in the price?
Yes. The traditional Oaxacan food at a local restaurant is included, and mezcal is served throughout the meal.
How much walking is involved?
You walk through the agave fields and the distillery, but an air-conditioned vehicle handles transport between Oaxaca and the towns, so the physical effort is the walking itself, not the travel.
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Mezcal Journey in Oaxaca: Agave fields, distillery & tasting
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