Puebla – Oaxaca
Cantona and Tehuacan

Private tour leaving time 6:00 am. From Mexico City to Canto Camp a nice countryside lodge where we have breakfast and spend the night. 4 hours driving time.

An impressive Mesoamerican urb from Teotihuacan times which controlled the obsidian trade between Gulf of Mexico to the central plateau. Unbelievable acropolis, different plazas, and neighborhoods, around 4,000 interconnected streets and several ball games. Skillful obsidian artisans.

Hiking tour to Cantona archaeological site (2600 mts.- 8530 ft. above sea level) distance 3 kms – 1.8 mls. between a lava ocean, walking through avenues and temples and also visit the site museum. 4 hours visit.

Go back to the hotel, free afternoon we offer a fine mezcal bottle to taste it while we enjoy Tezontepec hill view.

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Tezontepec hill sunrise 4 hours Hiking, distance 7 km – 4.3 mls.

Breakfast in the hotel, keep going to two volcanoes, first to Alchichica lake, after it to Aljojuca pot shape lake few kilometers one from the other, a different beauty from what we expect of a volcan. We keep our track to Tehuacan El Viejo, a fundamental place to understand divers plants domestication among them, corn. This site was considered the region political and religious center during the postclassic period.

Tehuacan City Historical Center visit and lunch then drive back to Mexico City.