The Mezcal Journey

Overview

Available languages

English

Spanish

6 hours

Mobile ticket

Our experience is an educational tour to learn about the culture of mezcal and all the tradition that surrounds it.

We will begin our trip starting from the center of the city of Oaxaca and we will visit the towns of Mitla and Matatlán. There we will take a walking tour through our majestic agave fields with thousands of specimens, where we will be able to learn more about this plant, as well as having enough time to do a couple of activities and of course the best photographs.

Then we will continue to an artisan mezcal distillery to learn step by step, the entire artisan process of making our drink. At the end of the tour, we will have an unlimited tasting of different varieties of mezcal.

Finally, we will share a traditional Oaxacan meal at a local restaurant, already included, and of course, More Mezcal!

Additional Info

Service animals allowed

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Mezcal tasting

Bottled water

Air-conditioned vehicle

Traditional Oaxacan food

What To Expect

Santiago Matatlan

We will visit a mezcal factory to learn step by step, the entire artisanal process of making our drink. At the end of the tour, we will have an unlimited tasting of different varieties of mezcal, where you can learn about the different categories and classes.

2 hours • Admission Not Applicable

San Pablo Villa de Mitla

We will take a tour of our majestic agave fields with thousands of specimens, where we can learn more about this plant, as well as having enough time to do a couple of activities and of course the best photographs.

45 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

Options

The Mezcal Journey

Reviews

4.91

254 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

243

Wonderful tour!
Nicole v,
Nov 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
A friend and I are visiting Oaxaca for a couple days and randomly booked this tour the night before and it was great. Great guide, great driver, great lunch, great mezcal.
Tour of mezcal field and palenque
Phil J,
Nov 26, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Travel one hour south from Oaxaca to check out the field, and experience the mezcal making process. Lastly, get to enjoy some Mexican food in a small town.
Experience was amazing!...
Christopher H,
Nov 9, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Experience was amazing! Tasted over 10 Mezcals. We got a chance to walk where they plant the mezcals. The guide explained in detail how the mezcal process is done and how it is similar but also different to tequila. Our group was small but we bonded enough to get to know each other a bit. All in all worth every second
Great Time Learning and Zipping Mezcal
gerardoa793,
Nov 9, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
If you want to learn the complete process on making Mezcal and of course sample many different types this is the must do tour. Great time learning about mezcal and all the hard work that going into the process. I would recommend this tour to anyone who is visiting Oaxaca.
Great adventure
JamesL1034,
Nov 9, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Great tour. I would recommend this adventure to anyone that wants to know more about Mezcal. You are taken to the fields and through the whole process of making Mezcal. You get to sample the many various blends of Mezcal.
Deep Dive
dkberman,
Nov 6, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
If you are really interested, this is a good option. Pros: A van of 10 people. Our guide Karen was excellent in every way. Knowledgeable, friendly, accessible. The full experience from field to your cup. The included lunch (at 3:30) was decent. Cons: Took us to the same producer that everyone else goes, including the party bus shaped as a barrel. To get there we passed literally dozens of smaller ones. It was artisanal in the same way Sam Adams and Sierra Nevada are craft beers. Yes, they follow the procedures, but at the highest end of production to qualify, with a big export business to the US. So the 10 of us were with many others, but did a good job of keeping the groups from colliding.
Nice tour to know the Mezcal
Jose L,
Nov 6, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
Very good, good Service and food, very good explanation of the whole process. It's great. As a recommendation for improvement, only they have to improve the subject of communication on buses, perhaps use a microphone and bus speakers. Since the guide had difficulty hearing because the air conditioning was too high and did not allow the explanations given by the guide to be heard in the back of the bus.
TOP
Swizzzly,
Nov 4, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Ricardo was fantastic, absolute recommendation! Honest and informative tour with a lot of fun and mezcal - absolutely try it out.
Beautiful discovery of the mezcal
catherinemH7493IL,
Nov 4, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
A wonderful moment to live with a Lieda guide who really shares her love and authenticity of the making of mezcal 🙏 I highly recommend this adventure 🙏
Don’t hesitate! Just book this!
Ali K,
Nov 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
From the booking to the end of the tour everything was easy and not complicated. We had the best tour guide, Karen, who was extremely knowledgeable about mezcal and the area. We learned so much about the intricate process of making this traditional spirit. The tasting was so much fun and we learned what we liked and didn’t like about the different types of Mezcal. The meal in Mitla was very good with a variety of authentic Oaxaca foods. This tour was definitely a highlight of our trip to Oaxaca!