OUR PHILOSOPHY

tierraventura is a small company based in Oaxaca, southern Mexico.

It is our intention to show the "real" Oaxaca to our clients: the villages, the celebrations, the traditions, the mountains, the coast, the history and all those elements which tourists are not usually able to experience.

The state of Oaxaca is deeply rooted in its indigenous traditions, famous archeological sites such as Monte Alban and Mitla, a strong colonial inheritance and a variety of astonishing mountain and coastal landscapes. And yet there are many places that tourists rarely visit.

We specialize in offering trips in the mountains, the pacific coast, the Sierra Mixteca, and the northern and the southern Sierras. Our groups have a maximum number of six people and our program offers one and two day trips, as well as tours lasting up to two or three weeks. We hope to show our customers as many aspects of life in Mexico as possible and to connect culture with nature.

Oaxaca is home to sixteen ethnic groups and a wide variety of vegetation. This diversity offers the possibility to discover many different aspects of Mexico in just one trip: we offer hiking tours from village to village, horseback riding, camping tours and traditional indigenous medicine.

Sleeping and eating in local villages, our tours support a small tourism infrastructure (guesthouses, restaurants and ecological projects). We are accompanied by a native guide whenever possible during our hikes.

It is our aim to provide a 'soft' tourism by helping the communities to secure a sustainable income. This is the only reliable way to save and protect the landscapes, the traditions, the historical buildings and the many different histories throughout the state of Oaxaca.

Grounded in this philosophy, we strive to assist local communities whilst offering our customers alternative means to discover Mexico, away from well-known places with comercialised tourism infrastructures.