On Day 2, we embarked on this excursion’s namesake: The Camino Real trail, which used to be an important Zapotec commerce route. This historical 16km trail takes you from Lachatao – a town very close to Amatlan – to the village of Latuvi. The first couple hours of the trail[…]
The activity that originally made me want to come to Oaxaca was the multiday hiking through the Sierra Norte. The Sierra Norte is a forested mountainous region that is home to eight Indigenous villages, all connected by a web of hiking trails. The villages have a joint community initiative called[…]