The Cloud Forest
This is an area, relatively close to the city but over 4,000 feet above the valley floor in a region know as the Sierra Juarez. 
Several villages have formed a unique joint communal treaty to both protect their forest as well as offer safe and attractive walks within them, cabins to stay overnight, horse & mountain bike rentals and an opportunity to explore this rich cloud forest for those that enjoy nature, bird watching, hiking and contact with remote Indian villages and people.
Next are only samples of the many ways we tailor programs in this beautiful region.
Sample Itinerary A (2 days)
Day 1
Depart Oaxaca City towards the east valley and up the North Sierra Madre to the village of Benito Juarez Lachatao, which sits at an altitude of 9,240 feet. Once there, check into a private log cabin to drop off belongings. Then set out for a brief hike up another 1,000 feet to the spectacular look out point of the village.
After, visit a local family that will host us for a traditional lunch made with self grown vegetables from their fields, with warm tortillas cooked over a comal. Afterwards take a nice walk thru corn fields and farms towards the village trout farm and learn about community sponsored work programs such as this one.
Tonight enjoy hot chocolate & whole wheat bread made in the village and rest for the night.
 Day 2
This morning after a warm breakfast set out on horseback or mountain bikes for a trip to see a set of waterfalls not far from the village.
After returning and enjoying another home hosted lunch, pack and head back to the valley, taking a different road and passing by the pretty weavers village of Teotitlan del Valle, where we will stop first to visit the remarkable XVI century church followed by a visit to see a family home studio to see the process of spinning and weaving, using natural dyes.
Afterwards, return to the City.
Sample Itinerary B (3 days)
Day 1
Depart Oaxaca City towards the east valley and up the North Sierra Madre to the village of Benito Juarez Lachatao, which sits at an altitude of 9,240 feet. Once there, check into a private log cabin to drop off belongings. Then set out for a brief hike up another 1,000 feet to the spectacular look out point of the village.
After, visit a local family that will host us for a traditional lunch made with self grown vegetables from their fields, with warm tortillas cooked over a comal. Afterwards take a nice walk thru corn fields and farms towards the village trout farm and learn about community sponsored work programs such as this one.
Tonight enjoy hot chocolate & whole wheat bread made in the village and rest for the night.
Day 2
This morning after a warm breakfast set out on mountain bikes for a trip into the woods towards the village of Santa Catarina Ixtepeji and its XVI century church & beautiful water falls, where we can enjoy a rest & a picnic lunch. Biking along fields of black berries and arriving to the town of Yuvila to meet a group of women that run a traditional factory of chocolate.
After, check into a cabin in Ixtepeji for a rest and later enjoy a camp fire dinner before turning in for the night.
 Day 3
This morning enjoy the early morning bird life and then bike back towards Benito Juarez passing by the part of the woods where we can see the many varieties of mushrooms grown in this area.
After returning and enjoying another home hosted lunch, pack and head back to the valley, taking a different road and passing by the pretty weavers village of Teotitlan del Valle, where we will stop first to visit the remarkable XVI century church followed by a visit to see a family home studio to see the process of spinning and weaving, using natural dyes.
Afterwards, return to the City.
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