Backpacking Through Mexico Package

Tour overview

Duration

15 days, 14 nights

11 destinations

Oaxaca, Mexico City, Campeche +8 more

Tour highlights

We can also add a few tour of your choice if you want to explore more aspects of Mexico.

Your trip would include transfers, accommodation, and activities, so all you have to do is join.

This is not just a backpacking trip but also an opportunity to explore the various historical, cultural, and natural wonders of Mexico.

1. Day 1

   Arrival in Mexico

   

   • Arrive in Mexico City and transfer to the hotel for an overnight stay.
2. Day 2

   Teotihuacan

   

   • Day at your leisure.
   • Suggestion: You can visit the site of Teotihuacan, Guadalupe Shrine, and Three Culture Square: Few cities in the world have been considered worthy of being inhabited by gods, who are accustomed to occupying loftier realms than those people by mere mortals. It was the most prestigious city of the Classical period. Guadalupe Shrine: Over 460 years ago, the legend says that this place was blessed with the appearance of the Virgin Mary to an Aztec Indian in Mexico.
3. Day 3

   Cuernavaca – Taxco

   

   • Day at your leisure.
   • Suggestion: Cuernavaca is known as the forever spring city for its good climate all year. Continue to Taxco Considered one of Mexico’s most picturesque towns, this charming destination offers cobblestone streets, colonial buildings, and white houses with red tile roofs. Another notable attraction of unparalleled beauty is the Cathedral de Santa Prisca (Santa Prisca Cathedral), one of the most representative examples of baroque architecture in Mexico.
4. Day 4

   Mexico city to Oaxaca

   

   • Transfer to the bus station for the bus to Oaxaca.
   • Suggestion: Arrival at Oaxaca and enjoy a free afternoon visiting the city: in Oaxaca, you can admire the beautiful architecture of the buildings in the Centro Historico (Historic Center), which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Overnight at the hotel.
5. Day 5

   Monte Alban – Tuxtla Gutierrez

   

   • Suggestion: Monte Alban Archeological Site which is the former center of the Zapotec Empire, and was occupied later by the Mixtecs. Because of its important cultural development and its monumental architecture, UNESCO declared this archaeological zone a World Heritage Site in 1987. Overnight on the public bus on route to Huatulco
6. Day 6

   Huatulco

   

   • Arrival at the bus station around 7:55 AM. Day at leisure.
7. Day 7

   Huatulco

   

   • Breakfast at the hotel. Day at your convenience.
8. Day 8

   Huatulco – Tuxtla Gutierrez (by public bus)

   

   • Breakfast at the hotel. Rest of the day at your leisure.
9. Day 9

   Tuxtla Gutiérrez – San Cristóbal de las Casas

   

   • Arrival at the bus station at 9:15 AM
   • Suggestion: Visit the impressive Sumidero Canyon. Departure to San Cristobal by public bus and overnight in hotel.
10. Day 10

    San Cristóbal de las Casas – Palenque (By public bus)

    

    • Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Palenque by public bus and overnight in hotel.
11. Day 11

    Palenque – Campeche

    

    • Suggestion: Visit the site of Palenque, where we find the most notable ruins of the Mayan culture, it was once a city ruled by priests who knew very well mathematics and astrology. Departure to Campeche by Public Bus.
12. Day 12

    Campeche – Merida

    

    • Arrival at the bus station at 2:00 AM
    • Suggestion: A walled city besieged by pirates in the past due to its position as a strategic port for trading between New Spain and the Old World. Departure to Merida by Public Bus.
13. Day 13

    Merida – Cancun

    

    • Day at your convenience.
    • Suggestion: Trip to Chichén-Itzá. You will visit among other buildings The Pyramid of Kukulkan, one of the most iconic examples of Maya architecture of all time (Tour is not included). Departure to Cancun by Public Bus.
14. Day 14

    Cancun

    

    • Day at leisure in Cancun
15. Day 15

    Cancun – Departure

    

    • Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the Cancun airport to take a flight home.

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