MessicoEtico was born when PeruEtico and the Colectivo Lajkin Responsible Tourism met. The Colectivo Laikin is formed by some Italian young people that live in San Cristobal de las Casas, who have been accompanying responsible tourism tours since 2002 in Chiapas, Yucatan and Oaxaca and will let you deepen many anthropological, social, political and economical aspects.
The Colectivo Zapayas@s also takes part, they are a group of clowns and actors of the criticism theatre that works in different situations of Mexico and Central America and creates meeting points, exchange and reflection situations on political and social aspects through the theatre language, the arts and laughing.
The Colectivo philosophy is based on a traveling concept as a privileged moment during which you can meet a new culture and have a full comprehension of the complex reality of the country that you’re visiting.
Throughout one year, we travelled all together defining the projects that we would have supported and we introduced new and alternative touristic destinations to let you know Mexico, its history, its wonders and its people.
Our tours in Mexico have always on mind these values that are essential for the responsible tourism
Ecology: preferring an hike to the car, buying local typical products (0km)
Low-energy and water consumption accommodations.
Developing the local economy: local guides and cultural mediators, accommodation and restaurants in local structures.
Culture: rediscovery and enhancement of local and popular legends and stories, real knowledge of the visited country and enhancement of cultural diversities.
Accommodation at local community (Pueblos Mancomunados), use of public means of transport to promote a direct contact with the local population.
Economical equity: fair and equitable working and salary conditions for all our collaborators.
The characteristic of our tour in Mexico
From 10 to 18 days customized tour with departure every day of the year, honeymoon tour, group tour with fixed departure dates from December to August, local tours, family-run and warm lodgings, qualified and competent guides, direct assistance locally.
In collaboration with
The Colectivo Lajkin Responsible Tourism, the community center CCESAM (Mexico City), Pueblos Mancomunados (Oaxaca)
The community Comunidad Educativa Mahatma Gandhi “Pingüin@s (San Cristobal de las Casas).
NOTE
Local tours > from 2 to 5 days
Individual tours > from 11 to 18 days
Group tours > MessicoExpress
Please read the “ethical ranking”, that you can find in every tours description and discover how ethical and responsible is the tour that you chose!!
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Aztech Steps 7 days
A true journey of adventure and discovery in a magical and authentic states such as Veracruz, Puebla and Oaxaca, where they are concentrated half of the indigenous communities throughout Mexico.
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Our journey begins in Teotihuacan, Aztec pyramid complex more important to get away from modern Mexico and see what still stands.
The town of Cuetzalan, retains the flavour of the Indians, with their own languages, strange colours and products..
Explore the pyramids Filo-Bobos River is for real explorers as being hidden in the jungle, these pyramids are located on the banks of the river at gunpoint.
Cotlamani represents the extreme hardness of Mexico during the Spanish conquest. New sensations absorb them eating with Mrs. Virginia, listening to talk Feliciano sitting fossil fish seller Cuetzalan, laughing and joking with Jalcomulco guides, listening to the Totonac and surprised with the “Voladores” (flyers).
Concept of excellence in this trip will be the real encounter of authentic cultures, archaeology different, never seen, and the diversity of the kitchen. Three great civilizations, the Olmeca and Totonac, Aztec-dominated cultures, never mentioned in tourist travel, but have contributed significantly to the history and tradition of Mexico.
Great concept for this trip, and is a unusual way off the beaten track, is to know the different archaeological these villages have never seen before. -
Chiapas, Yucatan & Caribe 14 days
Discovering southern Mexico: Chiapas, Yucatan and above all the Caribbean!
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San Cristobal, our third destination: a very colorful colonial city where we’ll meet the indigenuous and the Mayan world, we’ll discover the now deconsecrated church of San Juan Chamula with its religious syncretism, the wild Sumidero Canyon and we’ll meet a cooperative producing coffee directly on the site.
Then, we’ll head into Palenque’s jungle, where we’ll plenty enjoy the wonderful nature and we’ll discover the most incredible ruins of the whole Mexico.
Then Yucatan with its hidden caves (cenotes), Uxmal by night with its lights and sounds show, Chichen Itzà, one of the world seven wonder and finally complete relax in the Caribbean in the wonderful and wild Tulum beach… a crystalline sea and an incredible white beach.
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Hasta siempre 16 days
Hasta siempre!!! that means “forever”, or better Mexico for ever is a tour where we split the country into two parts and arrival in the capital Mexico city, called “el DF” (Distrito Federal) by Mexicans.
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We’ll visit the community “CCESAM” in Tlaplan district, in the outskirts of this megalopolis. Not only the solidarity the characteristic of this tour, we’ll also have two trips out of the city, we’ll visit Teotihuacán, the biggest pre-Columbian archeological site in North America and we’ll float on the famous navigable channels in the city of Xochimilco. We’ll visit the city centre (Zocalo), the cathedral, the wonderful and colorful house of Frida Kalo, that is main protagonist of the Mexican cultural life.
Then we’ll fly to San Cristobal, a very colorful colonial city where we’ll meet the native Mexican world, we’ll discover the now deconsecrated church of San Juan Chamula with its religious syncretism, the wild Sumidero Canyon, artisan women cooperatives and the “cafeteleros”.
Our third destination is the Palenque jungle, where we’ll enjoy of this wonderful nature and we’ll discover the most incredible ruins of the whole Mexico.
Then you’ll ask us: and the sea?? Obviously the sea is included! The final days are dedicated to full relax in the wonderful and wild Tulum beach… a perfect tour, complete in every aspect!!! -
Mexico City 5 days
Mexico City is the third largest city in the world (after Tokyo and New York) and includes the best and the worst of the country: music and noise, brown hair and green parks, colonial palaces and skyscrapers, world-class museums and shantytowns.
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Latin rhythms, enchantment and excitation then suddenly wretchedness, shabbiness and stifling crowds.
Despite the negative aspects, Mexico City is anyway magnetic either for the Mexican or for tourists. In a such complex city, you’ll not get bored at all.
We’ll visit the community center “CCESAM” in Tlaplan district, in the outskirts of this megalopolis.
Not only the solidarity the characteristic of this tour, we’ll also have two trips out of the city, we’ll visit Teotihuacán, the biggest pre-Columbian archeological site in North America and we’ll float on the famous navigable channels in the city of Xochimilco. We’ll visit the city centre (Zocalo), the cathedral, the wonderful and colorful house of Frida Kalo, that is main protagonist of the Mexican cultural life. To continue the cultural tour, we’ll visit the renowned UNAM, the biggest university city in all Latin America.
Let MessicoEtico take you to discover the DF, it’s really worthy!!! -
Que viva Mexico 19 days
Que viva Mexico cabron! Mexicans, as they are very pride, use to say these words when you hurt them. But we’re also pride of this tour, so nice, so complete!
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Arrival in Mexico City, the so called DF (Distrito Federal) by Mexicans. We’ll visit the community “CCESAM” in Tlaplan district, in the outskirts of this megalopolis.
Not only the solidarity the characteristic of this tour, we’ll also have two trips out of the city, we’ll visit Teotihuacán, the biggest pre-Columbian archeological site in North America and we’ll float on the famous navigable channels in the city of Xochimilco. We’ll visit the city centre (Zocalo), the cathedral, the wonderful and colorful house of Frida Kalo, that is main protagonist of the Mexican cultural life.
Oaxaca, the treasure of Oaxaca State, will be our second destination, the most mountainous and beautiful city. We’ll visit the Mont’Alban Aztec ruins, then we’ll bathe in the “Hierve el agua” natural pools surrounded by an incredible landscape. Besides, we’ll also learn how Mezcal, the famous agave liquor, is brewed.
San Cristobal, our third destination: a very colorful colonial city where we’ll meet the native Mexican world, we’ll discover the now deconsecrated church of San Juan Chamula with its religious syncretism, the wild Sumidero Canyon, artisan women cooperatives and the “cafeteleros”.
Finally relax in the wonderful and wild Tulum Beach… a crystalline sea and white sand that you’ve ever dreamt. -
Revolucion Caribe 12 days
Revolucion = San Cristobal and its Zapatista world, the native and the indigenous communities, the coffee and the social and political struggles of Chiapas.
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Caribe = Tulum and its sun, its milky white beach and its incredible sea.
Flight to San Cristobal, a very colorful colonial city where we’ll get in contact with the local world, we’ll discover the now deconsecrated church of San Juan Chamula with its religious syncretism, the wild Sumidero Canyon, coffee and artisan women cooperatives.
Then we’ll head straightly to Palenque, where we’ll plenty enjoy the wonderful nature and we’ll discover the most incredible ruins of the whole Mexico.
What will happen at the end? You all know the end…sea, sea and sea once more in Tulum!!! -
San Cristobal 6 days
San Cristobal, a colonial city located in a wonderful valley surrounded by secular pine trees, has been and is nowadays a very popular destination for many travelers around the world. It’s a great pleasure to explore the city along the paved streets with its colorful markets or being totally immersed into a unique atmosphere full of a wonderful and bright light that come from the nearby plateaus.
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In this colonial city we’ll get in touch with the native Mexican world, we’ll discover the now deconsecrated church of San Juan Chamula with its religious syncretism, the wild Sumidero Canyon, artisan women cooperatives and the “cafeteleros”.
We’ll also visit one of the project supported by MessicoEtico: the community Comunidad Educativa Mahatma Gandhi “Pingüin@s, that teaches the no violence through a popular educational system.
Let MessicoEtico take you San Critobal, nobody knows Chiapas better than us that we live in it!!! -
Todo Caribe 7 days
What should we tell about the Caribbean more than you know??
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Perhaps you don’t know that in Tulum there are the most beautiful beaches and the greenest and clearest sea of the world?? Or that you can sleep in wonderful bungalows and resort at only few meters from the sea? Or that there are submarines caves – cenotes- where you can dive??
Or perhaps you don’t know that at only one hour by boat from Mahahual there’s an impressive coral reef as the one in Chinchorro?? And a lagoon with breathtaking colors, called Bacalar??
We’ll take you to the most beautiful Caribbean beaches, where we’ve been personally in advance only for you… what a great work.. :-) -
Todo Mexico 21 days
Todo Mexico, the tour of the tours, the longest tour in Mexico among the tours offered by PeruEtico, a tour that will take you form Mexico City to Oaxaca, Chiapas, Yucatan and finally to the Caribbean. We’ll visit two projects (supported by the “project fee”): the community center “CCESAM” in Mexico City and the Eco-school “Pingüin@s” in San Cristobal. We’ll also meet some cooperatives in Chiapas (coffee) and in Yucatan (cenotes) and self-managed communities in Pueblos Mancomunados. In Mexico City we’ll visit Teotihuacán, the biggest pre-Columbian archeological site in North America and we’ll float on the famous navigable channels in the city of Xochimilco. We’ll visit the city center (Zocalo), the cathedral, the wonderful and colorful house of Frida Khalo, that is the main protagonist of the Mexican cultural life. Oaxaca, the treasure of Oaxaca State, will be our second destination, the most mountainous and beautiful city, we’ll visit the Aztec ruins of Monte Alban, we’ll bathe in the “Hierve el agua” natural pools surrounded by an incredible landscape. Besides, we’ll also learn how Mezcal, the famous agave liquor, is brewed.
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San Cristobal, our third destination: a very colorful colonial city where we’ll meet the indigenous and the Mayan world, we’ll discover the now deconsecrated church of San Juan Chamula with its religious syncretism, the wild Sumidero Canyon and we’ll meet a cooperative producing coffee directly on the site.
Then we’ll head into Palenque’s jungle where we’ll plenty enjoy the wonderful nature and we’ll discover the most incredible ruins of the whole Mexico.
Then Yucatan with its hidden caves (cenotes), Uxmal by night with its lights and sounds show, Chichen Itzà, one of the world seven wonder and finally complete relax in the Caribbean in the wonderful and wild Tulum beach…. A crystalline sea and an incredible white beach.
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Yucatan & Caribe 14 days
An alternative tour in the most renowned and touristic Mexico.., Yucatan and the Carribean… we’ll take you to Holbox, a picturesque rustic paradise where there are no cars, no bank but only few local handicraft shops and a couple of supermarket where you can buy fresh fruit and vegetables; the island of Holbox is an island of fisherman with miles of white sand and shells, birds, the murmur of the breezes and the charm of the turquoise sea.
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Then, in Yucatan, we’ll take you to Valladolid along Lagarto River, a natural habitat for pink flamingoes, cenotes – freshwater caves- and to a Mayan community. Then we’ll take you to Merida with its cenotes managed by a local Mayan cooperative and Uxmal, Chichen Itzà, the masterpieces of Mayan culture.
We’ll travel along alternative routes in contact of Yucatan people, without missing the unmissable sights of the region.
Finally we’ll go to the Caribbean and to Tulum: sea, sands and most of all relax before going back home!