Driving time from Oaxaca to Llano Grande is about 2 hours. We start our trekking in Llano Grande. The village is situated on 3000m (10,000ft) about 1.40h driving time from Oaxaca city. Llano Grande counting about 100 inhabitants is the smallest of the 8 Pueblos Mancomunados. The hike is about 4-5 hours and leads us through the cloud forest to "piedra larga", the highest viewpoint of this area and further to an old Zapotec offering place, which is still in use. We will hike through pine forest but depending on the season vegetation varies a lot, most of the year we have many wild flowers. The loop brings us back to the village where Kata will serve us a typical lunch. We stay overnight in the cabins of the village.

This hike leads us from Llano Grande to the neighbor village of Cuajimoloyas. We start going down to a lake in the middle of an alpine meadow, which is used to water the cows, donkeys and (wild) horses. We hike through a canyon called "Cueva de la Iglesia" (hiking time about 4-5 hours). During the Mexican revolution this canyon was used by "Bandidos" to hide stolen goods and people still tell a lot of stories about these times... We will have lunch in the village of Cuajimoloyas. In case you are interested we can visit a local healer for a ritual cleansing. Overnight stay in the cabins of Cuajimoloyas.

We will start hiking from Cuajimoloyas, which is the biggest community of the Pueblos Manco-munados, counting about 1200 inhabitants. From there we will hike steeply down to a little trout-farm in Latuvi on 2200m where we will have lunch. The vegetation changes from high pine forest to oak forest with a greater biodiversity. Hiking time is around 5 hours.

We hike on an old pre-Hispanic trading path (hiking time around 4-5 hours). The Camino Real used to reach from Veracruz at the Gulf Coast to the central valley of Oaxaca. Parts of this path still exist like our hike from Latuvi to Amatlan. Most of the vegetation is a very old oak forest but on the way, you will see spectacular phenomenon. On this hike, for example, you will find the Spanish moss that changes the woods into kind of a fairy tale forest. After the hike we have lunch in Amatlan one of the two pre hispanic villages of the Pueblos Mancomunados.

• Transport from Oaxaca city and back (the van drives from village to village, you only have to carry a daypack)
• 3 nights in the Pueblos Mancomunados
• English speaking tour guide
• Local guide
• Snacks during the hike
• Full board
• Entrance fee to the villages

• Alcoholic drinks
• All meals not mentioned
• Tips for tour guide and driver