Oaxaca is a very diverse state in Mexico. It has peaks that reach more than 3,000 meters high, caverns that are among the deepest in the world, virgin beaches, secluded forests, and sunlit valleys that hold the majority of the people.

Oaxaca is rich in traditions and customs and has the largest ethnic population found in Mexico, sixteen ethnic groups who speak more than 150 dialectal variants, who proudly preserve their traditions and lifestyles, who give cultural plurality to the state, and are the finest part of its wealth: its people.

Oaxaca has two places declared by UNESCO as belonging to the Cultural Heritage of Mankind:

The archaeological site of Monte Albán and the Centro Historico of Oaxaca City. These prehispanic and colonial riches are without compare in Mesoamerica.

You will find archaelogical Sites of the Zapotecs in Oaxaca.Mitla and Montealban.

Near the capital stands one of the oldest living trees in the world: the Arbol de Tule, a sabino or ahuehuete (Montezuma cypress) that measures 58 meters in perimeter and is more than 2,000 years old. The tree has witnessed a great part of the history of Oaxaca.

The main Oaxacan fiesta, the Guelaguetza, is an institutionalized form of celebrating reciprocity. exhibits the prehispanic tradition, adorned with music and dancing, of the division of the harvest and the produce from each region. Pineapples, mangos, serapes, baskets, bread, and coffee beans rain down upon the audience as a symbol of the general disposition to share, to exchange, and to survive united.