Capulálpam is a beautiful corner that still retains the placidity of the province, framed by its traditional architecture, where adobe, wood, tile and yellow quarry stand out. All this, coupled with the hospitality of its people, has allowed Capulálpam to be named as "Magic Town".

The visitor can enjoy a pass through the cobbled streets and steep streets, or visit the temple of San Mateo, patron of the town, built of yellow quarry and decorated in the interior with unique altarpieces of precious wood dating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries .

In the traditional medicine center, traditional doctors share their ancestral experience through "clean", massages or comforting temazcal baths, and offer natural medicines made by them.

We recommend visiting the spot "Los Sabinos", where tall and old trees stand; To the viewpoint "El Calvario", which offers a spectacular panorama of the population; Or to "La Cueva del Arroyo", where nature has shaped different and capricious figures. Another recommended route is to the place "La Y", as it is on foot or by mountain bike, admiring forests of pine and encino, as well as species of bromeliads, ferns or fungi, as well as some birds,

In the recreational center "Los Molinos" you can enjoy the vertigo of a 100 meters long zip line that crosses the river from a height of 30 meters, and then cross the suspension bridge. It is also possible to rent a bicycle and take the tour inside the center. A final route is to "Cerro Pelado", to walk through an ancient path or "camino real", that communicated to Capulálpam with other towns of the Sierra Juárez.

 

 

HOW TO GET TO CAPULÁLPAM DE MÉNDEZ

It is located 70 kilometers northeast from the city of Oaxaca.

If you are traveling by public transport, you can board one of the "Benito Juárez Cooperative Society" buses at the Second Class Bus Terminal of the City of Oaxaca, or collective taxis located near the Juárez Monument (junction of the federal highway 190-federal highway No. 175).

 

SERVICES

• Accommodation: 16 adobe cabins (capacity: 58 people), with bathroom and fireplace, 5 private houses (capacity 57 people).
• Food: Restaurant located in the recreational center "Los Molinos" (capacity of 60 people): regional food and breeding trout. Cafeteria in the area of ​​cabins.
• Equipment Rental: Mountain bike, binoculars and hands-free lamps.
• Other services: Ecotourism office, community guides, camping areas, multipurpose room with audiovisual equipment (projector, computer and screen). Center of Traditional Medicine.
• Activities: Ethnotourism, observation of flora and fauna, traditional medicine (temazcal bath, "clean" and massages), horseback riding, hiking, mountain biking and zipline and rappelling.

 

Capulálpam de Méndez

It is a community that retains its provincial warmth; We have a great traditional architectural beauty and an enormous natural wealth. We are proud guardians of our roots and customs, and we are characterized by our hospitality. Currently we are a community ecotourism company, which presents significant advances, such as a trout farm and the recreational center "Los Molinos", which offers restaurant, children's games, bicycle rental, horses, zip lining, cabins and multipurpose room. We invite you to be a part of us.

 

ACTIVITIES: Caves-Traditional cycling-Temazcal-Camping

 

CABINS:

• 16 rooms with a capacity for 58 people
• Sanitary Service
• Hot water
• Firewood for the fireplace
• Vigilance
• Steakhouses
• Fire pit area
• Check in: 14:00 hrs
• Check out: 13:00 hrs

 

FEEDING:

- Restaurant "Los Molinos"

- Capacity for 80 people

- Hours: Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

    

MEDICINE:

- The best cure for the soul and body, with the experience and ancestral legacy of our traditional doctors, through a clean, massage, temazcal, or a consultation.

  

- Hours: Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

 

 

WALKING: WRAPPED IN OUR MAGIC

 

Activities: Walking through the quiet streets and admiring the vernacular architecture of our town, visit the following spaces:

Temple of the XVI century - XVII dedicated to San Mateo Patron of the town.

- Center for Traditional Medicine

- Viewpoint on Calvary

- If the tour is in the afternoon you can visit:

- Children's marimba

- Children and youth band

 

 

THE CAVE OF THE ARROYO

 

Live the adventure of knowing the set of caves "LA CUEVA DEL ARROYO", inside you can admire the whims of nature that has shaped different figures, from a rhinoceros head, a stone ring to the singular stalactites and stalagmites .

 

Feel the adrenaline of ascending and descending by 3 stairs to be able to reach each one of the levels of this grotto. This activity can be performed by NIGHT!

RECOMMENDATIONS: For your convenience, bring your appropriate shoes (tennis), denim, pants (checkers), Children: over 5 years old.

Daytime hours: 10, 13 and 16 hrs.

Night time: 22 hrs.

 

TRAVEL OF THE "Y"

If you like to feel in direct contact with nature, the best option is to take this route (walk, bicycle), through which you can enjoy beautiful landscapes admiring a huge variety of flora like orchids, bromeliads and with a little luck maybe You are surprised by the leaping of a rabbit, or a deer.

Arriving at this place that receives the name of the route and sit at the edge of the stream to feel the tranquility and try a rich sip of spring water.

 

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Bring comfortable shoes, ecological repellent if you are allergic to insects, children only older than 10 years. In rainy season (June / September) bring raincoat.

- Hours: 7 to 12 hrs.

 

TRAIL TO CERRO PELADO

For adventurers, this is an extraordinary challenge, walking through a path that in ancient times was considered a royal road to the area of ​​the corner, with a distance of approximately 8 km, between lush vegetation.

When arriving at the top, it contemplates a spectacular sunrise, surrounded by clouds, bird songs and if the day allows you to observe in the distance the tip of the peak of Orizaba, at this point we reach 3,100 m.s.n.m. If you prefer you can go up in the afternoon and camp in this area.

 

RECOMMENDATIONS: Comfortable shoes, denim, sweater, jacket and cap.

RESTRICTIONS: Hypertensive people, some serious heart disease.

 

BICYCLE RIDE

ROUTE 1: The "Y", 8 km, gap, in the middle of oak / pine forests, passable all year, minimum degree of difficulty, is recommended for beginners, or people who only practice this sport occasionally.

ROUTE 2: Funnel path: 24 km gap, pine forest, walkable all year, high difficulty level, for experts in mountain biking. We have equipment or you can bring your own bicycle.

 

 

 

 

RESERVATIONS

Ecological Community Tourism "Capulálpam Mágico",

Miguel Méndez No.1, Capulálpam de Méndez, Oax., C.P. 68760

Tel and Fax: (951) 539 21 68

Email: beenegaguiecoturismo@yahoo.com.mx

 

 

WEBPAGE: Http://turismocapulalpam.com.mx