About Us

Academic Tours in Oaxaca is a boutique tour company specializing in quality programs custom designed to suit individual or group interests. Our main goal is to have each traveler leave with a greater understanding and appreciation of Oaxaca's famous cultural heritage, spiritual traditions and most importantly contemporary community life; for the true heart of Mexico, are its people.

Unlike standard tours offered by hotels and travel agents, Academic Tours in Oaxaca creates personalized itineraries around important archaeological sites, ethnic villages, Indian markets, festivals and special celebrations (Day of the dead, Guelaguetza, Christmas, etc.), jewels of colonial architecture, shopping for great art, or exploring the regions natural environment. Overnight or multiple night extensions to remote ethnic areas within the Sierra Madre of Oaxaca, the regions breath taking beaches, as well as to other nearby states such as: Chiapas, Yucatan, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Guanajuato, Taxco, San Miguel de Allende and Mexico City can be built into any program.

We are a full service company ready to assist you with all your needs. Our knowledgeable staff can take care of every detail:

* Book historic & charming hotels

* Make reservations at finest dining options

* Arrange cooking classes, music & folk dance performances

* Present cultural lectures for all audiences

* Introduce you to renowned crafts people, painters and village artisans

* Provide transportation for all needs

Florencio L. Moreno Director

Academic Tours in Oaxaca is run by Florencio L. Moreno, a Cultural Geography Scholar with concentrations in Colonial Iconography, Iconology and Astroarchaeology. As a member of the Astronomical Society of Oaxaca, Florencio teaches at local schools and also lectures within and outside of Mexico on Mesoamerican & Mexican Anthropology and History. He is a native of Oaxaca and fluent in English, French, Spanish and Zapotec. Mr. Moreno is also a Federal Licensed Guide from the Ministry of Tourism and applies his broad knowledge & expertise leading tours throughout the vast cultural treasures of Central & Southern Mexico; with special emphasis in Oaxaca’s unique cultural heritage.