The fields of Hacienda Zotoluca
Experiences

Living the land

Discover

A balloon flight at dawn, a ride through the fields, a pulque bath, the guided tour through more than four centuries of history. Every one is lived as a complement to your stay, slowly, at the pace the hacienda asks for.

Activities

What you can do

Courtyard and corridors of Hacienda Zotoluca
The tour

Guided tour

Walk the historic spaces of the hacienda and discover more than four centuries of architecture, craft, and tradition. It opens with a welcome spread: crudités, tlacoyos, a board of cheeses and cured meats, and the day's fresh agua.

  • Price$1,500 MXN / person
  • Under 12Free
  • Capacity1 to 50 people
  • HoursEvery day, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  • Duration90 minutes
Hot-air balloon over the plains of Apan at dawn
At dawn

Balloon flight

You set off at dawn to see the plains of Apan from the air. A free flight of 45 minutes that ends, back on the ground, with a basket of amenities and a bottle of sparkling wine to toast. Suitable from age six.

  • Price$6,000 MXN / person
  • Capacity2 to 20 people
  • Minimum age6 years
  • HoursEvery day, 7:00 a.m.
  • Duration45 minutes, weather permitting

A liability waiver is required. Not suitable for expectant mothers or people with heart conditions. Available only as a complement to a stay.

A guided ride along the trails of the hacienda
On horseback

Horseback riding

A guided ride on horseback along the trails and fields that surround the hacienda, at the quiet pace of the landscape. From age ten.

  • Price$2,500 MXN / person
  • Capacity2 to 10 people
  • Minimum age10 years
  • HoursEvery day, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
  • Duration60 minutes

A liability waiver is required. Not suitable for expectant mothers or people with heart conditions. Available only as a complement to a stay.

Pulque bath in a tub scattered with marigold petals beneath the hacienda's chandelier
A maguey ritual

Pulque bath

A bath in pulque, the ancestral drink made from the fermented sap of the maguey, with time to rest at your leisure. Served with a board of cheeses and cured meats, natural pulque, and curados.

  • Price$10,000 MXN / person
  • Capacity1 to 2 people
  • Minimum age10 years
  • HoursEvery day, 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
  • Duration15 to 45 minutes

A liability waiver is required. Not suitable for expectant mothers or people with skin conditions. Available only as a complement to a stay.

Bonfire at nightfall in the fields of the hacienda
At nightfall

Bonfire

Close the evening around the fire, under the sky of the Hidalgo highlands, with a spread of cured meats, cheeses, seeds, and marshmallows to share.

  • PriceNo charge
  • Capacity1 to 50 people
  • HoursEvery day, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
  • DurationOpen-ended

Available only as a complement to a stay.

Natural pulque and curados served in a clay jarrito
From natural to curado

Pulque tasting

A tasting of pulque in a clay jarrito, from the natural drink to the curados, to discover the beverage that has shaped life at the hacienda for generations.

  • PriceNo charge
  • Capacity1 to 50 people
  • Minimum age18 years
  • HoursEvery day

Adults only. Available only as a complement to a stay.

Accommodation at Hacienda Zotoluca
Stay

Round out your experience
with a stay

Spend the night in one of the twenty-five rooms of the house and live the hacienda by day and by night.

During your stay

Complement your stay

Experiences are arranged together with your stay. Write to us with the names and ages of those taking part and we'll arrange the rest.

A balustraded corridor of the hacienda against the light

Hacienda Zotoluca is one of Mexico's most exclusive historic venues for private events, a boutique hotel of exceptional character and the starting point for extraordinary experiences in the Mexican countryside.

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