THE ANCESTRAS CACAO JOURNEY

Cacao Begins Here.

Your Awakening Begins Here Too.

November 14th - 19th, 2025

More than travel. A return to memory, clarity, and your deeper self.

6 days, 5 nights | may 19th - 24th | limited to 10 guests

Welcome to a journey that honors the land where cacao first took root and where ancestral memory still breathes through temples, groves, and community.

Here you walk with elders, meet cacao in its birthplace, and step into spaces shaped by lineage and living tradition. This is an immersion designed to reconnect you with your body, your truth, and the deeper intelligence that guides your life.

The invitation is simple. Come as you are. Let the land do its work. Let what is ready to open in you, open.

AWAKENING

THE CALL OF THE EARTH

BREATHE

DAY-BY-DAY JOURNEY OVERVIEW

DAY 1: Arrival & Welcome

Arrival Arrive in the region and settle into a 4½-star hacienda-style retreat, where arched corridors, hand-painted tiles, and sunlit courtyards echo the quiet elegance of Mexico’s historic estates. This becomes your home for the opening chapter of the journey, a place where you can land, breathe, and transition from the pace of daily life into the rhythm of the land. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Cultural Visit Our first visit leads you into an open-air archaeological sanctuary where ancient stone monuments rest beneath the shade of native trees. Here, amidst colossal carved heads and ceremonial altars, you begin to feel the presence of the ancestors who shaped the earliest stories of cacao and Mesoamerican cosmology. This is where the journey subtly starts shifting from travel into remembrance. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Opening Cacao Blessing & Dinner As the sun lowers, we gather for an intimate opening blessing with a respected Mayan Chontal elder who carries the ancestral cacao tradition in their lineage. Through sacred words, copal smoke, and cacao offered in its pure ceremonial form, the path is blessed, intentions are opened, and the group steps into a shared field of connection. We close the evening with a nourishing welcome dinner, allowing you to unwind, integrate, and bond gently with your fellow travelers. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Includes • Airport transfer upon arrival • Overnight stay in a double-occupancy room • Breakfast the following morning • Welcome dinner on arrival day

DAY 2: Early Departure, Maya Archaeological Site and Cacao Heartland

Maya Archeological Site Begin the day with an early departure into a remarkable Maya archaeological setting, the only site of its kind constructed with fired brick and ancient mortar. Walk through its plazas and temple structures while learning about the sophistication, engineering, and cosmology that shaped this unique place. The morning is spacious, immersive, and designed to help you feel the atmosphere of an ancient world. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Cacao Heartland The journey continues into the cacao heartland. Here you visit traditional estates where cacao has been cultivated for generations. You witness the stages of transformation from fresh cacao fruit to fermented beans and handcrafted drinking chocolate. These haciendas offer a living window into the cultural, agricultural, and culinary lineage that shaped the world’s relationship with cacao. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Regional Lunch A regional lunch is served at a local culinary treasure known for honoring ancestral flavors. The menu reflects the richness of the region, including cacao prepared in traditional and contemporary forms. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Evening at Leisure Return to the city in the late afternoon for rest and personal integration. The evening is open for you to relax, explore, or enjoy dinner on your own. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Includes Transportation for all scheduled activities Guided visit to the archaeological site Admission to the archaeological site Breakfast at the hotel Lunch at a regional culinary venue Overnight stay in a double room with breakfast the following morning

DAY 3: A Day with the Cacao Guardians

Heart of the cacao region Spend the day in the heart of the cacao region, guided by Maya Chontal elders who carry generations of ancestral knowledge. This immersive experience blends cultural exchange, spiritual connection, and a deeper understanding of cacao as both a sacred plant and a living part of the ecosystem. Walk among the cacao trees, hear the stories that link them to creation and ceremony, and witness the ways the land, the people, and the traditions are woven together. Through ritual, shared meals, and moments of quiet reflection, you are invited to connect not only with the spirit of cacao, but also with the living culture that has shaped this region for centuries. Participants who feel called may sit one to one with the elder for a focused healing session rooted in ancestral wisdom and practical clarity. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Ancient cacao traditions Learn about the thirteen sacred Maya cacao beverages. Participate in a Mayan altar and a Pago a la Tierra offering to the Earth. Visit the ancestral cacaotal and hear stories of plant spirit and lineage. Engage in ceremonial and hands-on preparation of cacao. Share a communal lunch with the elder’s community. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Evening return Return to the city at night for reflective integration and rest. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Includes Transportation and guided activities Breakfast, lunch, and dinner Overnight stay in a double room with breakfast the following morning

DAY 4: Crossing into Chiapas and Entering the Heart of the Jungle

Depart Tabasco and journey south into Chiapas, where the terrain rises and the vegetation deepens into shades of emerald. As you cross into this region, you enter what the Maya Chol lineage calls the Heart of the Jungle. The land carries a palpable presence, a pulse that has shaped ceremonies, healing traditions, and cosmology for centuries. Arrive in Palenque and settle into a lodge surrounded by forest and birdsong. The atmosphere shifts into something quieter, slower, and vibrantly alive. This region is known for its depth of healing and spiritual refinement. As evening approaches, gather for a cacao ceremony guided by Maya Chol elders. Here cacao becomes a companion for grounding, introspection, and connection to the rhythms of the jungle. Following ceremony, enter the temazcal for a night of purification. Heat, steam, and prayer weave together to support physical release, emotional unwinding, and the integration of everything the journey has opened so far. For those who feel called, optional one to one healing sessions are available with the elder during the evening. These sessions are offered through personal donation and create space for individualized attention, insight, and energetic clearing. The night ends with quiet integration beneath the sounds of cicadas and running water, allowing the body to settle and the heart to absorb the experience. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Includes Breakfast and lunch Transportation and guided travel Cacao ceremony Temazcal ceremony Optional one to one healing sessions (by personal donation) Two night stay in Palenque in double rooms

DAY 5: Palenque Archeological Sanctuary and Evening Integration

Begin the morning within one of the most extraordinary Maya cities ever uncovered. Palenque rises from the jungle with an elegance that feels almost otherworldly. Temples emerge through mist. Waterfalls echo in the distance. Carved glyphs describe kings, queens, cosmology, and the great cycles of life. Guided by a regional specialist, walk through plazas, temples, and ceremonial complexes that still carry a profound presence. This site is not only an architectural wonder but also a living energetic landscape where nature and ancient design remain intertwined. Expect a morning of quiet awe, spacious reflection, and deep connection to the intelligence of a civilization that viewed time, life, and spirit through a different lens. After the visit, return to the lodge for rest. The afternoon is intentionally open so the body and mind can absorb the experiences of the past days. You may choose to swim, journal, nap, or simply listen to the sounds of the jungle. As the sun begins to set, gather for a final group integration session. This space allows you to reflect on what the journey has revealed, clarify what you are taking home, and anchor the internal shifts that have occurred throughout the week. It is a spacious and grounded closing, designed to help you return to your life with clarity, intention, and inner continuity. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Includes Breakfast and lunch Transportation and guided tour Entrance to the archeological site Evening integration session Hotel stay in a double room with breakfast the following morning

GROUND

THE ELDER'S BLESSING

THE ELDERS' EARTH

THE HEART OF THE EXPERIENCE

THE CACAO HEARTLANDS OF TABASCO & CHIAPAS

Ceremony with Mayan Cacao guardians
Lineage teachings: the 13 sacred Mayan cacao beverages and cacao within Mayan cosmovision (cosmovisión)
Taste Tabasco’s ancestral gastronomy—Yokot’an, Zoque, Olmec & Maya—prepared by traditional cooks with pre-Hispanic smoke-kitchen dishes
Origin visit: cacao hacienda + smallholder farm
Living context: culture, history, society, and current cacao trends.
Guided time at ancient sites & jungle temples (incl. Palenque)
Hands-on cacao: roast, peel & ground on a metate
Stay in a historic hacienda with courtyard gardens
Private transport - Small group of 10

6 days, 5 nights | may 19th - 24th | limited to 10 guests

why this journey is different

TRANSMISSION

PRICING & OPTIONS (per person, USD)

SHARED ROOM WITH TWIN BEDS

Early-bird (until Jan 22): $2,700 USD
Normal Pilgrimage Price (from Jan 23): $3,000 USD

PRIVATE ROOM (limited)

Early-bird: $2,472 USD
Normal Pilgrimage Price: $2,672 USD

Prices are per person. We keep the group intimate—10 guests max—so we can offer personal attention to each participant.

How to Reserve

Deposit: $500 non-refundable (applied to your total) to secure your place
Payment plan: available

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ARRIVAL & WELCOME STAY

Settle into a serene colonial-style hacienda blending neoclassical charm with modern comfort. Spacious rooms open to lush gardens or private courtyards, creating a peaceful sanctuary in the city. Relax by the tranquil pool, stroll the gardens, or enjoy the quiet elegance of the art-filled lobby—a perfect beginning to your journey.