La Ruta · $1,290

Three days.
Two with me, one on your own.

Because a good local knows when to hand you the map and step back.

What it is

An arc, not three separate days.

Three days that build on each other. I host the first and the third. The middle one I design for you and then get out of the way, with the plan, the pins and my number if you need me.

That middle day is not a gap. It is the day you will tell people about, because you did it yourselves in a place you had already started to understand.

The film covers the whole arc, not clips from each day.

$1,290 for two · +$180 per extra guest, max six
A green sea turtle swimming in shallow Caribbean water
Included

What you get.

  • Everything in El Día, twice over, on the two hosted days
  • A fully designed self-guided day in the middle, with map pins
  • Restaurant and neighbourhood recommendations for your whole stay
  • A film of the three-day arc, plus the full galleries
  • My number for the length of your trip
Not included

And what you don’t.

Not included: Hotel nights · Transport on the self-guided day · Alcohol beyond meals, gratuities, personal purchases

La Ruta is the one people book for anniversaries and for the trips that mean something. It needs more notice than the others, usually four weeks or more.

A day like this

How three days usually run.

The shape stays. Everything inside it changes.

Day 1
Hosted · water and the villagesCenotes early, a kitchen with no sign, and the people I buy from. This is the day that resets you.
Day 2
Yours · the mapYou take the car or the colectivo and go. I will have told you exactly where, when and what to order.
Day 3
Hosted · the coast, and the filmRuins or islands depending on what you loved on day one. Golden hour, dinner, then the whole arc as a film.

And none of this will be your day. It is an example, not a menu.

Questions

About this one specifically.

Do the three days have to be consecutive?

No, and often they should not be. A rest day in between makes the third day better.

What if we want all three hosted?

That is fine. It is $1,690 and we can talk about whether you actually want it.

Is the self-guided day really planned?

Down to which entrance to use and where to park. That is the Tu Mapa product, included here.

How far ahead should we book?

Four weeks minimum, more in December through March.

Tell me what you love.
I’ll build the day.

No forms full of questions you don’t care about. Four quick things, and then I write back myself, usually within a couple of hours.