Worthwhile how the price and good for sightseeing. - Not what I expected but for the price it was a worthwhile excursion from San Cristobal. It really wasn’t a guided tour as much as it was a drive and drop off to 3 different location - a textile co-op and a church in Zinacantan and a church in Chamula. The textile co-op was basically a house in a residential neighborhood that sold fabrics and clothing for sale. There was a demonstration of fabric weaving and opportunity for liquor and food tasting (coffee, beans, cheese, salsa and handmade corn tortillas). The food was delicious. The church was about a 20 minutes self guided stop and an opportunity to take pictures for $50 pesos with locals. The church in Chamula was a lesson in local indigenous customs and rituals complete with animal sacrifices. The formerly Catholic Church no longer offers services and most Catholics will be shocked to see the locals practicing their version of “Catholicism”. A guided narration would have been helpful.

Excellent Service for a Good Price - The guide was very friendly and gave us interesting information. It was an enjoyable tour full of data that I did not know. We also thank the driver for taking us safely to each location. The church of San Juan Bautista in Chamula is something not to miss.

An emotional and informative experience - It was a special privilege to be allowed to witness the rituals of the tzotzil at iglesia de San Juan Chamula. A very special and moving experience. The guide was respectful and extremely informative. Learning about the Labour involved in the creation of textiles in Zinacantàn was really interesting and the women at the collective were so very lovely.

A great experience! - Fascinating to see how the textiles are woven in Zinacantan. Lots of beautiful items to buy. You know that everything is genuinely made by hand and you are supporting a local Co-operative. Chamula was a fantastic experience. We were there on Easter Sunday so there was a lot of rituals taking place inside the church. I loved the whole trip and our guide Miguel was excellent.

A walk full of culture and tradition - A different visit! We went to San Juan Chamula and Zinacantan. In both there is beautiful craftsmanship and speak Tsotsil, they retain much of the customs of their ancestors. San Juan Chamula caught our eye. The syncretism comes into view, a mixture of religions and a visible hermeticism in your temple is what makes your visit extremely interesting. They allow you to take videos or photographs outside the church, inside they even fine you if you get to do it. We were respectful and limited to knowing a little more about their customs. The townspeople are friendly, all wearing their typical costumes sticking out skirts and pure wool coats. Zinacantán is a picturesque and more flexible village that chamula have a beauty of crafts especially textile made in looms, or hand embroidered.

Great Cultural Tour - This was a really interesting and well organised tour! First you get to see the church which inside, is like nothing I’ve ever seen before compared to a usual catholic church in terms of how it’s presented and the rituals they do inside and it was great to learn the reason behind it all. Then we got to learn about how the traditional indigenous clothing is made and also got to try some local food and drinks. The tour was in English and Spanish and the guide explained everything really well. Would definitely recommend!

The most impressive was... - The most impressive was the visit to the church in Chamula. There we had about 20 minutes to watch the rituals of the shamans. Before that we were still in the village of Zinacantan. That would actually be quite nice to watch. But we only went there to a weavers' cooperative. The "time at leisure" is not spent in the village but in the sales room of the weaving mill. It was nice to watch, but the time there was too long for me. The information from our guide Miguel was good and interesting. He spoke good English. All in all, good value for money. If you are in San Christobal you can recommend the tour.

Interesting introduction to the communities - Seeing the tortilla being made in the kitchen was lovely. The visit to the church in Chamula was very interesting. It felt like we spent too long browsing the shop at the textile cooperative.

It was worth the money. The cemetery and story about the differences of the crosses were worth it to me - The guide was about 30 minutes late picking me up (no biggie). It was nice to have an English speaking guide, but he was "just barely" english. I was fine with the stuff he taught me but I missed a few things, but caught enough to understand and Google the history when I got home. I don't mean anything above to be negative. There is a difference between being conversational in a language and being able to describe 500 years of history. The guide did a very good job, but just letting people know he wasn't 100% fluent in English. And just saying, I know I'm in a non-English country but I took the English tour. I stayed in San Cris for 3 months and went on pretty much all the tours available and this was the only tour that (for me) an English guide was available and NEEDED. The other tours in town you don't need to speak the language to see cool stuff, but this one it's important and you need a guide. Also..the church I saw in town was a cool experience. I took a shot of Pox as the sacrament, but be warned...you might see a chicken killed as part of a religious ceremony. I didn't like it and cringed a little but it is what is. No blood, they just broke it's neck.

The heights of Chiapas, emblematic communities and churches of Chiapas. - I am a lover of Mexican textiles, in every place in Mexico where there is a community that makes artisanal textiles I buy a piece and Zinacantán was no exception. San Juan Chamula a community with a very particular energetic vibration. As part of the tour of visiting an indigenous house in Zinacantan, they allow you to be in the kitchen of the house, which is the simplest thing in the world, but where I have eaten the most delicious taco de sal of my life.