With Juan Manuel

Juan Manuel is a shaman who knows the flowers ... plants ... herbs ... and birds ... with a vast knowledge of the area, the history and the folk lore of San Miguel de Allende ... who wants to share his joy in the campo.


What do we do? We take a walk in the campo ... have a picnic or bar-b-q ... and usually take a burro to carry what we don’t want to. Occasionally we ride a burro.


Burro Trekking has recently been optimized in that all treks are now custom designed for you and your group.


If you want a trek ... Contact us and we will begin working together. What kind of trek do you want? Easy? Challenging? Overnight? Something from our list? Something new? Something for kids? (They trek at half price.) Talk to us!!


Unless otherwise noted, for a short day trek prices are 200 each with a minimum of 1,000 pesos. If transportation has to be arranged ...that is ... more than 3 people need a ride provided ... then there is an extra fee.


For a longer day trek, it is 250 per person, with a minimum of 1,200 pesos. Transportation same as above


These prices include food ... burro ... some transportation ... perhaps a guard for the vehicles.


If you would like to add to your group, then we can help you advertise on the forum and / or we can send out a mailing to see if other Trekkers would like to join you.


You get to decide things like ... we want dogs ... or ... no dogs cause we want quiet times to watch for birds. You can specify no smokers. You decide if time is important to you cause you have an evening appointment ... or ... we are relaxed and let the day have its way with us.



Changing info, like dates, is in the blog to your left

Descriptions, photos and fixed info is to your right


This site is designed to be interactive. Email us ('contacting us' right column) or leave comments below entries.



Reservations are by email. Use link in each trek description ... or ... see Contacting Us in your right column.


Trek: Secrets of the Tuesday Market



We will join Juan Manuel ...  on a jaunt thru our local tianguis ... the farmer's market ... to see  what is on offer ... fresh chicken ... fresh fish ... green grocers ... herbalists ... honey ... how to pick it ... how to use it.  As this one involves no lunch ... and better no burro ... it is less expensive. 

Overheard recently:

So that is why they hand you the taco that way!  as we learned how to properly eat our breakfast.

I'm bringing my brother!  He needs some of these herbs. 

It's like string cheese ... only better!

An aphrodisiac!?!?!   (Then we surreptitiously looked to see who got some.) 

This is GOOD!  And mole is that easy to make?!?!?!  (The good had 21 ingredients ... and I will create mole magic using only it and 2 more.) 

As my friends can attest, after three years I thought I knew everything.  But it was a packed 2 hours of all new stuff.   And home came quite a few items I would never have thought to try ... except now I know how and what to do with it. 

Juan Manuel is a guy who knows his way around a market.  After all, he was a professional chef.  And he loves to share.

Reservations are by email.  Contact us here to reserve.

When:   We will be going alternating Tuesdays and limiting the groups to 6 ... so everyone can hear and share. 
Where:    We will meet at Mega ... 9:30 ... orange umbrella near the over ramp ..and learn how to take the bus from there
Driving We learn how to take the bus there 
Trekking   About 2 jam packed hours of stall stalking
Lunch Choose what you like from a variety of vendors 
Cost:   100 pesos 
Level:  Anyone  
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