WELCOME TO
CASA MAITRI
Immerse in nature.
Experience a quiet, serene, beautiful, and cultural village tucked deep in the forest in the majestic mountains of southern Oaxaca, Mexico.
Located three hours south of Oaxaca city in San Sebastian, a traditional Zapotec village, our gorgeous retreat center offers the perfect environment for those who wish to disconnect from the world surrounded by the thriving forest, colorful wildflowers, stunning views of the mountains, and plenty of walking trails by the creek where you can find small waterfalls.
All of the buildings are ecological, built with local Earth materials, local wood and thatch. Our energy is Solar. Our restrooms have flushing toilets and spacious, clean showers.
Casa Maitri is located on the edge of this small village with an unobstructed view of the entire surrounding forest and mountains.
Amenities include a yoga room, kitchen, dining room, several beautiful outdoor dining tables situated throughout the property, a small trail leading to a beautiful oasis, and a ceremony room.
Please fill out the contact form below for reservation requests.
You can also reach us via e-mail at maryramirezmartinez209@gmail.com or WhatsApp +52 951 199 5322.
Payment can be made in Mexican pesos or Visa and Mastercard credit cards.
There are no ATM’s in the area so please plan ahead for your cash needs. Most of the restaurants and services in the area only accept cash.
Mirador Cabin
Lovely cabin built from local earth materials with fireplace, double bed, loft with 2 twin beds, and large private outdoor patio where you can watch the sun set into the mountains.
Separate, private, ecological bathroom.
$ 1,100 pesos
Restaurant & Kitchen:
Delicious seasonal homemade, organic traditional Mexican farm to table meals.
Breakfast – $110 pesos per person
Lunch – $150 pesos per person
Dinner – $150 pesos per person
Lunch – $150 pesos per person
Dinner – $150 pesos per person
Health & Wellness:
Temazcal: 3+ people – $250 pesos per person
2 people – $300 pesos per person
1 person – $600 pesos
Yoga & Meditation: Yoga room available for yoga & meditation. Ask at the front if there are any yoga classes scheduled during your stay
Inquire with Mari or Gerardo about our sacred mushroom ceremonies: WhatsApp: +52 984 211 6710
2 people – $300 pesos per person
1 person – $600 pesos
No pets allowed.
No alcohol or drugs.
No alcohol or drugs.
Partners:
Khadi Oaxaca
Immerse yourself in the Khadi experience: handcrafted fabric and clothing where every step from the growth of cotton, to spinning, weaving, and hand-dyeing, is sustainable and ecological. Khadi Oaxaca provides local work for 250+ families.
Ananda Learning Center
A Montessori school based on sustainable and alternative philosophies, built from earth materials, including local wood and thatch, where the majority of the children and teachers are from the local indigenous community.
DIRECTIONS:
Via public transportation from Oaxaca city:
The minibus company, Lineas Unidas, address: Bustamante # 601, Corner (esquina) Xochitl, phone: 52 951-516-2472 — leaves every half hour on the hour and half hour. And if you take option 1 (below), the van leaves every 15 minutes.
There are two options:
Option 1: After 2 hours on the minibus from Oaxaca, get off the minibus in Miahuatlan. Then take a taxi to the San Sebastian Rio Hondo “collectivo” taxi base, called San Sebastian Tres Aguas. It is near Farmacia Vasquez. The address is 156 Mariano Escobedo. Then take a “collectivo” taxi to San Sebastian. Ask the driver to take you to the store of (la tienda de) Eloy y Mari, which they should know. The store is on the corner. Ask for Mari at the store and she will meet you and walk you to Casa Maitri. The minibus from Oaxaca city to Mihuatlan costs 100 pesos and the collectivo taxi from Mihuatlan to San Sebastian costs 60 pesos. Lineas Unidas and the collectivo taxis only accept pesos as payment.
Show the picture below to the taxi driver from Lineas Unidas for this option:
Option 2: Stay on the minibus for an additional hour and get off in San Jose del Pacifico, a more popular town, where you can take a mototaxi for 200 pesos to San Sebastián Rio Hondo. Ask the mototaxi driver to take you to the store of (la tienda de) Eloy y Mari, which they should know. The store is on the corner. Ask for Mari at the store and she will walk you to Casa Maitri. The minibus from Oaxaca city to San Jose del Pacifico costs 190 pesos and the mototaxi to San Sebastian from San Jose del Pacifico costs 200 pesos. Lineas Unidas and the mototaxis only accept pesos as payment.
Via car: (Do not follow Google maps directions. The route is not updated.)
Leaving Oaxaca, take highway 175 south towards Pochutla near the coast. Stay on highway 175 until La Venta where you will turn off of highway 175. Google Maps will try and have you veer off of highway 175 before La Venta in El Portillo de San Andres and take you towards San Andres Paxtlan. Do not go this way. Stay on highway 175 until La Venta. Beware that the last gas station is in a town called Miahuatlan after about two hours south from Oaxaca city, before La Venta. Around an hour after passing through Mihuatlan (3 hours south of Oaxaca city), you will come to a fork in the road in La Venta shown in the picture below where you will veer left. (La Venta is the town just before San Jose Del Pacifico.) There is a green sign that says SS Rio Hondo pointing to the left. If you continue straight, you will pass the turnoff and arrive in San Jose del Pacifico where you will have to backtrack to this fork.
From here it is about twenty minutes further to San Sebastián. You will see a Welcome to San Sebastian sign.
Five minutes after the welcome sign, you will arrive at the center of town, a small three-way intersection. Here you will turn right down the hill. Go two blocks and take the second right. Go to the end of the road and look for parking. There’s a store on the corner on the left. Ask for Mari who will walk you the rest of the way to Casa Maitri.
There is paid parking you can arrange upon arriving.