The 4 Best Day of the Dead Tours in Mexico City

1.Day of the Dead Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.4 · 97 reviews · 8 hours · from $57Our pick

Spend November 1 exploring Mexico City’s Day of the Dead traditions with an English or Spanish guide. Visit Panteón de Dolores, see family altars, and ride a trajinera through Xochimilco with live mariachi. Guides such as Clara, Dana, and Ruben have led recent departures.

“Dana notre guide nous a perdu durant l'excursion. On est rentré avec Ruben. Dana n'a pas les best practise d'un guide, elle manque de formation. c'est très mauvais pour un guide de perdre ses voyageurs. Elle a besoin de beaucoup plus de formation. Elle n'a jamais compté le nombre de voyageurs que nous étions durant l'excursion, seulement à la montée dans le car. Elle marchait extrêmement vite. De nombreuses personnes n'arrivaient pas à la suivre. Sinon la visite du cimetière le soir est très émouvant. Très touchant. La ballade en barque sur les canaux est sympa, malheureusement les boissons et la nourriture proposées à la vente ne sont pas au…”

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2.Day of the Dead Tour in Mexico City

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 78 reviews · 7 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $73

Spend 7 to 8 hours exploring Mexico City’s Day of the Dead traditions, with a guided cemetery visit and a night trajinera ride through Xochimilco. Live mariachi adds a festive finish. The $73 tour includes transport, guide service, cemetery entry, and the boat ride, but not food or drinks.

“This tour was chaotic, not as interesting as expected and with a lot of time spent waiting or driving. We arrived at the meeting point and had to wait 45 minutes to board the bus as our group had to wait for it to arrive. Then we spent aroun”

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3.Day of the Dead Tour in San Andres Míxquic From Mexico City

★★★★★★★★★★3.7 · 52 reviews · from $94

Join a small group or private tour from Mexico City to San Andrés Mixquic, where a local guide explains ofrendas, marigolds, candles, and cemetery traditions. You get pan de muerto and atole, with guides available in five languages. November 2 is the key date for the candlelit Alumbrada.

“Nothing like described! The guide was a nice person who really tried but the activity had really nothing. The transportation was very unpleasant and the Mixquic had nothing. Just a cemetery, some info about the día de Los muertos festivities, free time to the food vendors (that are everywhere in Mexico City and you don’t need to travel 5 hours round trip to get to them) and that’s it. Overpriced for what it does (not) offer and basically waste of time.”

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4.The real “Dia de muertos” tour in Mixquic + secret cemetery

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 27 reviews · 9 to 11 hours (approx.) · from $328

Start with tacos, drinks, mariachi, and a singing Catrina aboard a Xochimilco trajinera. Then visit a local cemetery in San Antonio Tecómitl before spending four hours at Mixquic’s candlelit Alumbrada. English guides may include Chandler or Alicia, though names are not guaranteed.

“- expect to have tour with 100+ other people - expect tour to last 14 hours - bring your own food and snacks unless you want mystery meat tacos for lunch - do not go off of the details provided in your confirmation message such as “look for purple umbrellas” as there was nothing like that to identify the group upon arrival - do not expect to be dropped off where you were picked up, despite the confirmation saying otherwise - the hosts were friendly, but none of the tours were guided”

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