Amazing Monte Alban Exprés

Tomas is so knowledgeable! We had some really interesting conversations during our drive. He’s friendly & personable & clearly loves what he does. He set up exactly what we wanted to see m. Highly recommend!

Choosing the right tour guide from a list of unknowns is purely a matter of luck. My wife and I could not have been luckier when we selected Tomas from among the guides offering tours of Monte Albán, the ancient capital of the Zapotec civilization. Tomas checks all the boxes of attributes we look for in a guide: personable and knowledgeable, yet self-confident enough to admit when he or she doesn’t know the answer to a question. Tomas is all of these things but above all, he is a genuinely kind and gentle person who is easy to talk to about matters both tour-related and personal. Tomas generously shared much of his personal history, from his boyhood journey from his home village outside Oaxaca to California and the years he spent there working and learning English before he chose to return home, become a professional guide, and contribute to the well-being of his mother and younger family members. Of course we learned an immense amount about Zapotec history and culture during our tour of Monte Albán, but our time in this most captivating Mexican city was especially enriched through what we learned from Tomas about the Oaxacan people’s devotion to family and their determination to preserve the local culture and folkways. So never mind luck – we cannot recommend Tomas more enthusiastically.

Tomas is an amazing guide! His breadth of knowledge is beyond compare , presented in an interesting and fun way. We highly recommend!

Our guide Tomas was a standout and couldn't have been better. He was incredibly well informed and the detail of his knowledge impressive. He answered every question we threw at him thoughtfully and with patience. We would definitely use him again and would highly recommend him.

This is my second time leveraging Tours By Locals and there is a big difference between an AirBnB tour and a TbL tour. Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable and a real local dedicated to his pueblo and community. It's funny how sometimes the best part of the tour is the conversation in the car vs. the actual sites you go to visit.

Tomas was knowledgeable and extremely helpful on our tour of Monte Alban.