For the past twelve years, Jaya Radhe and Manu have been volunteering with a team of wonderful people to organize Krishna Culture Festival Tours for youth and young adults throughout North and Central America. If you're into yoga, spirituality, vegetarianism, eastern traditions, looking for peace of mind, read on.

Click here to view photos of our previous Mexico bus tour.

Four short Google videos of our previous Mexico bus tour: Mexico City to Palenque | Cozumel to Chichen Itza | Playa Ventura (near Acapulco) | Volcanos and Tepozlan

Our tours are organized entirely by volunteers. We divide our costs among the participants, kind of like a communal road-trip among friends. All drivers, organizers, team leaders, cooks, etc. are volunteers. For the duration of the tour we follow the lifestyle of a yogi, abstaining from meat, intoxication, sex, and gambling. We live simply, sleeping on bunk beds in our bus, and cook healthy vegetarian meals. (Our bus has a bathroom with flush toilet and shower.)

We're interested in a genuine spiritual experience and exchange of love between tour participants, between everyone we meet on the tour, as well as on a divine level, with the Supreme Reservoir of Pleasure, who is known as Krishna in our tradition.

Amidst some of the most breathtaking scenery in North and Central America, our main activities include mantra meditation and Kirtan, chanting and singing the pure sound vibrations of ancient spiritual mantras that purify our hearts, calm our minds, and instill joy and contentment.

Our upcoming Mexico & Guatemala winter tour is scheduled December 14 through January 5. Meet us at our starting location in Gainesville, Florida, or anywhere along the way. Take a look at hundreds of photos from previous tours via the "photos link" above.

Highlights:

• Kirtan Retreat on the bus to Mexico.
• Mexico City Krishna Culture Festival.
• Kirtana & sight-seeing in Oaxaca.
• Japa Retreat on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.
• Shopping at the indigenous Mayan arts and crafts market in Chichicastenango, Guatemala.
• Hot-spring waterfalls at Lake Izabal, Guatemala.
• Mayan ruins at Tikal, Guatemala.
• Carribbean ocean beach and swimming at Tulum, Mexico.
• Snorkeling the coral reef off Cozumel Island, Mexico.
• Mayan pyramids at Chichen Itza and Palenque, Mexico.
• Swimming at Agua Azul cascading waterfalls deep in the jungles of central Mexico.
• New Year's Eve Harinama in downtown Mexico City.
• Aztec pyramid city at Teotihuacan, Mexico.
• Kirtan and authentic Mexican vegetarian prasadam feast with devotees at Tulancingo and Monterrey, Mexico.
• Exploring Grutas de Garcia caves, Monterrey, Mexico.
• Sharing of realizations on the bus ride home.

23 days (three weeks), $750 minimum donation. ($699 if you skip the snorkeling.) Only 5 spots remaining. Let us know if you're interested in coming.

Email Manu or Jaya Radhe at: tour@krishna.com

Click here to view photos of our previous Mexico bus tour.