Amazing show by los voladores de Papantla, worth staying to enjoy their performance. Highly recommend this.

Especially if you see it where it all started - in Papantla! If you can't - you can see it in many other places, e.g. Xochimilco floating gardens (in Nuevo Nativitas, near the parking lot), Anthropological Museum in Mexico City (in front of the entrance), Tulum (parking lot), sometimes near the Cholula Pyramid

I have seen these guys in Mexico City. It really was a unique experience. It's incredible what these guys can do - breathtaking. If you get an opportunity to see them - go and see them! It's really worth it.

These guys are awsome and as they say, "dont try this at home".!!! Their feet and bodies are tied to the top of a tall pole about as high as a 7 story building. Then they jump and slowly unravel their ropes while hanging upside down and swinging around the pole until they reach the end of their ropes and... More

A unique ritual and performance. The insistence of paying at least 30 pesos "donation" per person did not sit too well with me. But - oh well ...

My wife and I live less than two hours' bus ride from Papantla. We visited only for a weekend, but plan to return. The voladores perform every hour daily from 9am to 6pm. We talked with them and took pictures of course, for a small tip. They are very friendly. Their performance is impressive, majestic, and a cultural gem for... More

This was really a fabulous glimpse at an ancient Mexican cultural tradition. I enjoyed watching them very much. This is basically an aerial dance that takes place atop a tall pole. The dance starts with very nice flute music as gradually the dancers descend from the pole on ropes while performing a ritual aerial dance. Truly amazing ... and famous... More

My friend and I were the only gringos in town. Charming zocalo, home of the original voladores, amazing sight, good food, amiable people.

This is an old indigenous tradition symbolizing the year ahead. As I am a Skydiver I find it very interesting since the discipline I practice is head down flying or freefly...plus if you know some history of the Mexican people, it adds to your culture. It is a surviving prehispanic tradition.