Visitors are now able to access Esalen as well as other businesses and trails in northern Big Sur via twice-daily convoys on Highway 1 operated by Caltrans.
Convoys run only at 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. each day. These are the only opportunities to travel into and out of Big Sur, so visitors must plan accordingly.
Ditas Katague is Director of the California Complete Count—Census 2020 Office and an expert in ethnic outreach and civic engagement. She led California's census outreach in 2000, 2010 and 2020 and was at the helm of a successful groundbreaking multi-lingual, multi-media campaign to reach the hardest-to-count Californians. In 2019, Ditas was recognized in the Capitol Weekly’s Top 100 Most Powerful Movers and Shakers in California politics. She also teaches kundalini yoga after discovering it at Esalen in 2012.