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.
John J. Prendergast, PhD, is the author of In Touch, a nondual spiritual teacher, a practicing psychotherapist, and ra etired adjunct professor of psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is also the senior editor of The Sacred Mirror and Listening from the Heart of Silence.