Esalen Institute is open! However, Highway 1 to the south is closed — please review the current travel advisory.
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Due to road closures along Highway 1 to our north and south, Esalen is closed through April 11.
Esalen Institute is open! However, Highway 1 to the south is closed — please review the current travel advisory.

Esalen opens May 3, 2024

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.

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Peter Rader

Peter Rader, has worked as a film and television writer/producer for 30 years. Following his first script, Waterworld (1995), he’s developed projects for industry leaders such as Steven Spielberg and Dino De Laurentiis. 

An accomplished author, Rader published his first book in 2013: Mike Wallace: A Life, a biography of the legendary CBS journalist, which Rader was hired to adapt into a script for director Rob Reiner. Most recently, Rader wrote Playing to the Gods: Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse, and the Rivalry That Changed Acting Forever (Simon & Schuster, 2018), which is being adapted for the screen by Emmy & Golden Globe winner Michael Sucsy.

Rader attended Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude. He is accomplished in a broad range of fields, including music and photography.

Peter Rader, has worked as a film and television writer/producer, author and ghostwriter for 30 years. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University and is accomplished in a broad range of fields, including music and photography

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Peter Rader

Peter Rader, has worked as a film and television writer/producer for 30 years. Following his first script, Waterworld (1995), he’s developed projects for industry leaders such as Steven Spielberg and Dino De Laurentiis. 

An accomplished author, Rader published his first book in 2013: Mike Wallace: A Life, a biography of the legendary CBS journalist, which Rader was hired to adapt into a script for director Rob Reiner. Most recently, Rader wrote Playing to the Gods: Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse, and the Rivalry That Changed Acting Forever (Simon & Schuster, 2018), which is being adapted for the screen by Emmy & Golden Globe winner Michael Sucsy.

Rader attended Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude. He is accomplished in a broad range of fields, including music and photography.

Peter Rader, has worked as a film and television writer/producer, author and ghostwriter for 30 years. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University and is accomplished in a broad range of fields, including music and photography

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