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.
Steven Kotler is a New York Times best-selling author of The Rise of Superman and co-founder and director of research for the Flow Genome Project. His articles have appeared widely, including in the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic, Wired, and Forbes.