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.



Tanya Marie Luhrmann is a professor of anthropology at Stanford University, with a courtesy appointment in psychology. She is an expert on spiritual and supernatural experience and the ways in which spirit becomes real and meaningful for people.
Tanya Marie Luhrmann is a professor of anthropology at Stanford University, with a courtesy appointment in psychology. She is an expert on spiritual and supernatural experience and the ways in which spirit becomes real and meaningful for people.