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Sacred Valley Community

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Highlights:

• Drop in on a local craft market
• Learn more on a local community visit and participate in seasonal local activities (harvesting, fishing, football playing, painting, teaching kids)
• Have an opportunity to sample local cuisines
• Take in the atmosphere of local life in Peru

Tour style:Food, Cuisine & Market visits, Local life / Culture
Inclusion:

Private transport from hotel to hotel, lunch, activity at the community, and entrance fee to the Ollantaytambo archaelogical site.

Exclusion:

Items of a personal nature, tips for guides, personal money to buy craft in Pisac or at the community.

Group size:Maximum 12
Schedule details:

• Duration: 9 hours
• Meeting point:

  Centrally located hotels in Cusco.

• Start time: 8.30 AM-9.00 AM
• Finish point:

  Centrally located hotels in Cusco.

   

Additional information :

• Voucher exchange details:

  Please present your voucher to the local guide at the beginning of the trip.

• Confirmation of booking:

  Please contact Cusco Urban Adventures to confirm your trip 24 hours prior to departure.

• Dress standard:

  Latin Americans can be very conscious of appearance so try to be casual but conservative in your dress. Outside of beach areas halter tops and very short shorts should not be worn.

• Child policy:

  Children must be 6 years of age to 11 years inclusively.

   

• Language: English

Itinerary:

Depart Cusco at 9 am for the town of Pisac, located in the heart of the Sacred Valley on the Urubamba river. The Sacred Valley was very important for the Inca Empire. The Incas built great citadels, scientific stations, and cities throughout this valley.

 

Pisac is a great place to see Andean life up close. As will as having a Sunday mass given in the Quechua language, Pisac is also home to a bustling craft market where the barter system is still an accepted method for buying goods. Explore the market and maybe barter for a few items yourself before heading out of town to a smaller community. Along the way take in the spectacular landscape of the region.

 

Commmunities are still living in a very traditional way cultivating wheat, potatoes, corn, beans and quinoa to name a few. The region is home to 3000 varieties of potatoes and is essential to the Andean cuisine.

 

On arrival, we will experience a day in the life of a local community. Depending on the season and the activity on that day, we can be harvesting the fields, fishing, cooking, playing football, painting houses or school, building roof or teaching kids. There is always something to do to help the community. The activity will probably be interrupted by the local “mamas” that will be offering us to join for a meal.

 

It will then be time to thank our host and visit the near by Ollantaytambo archaelogoical site for an insight into the past.  We then make our way back to Cuzco through more incredible landscape, land of stories and anecdotes that your local guide will share away.

 

Your trip:

This trip is offered on a "join-in" basis. Maximum group size is 12.

Tipping:

If you are happy with the services provided by your local guides and drivers a tip - though not compulsory - is appropriate. While it may not be customary to you, it is of great significance to the people who will take care of you during your travels, inspires excellent service, and is an entrenched feature of the tourism industry across many Intrepid Urban Adventures destinations. Please consider this when budgeting for your extra expenses on this tour

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