Original Cusco Tour | Pachamanca & Weaving Experience

This is a Cusco Tour to be savoured. It’s a rare opportunity to be welcomed into an ancient Incan community. It’s even rarer still, to be taught archaic traditions in weaving and cooking. But you’re in luck, as this amazing opportunity comes presented to you by the Patabamba People, high up in the hills of the Sacred Valley. Join them for a day as you learn of their weaving and textile tradition, from the shearing of the sheep for wool to its natural dyeing process. After working up an appetite, indulge in the local, organic feast prepared for you in the ancient and traditional method of Pachamanca. Book online now to enjoy this amazing experience.

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Highlights of our full-day Cusco Tour to the Patabamba Village:

On this Cusco tour, you will learn about the ancient traditions kept by the Patabamba community and hear their beautiful Quechua language.
Visit their archaic, colourful village, and experience their unique way of life
Engage with locals among the incredible and fascinating ruins
Learn ancient methods of plant medicine, dyeing wool, as well as spinning by hand.
Taste real, local, and organic food pulled straight from the scorching ground, in the traditional pachamanca method

Itinerary Overview:

You will be picked up from your accommodation shortly after breakfast, for a short scenic drive. Along the way you will pass through the mystical Valley of the Incas, close to the Pisac village. Once you arrive at the Patabamba Community , enjoy the fresh, mountain air.

Here, you will learn all about the 2000 year old weaving traditions and techniques of the Patabamba. You will sport the colourful, local garments, as you observe the the local Andean plant life used for medicines, dyeing wool, and consumption. Thereafter, you can try your hand at the spinning of yarn, whilst utilising their ancient techniques.

Soon afterwards, a ceremony will begin to prepare the pachamanca. Pachamanca is a rare, archaic method of cooking a feast, using fire, stones, and prepared under the soil of the earth. Sip on local chicha, a fermented corn beer, as you marvel at these Inca methods.

Dine with the locals and indulge in their delicious, organic, locally-produced gala. A sure unique experience to be savoured. After you have feasted and said your goodbyes, we will take you back to your accommodation.

Cusco to the Sacred Valley

On this Cusco tour, you will travel into the Sacred Valley, and also back in time to the days of the Incas. Travel up into the hills and visit the isolated Patabamba community, who have maintained the language, colourful dresses, and traditional way of life of their imperial ancestors. Learn about the native plants that the Patabamba people use in medicine and to dye their vibrant clothes, and try your hand at traditional wool spinning techniques. Discover the traditional weaving techniques that are used to create the Peruvian textiles that you will have seen in local markets. Afterwards, sit down for an organic lunch harvested from the nearby fields before returning to Cusco in the evening.

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Varlens / AutoModo

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