HUAYLLAFARA

FARMING IN THE ANDES

Huayllafara it’s a community located above the Sacred Valley at 3500 m.a.s.l. with 40 families, the main activity is agriculture on the way we see farms growing crops, all the technique they use are coming from Inkas and pre- Inkas, the farmers still believe in the natural gods to have good harvesting season, also they have a farm calendar where you will learn to see and understand the interesting  good season for farming.

TOURS

ONE DAY TOUR

HUAYLLAFARA COMMUNITY

We start from our hotel in the morning and we go by our transportation to Wayllafara Community (one and  a half hours from Cusco) our local families will wait for us with very warm welcome playing their Pututus (sea shell trumpet)  announcing your arrival, then they will introduce themself, we will get hot tea, later we go to see and learn of agricultural andean calendar, the local guide will explain us the community itself  agricultural calendar, we will see the ancient agricultural artifacts, we will learn everything about cultivation, harvesting, and everything about it, all of that in their scale model, then we will make a tinqa (symbolic offer to mother earth with coca leaves and chica) later  are going to the farmland to involve in one of the agricultural activity. After the activity we go back to the local house to have lunch; (pachamanca: is a peruvian traditional dish baked with the aid of hot stones, it is generally made of lamb, chicken, pork, marinated in herbs and spices also we put potatoes, sweet potatoes, plantain), then we learn the process and preparation of   chicha (fermented corn drink), a Sacred drink of energy for farmers. Also, we will see different  varieties  of corn. In the afternoon we go back home by our transportation.

TWO DAYS TOUR

HUAYLLAFARA COMMUNITY – HIKE

First day:

We start from our hotel in the morning and we go by our transportation to Wayllafara Community (one and a half hours from Cusco) our local families will wait for us with very warm welcome playing their Pututus (sea shell trumpet)  announcing your arrival, then they will introduce themself, we will get hot tea, later we go to see and learn of agricultural andean calendar, the local guide will explain us the community itself  agricultural calendar, we will see the ancient agricultural artifacts, we will learn everything about cultivation, harvesting, and everything about agriculture, all of that in their scale model, then we will make a tinqa (symbolic offer to mother earth with coca leaves and chica), immediately we make our Pachamanka traditional cook on the grown with hot stones where we are going to roasted, chicken, lam, potatoes, sweet potatoes, fava beans,  while our food in cooking we get our rooms and the accommodations later we go back to have our Pachamanka lunch, in  the afternoon we go to the farmland to involve in one of the agricultural activity. In the evening we have dinner then optional outdoor fire.

Second Day:

We wake up around 07:00 one hour later we have breakfast, then we go for our hike for two and half hours one way through  beautiful landscape to a beautiful look out to enjoy the view of the Sacred Valley of the Inkas, then we will hike back to the community and have lunch, later we learn the process and preparation of  chicha (fermented corn drink), a Sacred drink of energy for farmers also we will see different varieties of corn. In the afternoon we go back home by our transportation.

PRICE: 325 USD per  person based on 02 people

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