Amaru Community – The Art of Weaving
Full day
Cusco, Peru
Amaru it’s a community located at 3800 m.a.s.l. in the Sacred Valley of the Inka´s mountains above Pisaq, approximately 30 minutes driving from Pisaq and 0ne hour from Cusco, they are considered the last inka´s descendant families, their first language is quechua, their main activity its weaving textiles, and agriculture, the view of the mountain are amazing, it’s an unforgettable experience to visit them. At this place you will develop the iconography of their textiles, the ancestral techniques and the message they pass down with their weaving, colors and arts of their weaving.
Detailed Itinerary
Amaru Community - The Art of Weaving
- We leave from your hotel in the morning, on the way we can stop to take pictures and watch the beautiful landscape of the Sacred Valley of the Inkas covering an área of 1300 m2.
- We visited the  archeological sites of Pisaq located in the upper part of the mountain. Our professional guide will explain about that place and show you one of the biggest cemetery of the Valley also you will see the magnificent terraces and buildings, after the tour we will continue our drive to Amaru community  to visit the families and the local women will wait for us with warm welcome by native flowers, traditional music, immediately they will teach what kind of plants they use to cure different illness and to dye the wool, also we will observe how they make the thread, and the technique of weaving where they will show you each design with their meaning, around 13:00 hrs we will go to the dinning room where we will enjoy the food make by them with local products such quinoa, potato, wild andean tomato, etc. later we back home by car.
Included
- Private Transportation from/to Hotel
- Entrance fee to Pisaq archeological site
- Professional tour guide English speaker
- Activities with local ladies
- Lunch
Not included
- Airfare
- Transfer from/to the Airport
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Breakfast, dinner
- Tips
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Price
$ 350.00
Per Person