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Homestay Experience in Chinchero

Two days as a guest of a family in the community of Ocutuan - Umasbamba, in Chinchero: Andean cooking, alpaca herding, a textile workshop and Piuray Lagoon. You sleep in a local home. For travelers seeking a close cultural experience.

2 days / 1 nightNight in a local family home2 lunches, 1 dinner and 1 breakfastPickup from your hotel in Cusco
Duration2 days / 1 night
PickupYour hotel in Cusco's historic center
LodgingA local family's home
CommunityOcutuan - Umasbamba (Chinchero)

Highlights

What you’ll experience

  • Andean welcomeYour host family welcomes you with traditional music and dance.
  • Cooking with the familyYou take part in preparing a traditional lunch with local ingredients.
  • Textile workshopYou learn about shearing, plant dyeing and the meaning of the designs.
  • Piuray LagoonYou learn its history and traditional farming techniques, depending on the season.

Itinerary

Day by day

The visit to the Chinchero archaeological site is optional and requires the Cusco Tourist Ticket (boleto turístico), which is not included.

Day1

Welcome and Life with a Family in Ocutuan - Umasbamba

LunchDinner

We pick you up from your hotel in Cusco's historic center and travel about 35 minutes to the district of Chinchero. From there you continue to the community of Ocutuan - Umasbamba, where a local family welcomes you with traditional music and dance. You get to know the family, their home and how the community is organized, and you take part in preparing a traditional lunch with fresh local ingredients.

In the afternoon you join everyday tasks such as herding alpacas and sheep, gathering firewood or the plants used to dye wool. You close the day with a traditional dinner with the family and spend the night in their home.

Overnight: Host family home in Ocutuan - Umasbamba

Day2

Andean Textiles, Piuray Lagoon and Return to Cusco

BreakfastLunch

You start with a traditional breakfast prepared by the family and walk through the community: its streets, its church and its daily life. Then you join a workshop on Andean textiles, where you learn about shearing, dyeing with natural plants, traditional weaving and the meaning of the designs; if you wish, you can buy handicrafts directly from the artisans.

Afterward you visit Piuray Lagoon, where you learn about its history, its value to the community and farming techniques such as plowing, potato harvesting or preparing a huatia, depending on the season. After a farewell lunch, you return to Cusco. If you wish, you can request an optional visit to the Chinchero archaeological site (requires the Cusco Tourist Ticket, not included).

✓Included

  • Pickup from your hotel in Cusco's historic center.
  • Round-trip transport Cusco – Chinchero – Cusco.
  • 1 night's lodging in a local family home.
  • Meals: 1 breakfast, 2 lunches and 1 dinner.
  • Activities with the host family and the textile workshop.
  • Visit to Piuray Lagoon.

✕Not included

  • Cusco Tourist Ticket for the optional visit to the Chinchero archaeological site.
  • Handicrafts and personal purchases.
  • Tips.
  • Personal expenses.

Frequently asked questions

About Homestay Experience in Chinchero

What does the experience in Chinchero include?+

It includes pickup from your hotel in Cusco's historic center, round-trip transport, one night in a local family home, 1 breakfast, 2 lunches and 1 dinner, activities with the family, the textile workshop and the visit to Piuray Lagoon.

Where do you sleep?+

In a family home in the community of Ocutuan - Umasbamba. Lodging is simple, designed for living alongside the family.

What activities are included?+

You take part in cooking, herding alpacas and sheep, gathering firewood or plants for dyeing, a textile workshop and, depending on the season, farm work such as plowing, potato harvesting or huatia.

Do you visit the Chinchero archaeological site?+

It is optional. You can request it, but it requires the Cusco Tourist Ticket, which is not included in the price.

What is the cancellation policy?+

If you cancel 45 days or more in advance, you receive a 70% refund; between 30 and 44 days, 50%; with less than 30 days' notice or if you do not show up, there is no refund.

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