VICOS

ACTIVITIES IN VICOS

During your visit to Vicos you will be staying in a lodge very close to a Quechua-family's home. They will cook for you and ensure that you will have the deepest intercultural experience ever by making you a part of their everyday life. The man will be your personal guide throughout the days and explain you everything about his life. He will show you his lands and the crops he grows on them. He will introduce you to his family and tell you about his kids. You will see them coming back from school and you might even find yourself helping them with their homework or with the household tasks they receive from their mother. She will explain you all about the way she cooks, the ingredients she uses, where they come from and how they will be prepared. It is really great to realise that practically everything in the lives of the Quechua Indians comes from their backyard. It is so interesting to see the way they co-operate with nature, so many things that most people from Western countries have already forgotten for a very long time.
Some of the activities that you can realize are:

• You will stay in comfortable lodges with basic needs and privacy. They are all standing close to the house of your host family who will take care of you during your stay. All lodges provide beautiful views of the area.
  
• You will enjoy our local food and traditions…
  
• You will do activities within the family, like making bread in our oven, harvest honey from our bees, fishing, grazing with the animals or finding tea herbs
  
• You can make short hikes through the fields, to viewpoints within the community and to ruins of the Huari and Recuay period…
  Or long hikes, to lakes and glaciers, with splendid views of the community and all the Huaylas Valley with the Cordillera Blanca at the background.
  
• You can visit our local craftsman and enjoy their work…
  
• You learn with us, while we and our kids learn with you...
  
• You will see how we still live in harmony with our natural environment...
  
• This town will give you a real RURAL EXPERIENCE, come and discover it :).