PERU
The trips worth crossing Peru for.
The 7 most popular textile & weaving workshops in Peru. The ones travellers rate highest, with prices, how long they take and who runs them.
Meet alpacas, llamas, vicuñas, and huanacos on a Cusco farm, plus a weaving demo, with hotel transfer included for $34.
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Private Cusco tour of Inca ruins and Qorikancha plus Manos de la Comunidad camelids museum. 6 hours, pickup included.
“Excellent and interesting historical sites that our guide, Johnathan Flores, explained in a very interesting way.”
Hands-on Cusco textile workshop at Andean Colors. Clean and dye wool, spin and weave, make a bracelet or bookmark, then lunch and alpacas.
“10/10!! Of everything we did in Peru, this was my absolute favorite. I enjoyed this activity more than Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Moray, and all the other typical main attractions. Miguel and Paulita at Andean Colors were absolutely amazing (driver Juan Carlos was also great). If you’ll be staying in or around Cusco, you MUST…”
Hands-on Cusco Sacred Valley textile workshop with Ruth Pimentel: natural dyeing, alpaca yarn, backstrap weaving, and a full included meal.
“This was one of the most fun and educational things we did in Cusco. It was so great to learn how generations before us have dyed wool, woven and told stories through the cloth and how this knowledge has been passed down. I don't know where to start, I am ecstatic after the course! It…”
Cusco half-day city tour with bilingual guide, Qorikancha and Sacsayhuamán stops, plus a South American camelid museum visit.
“This was a very disorganized experience. They gave us a time and then the day of they changed the time. And then we couldn’t find everybody for the tours and then we started even later. And the tour is English and Spanish-speaking. But the guides English speaking skills was not super good so difficult to…”
Nazca’s Cahuachi pyramids and textile visit from Nazca: guided desert history, views, and a short museum stop for $45.
“Carlos is so knowledgable and personable. We felt very comfortable around him. Would highly recommend this for people who want to see something different from the Nazca lines, exceptional experience.”
Private Pisac ruins and an alpaca farm day trip from Cusco with a guide, great Sacred Valley views, and time in the market.
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