Woven Paths: a Peru Weaving Tour is for people who are passionate about textiles, and want to spend days in remote communities learning more about the fascinating Quechua dyeing and weaving traditions. Join us for this once in a lifetime journey to the high Andes, where we will visit extremely remote communities and stay in the home of a Master Weaver. We will be privileged to learn not only about native dye plants and weaving techniques but about a way of life thousands of years old. This is a journey for people who are experienced travelers or willing to travel long days and stay in rustic homestays in high altitude communities. In exchange, the insight into this weaving tradition and the Quechua tradition will be unparalleled.
Join us for a unique Peru Textile tour including:
- 2 days dyeing workshop with native plants and a Master Weaver
- 3 hand on weaving workshops with Quechua Weavers from three different villages.
- Visit to breathtaking Machu Picchu lost city of the Incas
- Visits to handpicked textile and craft oriented museums and textile centers.
- Homestays in two different Quechua villages, and comfortable accommodation in the cities.
- Excellent Peruvian food
- Insight into the village life of the Andean Quechua people, our hosts and friends
- Fully accompanied by an Peruvian textiles enthusiast and local guides
- and much, much more ...
Departure Date
Thurs 7 June to Thurs 21 June 2018
Extend your stay a couple days and take in Cusco's biggest and most important festival, Inti Raymi on 24 June.
If you have a group of 4 or more friends please contact us for other departure dates, specifying your approximate preferred travel dates, number of people in the group, and accommodation style. We will do our best to accommodate you, acknowledging this is a trip led by Peru specialists with already busy schedules. Hotels may vary depending on availability.
Tour Leader
Sarah Confer has over 10 years’ experience working in Peru, and literally lives and breathes textiles. With a background in Art History and Art Conservation she has had stints in Canadian museums preserving textiles, while in Peru she likes to get into the weaving and dyeing and is incredibly passionate about the preservation of the traditions. An Executive Board member of Threads of Peru, Sarah also recently completed a law degree at the University of Victoria, with a focus on culture and indigenous rights.
Master Weaver
Daniel Sonqo has been a driving force in the preservation of Quechua culture for over two decades and an invaluable member of our team since humble beginnings in 2009. Working alongside his incredibly talented wife, Leonarda, and their 4 sons from their welcoming home in Parobamba, their family economy has expanded to include textiles, traditional weaving and dyeing workshops as well as cultivating perhaps the most delicious honey around!
Read Daniel’s full story, and listen to him speak in this video.
Woven Paths: a Peru Weaving Tour: Day by Day Short Itinerary
- Arrival Lima
- Exploring Lima/ Craft store, Amano Museum
- Travel from Lima to Cusco; Visit Centre of Traditional Textiles of Cusco
- Explore Cusco’s Art Scene / San Blas Artisan Neighborhood and Cook your own meal
- Sacred Valley of the Incas / Meet some camelids, Pisaq Ruins and Market & Homestay
- Natural Plant Dye Workshop Parobamba
- Continuation of life in Parobamba / Travel to Ollantaytambo.
- Sacred Valley – Chincheros and Moray
- Threads of Peru Weaving communities & homestay
- Threads of Peru Weaving communities & homestay
- Ollantaytambo and Rest Day
- Travel to Machu Picchu
- Machu Picchu and travel to Cusco
- Cusco, a free day to explore
- Return home
Prices
Price $4995
Single Supplement: $990
Based on a minimum 4 people; maximum 12.
*please enquire if you are a group of 2 people regarding our refund or alternative tour policies.
What is included?
- 14 nights accommodation, as described in itinerary
- Most meals (as described in itinerary)
- All transfers and transport
- All entry fees, unless noted in the itinerary
- Flight Lima - Cusco - Lima
- Flight to Peru from your home country
- Personal spending - snacks, drinks, souvenirs, washing.
- Meals where not specified.
- Tips (not obligatory)
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