TOURISM PARTICIPATIVO IN THE SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS

A PRESENT MILLENARIAN

In the Sacred Valley of the Incas, near the Cusco, they are the local populations those that develop a participativo tourism where there is no observed observer nor, because the settlers and visitors share the daily activities of the life, in a experience in which the customs, traditions and tecnologias - often of origin prehispanicos - are revealed the visitor from practices it same.

They are the three circuits that operate in independent form, offering a fan of possibilities according to the taste of the visitor.

Located to 55 km of Cusco (Via Chinchero) and to a 3.200 height of msnm, pozas of salt is worked by the local communities in a simple and artisan process, as towards in epoca Inca. The white hundreds of pozas, located in an escarped slope, constitute a spectacular and unico landscape.

The settlers, prepared for local guides, initiate the circuit with an explanation of the mitico and the real thing on the origin of the salineras. Soon he visits himself the main manante of where he brings forth salt water, which is lead habilmente by finisimos channels until a complex system of pozas where the sun was in charge to evaporate it, being left in the floor the natural salt.

Furrowing narrow footpaths done of salt, he arrives himself at pozas where the visitor podra to participate in tecnologia traditional used for the extraction of the mineral.

Soon podra to share one merienda Andean and to taste the traditional CHICHA OF MAIZ. Also podra to visit the plant of treatment where the transformation is made and yodacion of the salt.

Additionally and to little minutes of the salineras, the visitor tendra the opportunity to know the community farmers of PICHINGOTO, famous by its location to the interior of a rocky crag.

Located in the district of Yucay, to 3 km of the city of Urubamba and to 61 km of the Cusco (Via Chinchero).

The platforms of Yucay - of prehispanico origin - are an falsified monumental agricola system. With high stone walls and a complex hidraulico system, the platforms or terraces (personal ex--possession of the Huayna Inca Able) that exceed each one the 15 hectareas constitute a place I magnify and insurmountable in his I generate.

Such agriculturists - after giving the welcome - are in charge to lead to the group of visitors towards the platforms being crossed the narrow paved with stones streets of the town of Yucay and the small farms of giant white maiz of Urubamba, single cultivated aqui.

The guide explains as the Incas constructed to the platforms, showing the terraces of culture and the agricolas tasks of the moment. Podra to be a Small farm of maiz or aromaticas quizas of Pope, vegetables, plants, leafy you hoist fruit trees, or others of the innumerable variety of cultures that alli take place.

The visitor podra to get up itself to you practice them agricolas traditional, with the necessary tools, many of them elaborated by they themselves.

But late podra to share one merienda Andean with products of the zone, enjoying the popular folklore of a group of musicos and dancers.

Like act of goodbye or KACHARPARI farmers, guide and tourists they returned to the seat of Yucay, festejando the encounter.

In epocas remote, Pumahuanca - a rich valley of high located agricola production next to the city of Urubamba to 2.800 msnm - comprises of deprived territories of Able the Huayna Inca, just as the platforms of Yucay, conserving itself even today the incaicas forms of culture, the rest of old constructions and mainly, the prehispanico system of irrigation that crosses all the subriver basin.

The population this organized in a Comite de Regantes that groups to but of thousand families.

At the beginning of the route podra to notice the diversity of its cultures due to the high quality of lands, soon to go into in the small farm and house of a family farmer. After a refrescante refrigerio based on products of the zone, the owner of the house and the guide taught in practice them, the agricolas tecnicas, or in epoca of sowing or harvest or quizas are the time to thank to the PACHAMAMA (earth), one of the daily rituals that the Andean family accustoms.

Aqui also compartira musica folklorica and one merienda is healed and nutritious, like signal of an initiated friendship.

If it is remained but time in the community, optionally podra to be made long walks of 1 to 5 days, always accompanied by the local guides, who know the environs and their rich incaica history better than nobody.

EVERYTHING INCLUDING

The circuit of half day includes the guidance (of the community), refrigerio, participation of the agricolas workings or extraction of salt, and a memory of the zone. The circuits of a day include, ademas, a lunch, musica and dancers.

WATCHING THE CALENDAR

The agricolas tasks are made all the year, restrigidas during the months of rain, October to May.

HARMONIZING

In the Sacred Valley it is respected the medio.ambiente and its people, and it is the same asked to him the visitors, who must participate in the conservation of the visited places, respecting ademas the form of life of the community and its customs.

INFORMES/INFORMATION

Participativo tourism in the Sacred Valley.
Plaza Manco II N° 103 - Yucay.
Cusco - Perú.
Tel./Phone: (084)201099 - (084)201320)
Fax: (084)201077
e-mail: inkapusayuc@hotmail.com
e-mail: inkapusayuc@yahoo.es

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