General information
This page contains general information on the village of Vicos, its location, history, culture, nature and the climate.
What to see and do
On this page you can find more information about activities you might undertake during your stay in the village. There are three main topics on this page: Natural beauty, Quechua Indian Culture, and Historical assets.
Your stay in Vicos
This page tells more into detail what you can expect during your stay with a Vicosino family, main topics are Families, Their animals, Food, Drinks and Medicines. Very interesting as well!
How to book
Contact information and prices are the information you can find by clicking above.
About the project
More business-related information on the project and why The Mountain Institute executed it, and what the goals and objectives of the project are, etc. Description of the Tourism Product.
Photo Album
Check this out! You can do a Photo Tour and get a real good impression about Vicos and what it looks like!!!
Guestbook
Several travelers who have been to Vicos before left their enthusiastic stories here. Please read what other people's experiences were in Vicos. And get convinced that you should really get there as quick as you can!!!
The Cullaquihuayi Tourism Project in Vicos started in 2001, when the NGO The Mountain Institute decided to start a sustainable community-based tourism project in the village. This NGO strengthened the project members' capacities in tourism service, guiding, cooking hygienically, social aspects of the project, and so on. The first group of tourists visited our project in May 2002.
Since then we have received many tourists, who were all enchanted by their stay in our village. With this website we want to show you why a visit to the community of Vicos is so interesting. We would be very glad with your visits, because it means we can help our families and our community to develop. Thank you very much for your interest, we hope that you like our Homepage!
Greetings from the Vicosinos.
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Welcome to Vicos, Per�!
What can I do in Vicos?
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One of the tourist lodges with the Huascarán on the background. Click on the photo to enlarge.
The community eucalyptus forest, easy to reach from each lodge.
One of your guides and/or hosts Julián, and the Huascarán at the background.
You can make short hikes...
Two tourists and their local guide at Lake Lejíacocha, with the glaciar of the Copa mountain on the background.
The Lake Lejíacocha, one of the lakes that you can walk to if you want to make a one-day hike. You can see the peak of Copa Grande: more than 6.000 meters high!
Or long hikes...
You will stay in comfortable lodges with basic needs and privacy. They are all standing close to your host family's house who will take care of you during your stay. All lodges provide beautiful views of the area, as you can see above.
General Information
What to see and do
Your stay in Vicos
How to book
About the project
Photo Albums
Guestbook
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General information
What to see and do
Your stay in Vicos
How to book
About the project
Photo Albums
Guestbook
Manuel's wife is proud on the food she made for the visitors.
Learning which different kinds of potatoes exist in Vicos (and that's a lot of them!)
Julián's daughters are cleaning guinea pig for lunch!
An artisan who works in wood. Out of a raw piece of wood he is able to make a spoon within five minutes! Come and see it for yourself!
Pedro, your guide, will teach you all about his environment, like the flowers that grow there and where they are used for.
If you want to, you can try to help the people out in the field. But as you can see on this face, it's really hard work! But full cultural integration!
The kids of one of our project members. In total he has eleven children! One big cosy mess it is!
A local weaver showing his products to the visitors.
Three of Manuel's nine children. They are very curious, and will ask you a lot about your country. In return, they will show you a lot of their culture!
You will enjoy our local food and costumes...
You can visit our local artisans and enjoy their works...
You learn with us, while we and our kids learn with you...
You will see and learn how we still live in harmony with our natural environment...
Dear visitor,
Ups, �prefiero el Castellano!
Manuel is showing how they make flour out of wheat.
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