Acambay: Artisan Experience
ID: GYG1470781-2245573
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Country: Peru
Country: Peru
Duration: 03:30 hours
Description
Discover an experience where clay, corn, and handcrafted work bring families and travelers together around the living traditions of Acambay.
Enjoy an authentic experience in the community of La Estancia Chica, where a family dedicated to ceramics will open the doors of their workshop to share with you a tradition passed down through generations.
Tour the small family workshop, choose a piece of pottery, and decorate it in your own style while learning about the cultural value of handcrafted ceramics.
Then gather around the comal to prepare tortillas, sopes or tlacoyos using traditional techniques and enjoy a meal prepared by everyone.
At the end, you'll take your ceramic piece home as a souvenir of an experience where clay, corn, and togetherness create unforgettable moments.
What will you experience?
• Welcome and tour of a family-owned ceramics atelier.
• Decorating a handmade piece with paint.
• Traditional preparation of tortillas and sopes.
• Lunch and time with the host family.
• Delivery of your ceramic piece as a souvenir.
Enjoy an authentic experience in the community of La Estancia Chica, where a family dedicated to ceramics will open the doors of their workshop to share with you a tradition passed down through generations.
Tour the small family workshop, choose a piece of pottery, and decorate it in your own style while learning about the cultural value of handcrafted ceramics.
Then gather around the comal to prepare tortillas, sopes or tlacoyos using traditional techniques and enjoy a meal prepared by everyone.
At the end, you'll take your ceramic piece home as a souvenir of an experience where clay, corn, and togetherness create unforgettable moments.
What will you experience?
• Welcome and tour of a family-owned ceramics atelier.
• Decorating a handmade piece with paint.
• Traditional preparation of tortillas and sopes.
• Lunch and time with the host family.
• Delivery of your ceramic piece as a souvenir.
Highlights
- Decorate your own ceramic piece.
- Spend time with a family from a community in Acambay.
- Learn traditional cooking techniques on the comal.
- Take home a unique piece made by you as a souvenir of this experience.
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
To provide you with a safe experience in accordance with our policies, when you participate, we will ask you to sign in advance a privacy notice, an authorization for the use of your image, and a form accepting the conditions of participation.
These documents are part of the standard process for our experiences.
These documents are part of the standard process for our experiences.
INCLUDED
- Ceramic decorating workshop.
- Ceramic piece to decorate and take with you.
- Workshop materials.
- Preparation of traditional foods.
- Lunch.
- Nutritious lunch box.
- Hydration throughout the experience.
- Traveler insurance.
- Commemorative certificate as Guardian of the Routes.
- Access and materials.
NOT INCLUDED
- Transportation.
- Tips.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.