From Cusco: Lamay Chicha de Jora & Corn Culture

Travel to Lamay and discover the tradition of chicha de jora. Visit a local chichería, learn how Andean corn is fermented, join the preparation process, and enjoy a traditional lunch.
Leave Cusco in the morning and travel through the mountains toward Lamay, a traditional town in the Sacred Valley.

Meet your local host and begin by discovering the importance of corn in Andean agriculture, food, and everyday community life.

See different varieties of local corn and learn how selected grains are transformed into jora, the germinated corn traditionally used to prepare chicha de jora.

Continue to a local chichería and meet a producer who will introduce you to the traditional preparation process.

Learn how the corn is germinated, dried, ground, cooked, filtered, and finally fermented to create this ancestral Andean drink.

Because fermentation takes considerably longer than a single tour, you will work with ingredients at different stages of preparation.

Join your host in selected hands-on activities such as grinding jora, stirring the preparation, filtering the liquid, or preparing the traditional vessels used during production.

Your host will show you chicha at different stages so you can understand how its flavor, aroma, and texture change throughout the process.

Once the demonstration is complete, adult travelers may enjoy a small tasting of traditionally prepared chicha de jora.

A non-alcoholic corn-based drink can be offered to travelers who do not wish to consume alcohol.

Learn about the traditional customs associated with chicha and its connection with agriculture, celebrations, food, and community gatherings.

Finish the experience with a traditional lunch prepared with regional ingredients.

After lunch, spend some time walking through Lamay and discovering everyday life in this quieter part of the Sacred Valley before returning to Cusco.

उपलब्धता की गारंटी के लिए जितनी जल्दी हो सके बुक करें। जल्दी बुकिंग पर विचार करना विशेष रूप से तब महत्वपूर्ण है जब आप सार्वजनिक छुट्टियों या सप्ताहांत जैसे उच्च सीजन के दौरान यात्रा की योजना बना रहे हों।

इस यात्रा को आप यात्रा शुरू होने से 24 घंटे पहले बिना किसी शुल्क के रद्द कर सकते हैं। यदि आप इसे 24 घंटे बाद रद्द करते हैं या यात्रा पर नहीं आते हैं, तो भी आपको गतिविधि की पूरी कीमत चुकानी होगी। पिक-अप या प्रस्थान में देर से आना यात्रा पर नहीं आने के रूप में माना जाएगा।