Day 1 Lago San Pablo, Community Experience - Peguche Village
Meet your guide and board a vehicle heading North of Quito and towards Imbabura Province. Stop at San Pablo Lake Viewpoint to take some pictures where we will try some delicious biscochos. Visit the Peguche village where artisan workshops, an Andean musical instrument workshop and to complement our tour we will enjoy a short walk inside the Protected Forest Cascada de Peguche. Then, we arrived at the community to visit an organization of women dedicated to preparing typical food and demonstrating typical dishes. We will enjoy a delicious lunch prepared with organic products and the kindness of the people.
After lunch, we will walk 15 minutes to a sacred site called TUNDUN, where our shaman will be waiting for us to demonstrate our ritual using medicinal plants and the energy of the water that we have on the slopes of this sacred site. A volunteer will participate in the demonstration and then an energy cleanse will be given.
Day 2 Cuicocha Lake - Otavalo Market
Breakfast in the hotel. We will head to Cuicocha Lake for a short hike. Typical Ecuadorian menu lunch in Cotacachi Village or Otavalo. After that, we will visit the Otavalo Market, you will have the opportunity to walk through the market to see the different stands and local people exhibiting their multicolored handicrafts and souvenirs. On the way back to Quito, we will do a short stop at the Equator Sundial Monument