What to do in Vicundo:

There are many things you can enjoy doing in Vicundo:

Organic Orchards: You can participate with your family host growing local and traditional products like corn, potatoes and more. In this case Vicundo offers a speciall thing: they extract the agaves sap with an ancient and traditional process every morning and afternoon, you can do it and learn how important is this plant for environment preparing a delicious sweet drink or soup with cheese. 

Woman extracting the agave sap. Photo by Mishky Huarmy

Cooking delicious: if you are in Vicundo you can cook a traditional or local food with our families and have a unique experience. Some of the delicious food you can prepare are:

Preparing products to cook

Humitas: for this food is necessary to grind fresh corn kernels, making a mix with different ingredients and after this you put the cornmeal in corn husks, you cook them and after some minutes serve these with a hot and fresh coffee.

Llapingachos: it is an omelet of mashed potatoes that is served with fresh vegetables and pork if you want.

Delicious potatoes 

Chicha: it is the emblematic drink of ecuadorians also known as the drink of Gods. To prepare this we need at least two weeks if you want to see all the traditional process, or we can wait for you preparing everything and when you get to Vicundo can participate in some of the last preparations. 

Traditional way to cook

Or if you have in mind a different and traditional food you would like to prepare, just tell us!!!!

Learning to dance: For this activity you can use the traditional dresses and learn to dance with us in the way ecuadorian communities dance. Or in some moments can learn some salsa o bachata. 

Local dancers

Spanish classes: You can learn a good spanish in Vicundo with personalized classes.

Learning to play andean instruments: surprise your family and friends, learn to play andean instruments like rondadores, quenas, flutes, very easy and melodic. 

Learning