Eco-Tour

2009 Eco Tour - December 20, 2009-Jaunary3, 2010
Affordable $950 includes all lodging, food, and in country transportation.
Travel to Bolivia, meet the KUSIKUY knitters, celebrate an Andean Christmas.

Explore the rural countryside. Participate in village festivals. Work on a traditional altiplano farm. Tour un-excavated Inca ruins. Relax and enjoy the rich Andean traditions that are strong part of everyday Bolivian life. In Bolivia there is no word for "stress" and people enjoy living in the same calm steady way they have been for 5,000 years. Come and share in the tranquility of this rich culture.

The 2009-2010 ECO TOUR will take place December 20, 2009-Jaunary3, 2010. Tours are customized to meet physical needs, dietary restraints and personal interests. An English speaking guide is with participants at all times. Small groups, families with children, and/or individuals all welcome.

The 2009-2010 tour is $950. The tour includes shared hostel rooms, and public transportation plus shared hotel lodging and taxis where available. Tour price covers all: in country transportation, hotel, food, additional lodging, guides, activities. Airfare and Visa fee ($100) is not included.

2009 TOUR includes:

• Stroll the 500+ year old pre-colonial town of Arani and lunch with the Quechua knitters.
• Participate in the famous Urkupina Festival
• Sleep over in the knitting compound *optional.
• Enjoy a private knitting lesson *optional
• Visit Las Molinas and see how flour is stone ground by water wheels.
• Taste the famous hand made bread from adobe, wood fired ovens.
• Celebrate local festivals and partake in area traditions.
  
• Shop for your own beautiful hand made alpaca knits
  
• Explore the culturally rich villages outside the city of Cochabamba.
  
• Enjoy a breathtaking tour across the altiplano in a panoramic bus ride from the tropical valleys of Cochabamba to the heights of La Paz.
  
• Visit towns and markets off the beaten tourism path.
  
• Experience the warmth and magic of authentic Bolivian culture.
  
• Help care for animals (sheep,cows, llamas)and work with traditional crops (quinoa, potatoes, wheat, beans) *optional.
  
• Take custom guided tours by museum staff of Inca ruins and local fauna
  
• Visit with shamans and traditional healers
  

Special needs: Contact us regarding any special needs - physical, dietary, etc. Most needs are easily accommodated. Tour takes place from 9,000 - 13,000 feet above sea level. Lower altitude options available. Tours open to families and adults, individuals and groups. Quality child care and nannies are available at a small cost.

For more information contact Tamara Stenn at KUSIKUY Clothing Co. 802-254-2273.