There are many festivals in all villages and small and large towns, from March to September. This period covers the time when the rains have ended, and it is time to make offerings and pray for a good season ahead. It is the time when irrigation channels are cleaned and thanks are given or offerings are made to Patron Saints, to Jesus Christ and Madonna or Pacha Mama.

It is likely that if you travel within those dates your trip will coincide with some sort of celebration. When we receive your confirmed booking, we will advise you on the possibilities and design the itinerary to fit one in, if that interests you.

However, in  order to facilitate things for you to plan your trip to coincide with a particular Celebration, please find the calendar below for 2007 and 2008.

We have picked the Celebrations we find most attractive for visitors, as well as important religious dates, even if they don't involve colourful spectacles. They are celebrated with devotion.  There are many others, but a lot of them involve fun for the local people,  which does not mean fun for foreigners. Some celebrations are mainly drunken feasts with little or no interesting local colour, and too many crowds. We have excluded those. We have highlighted the ones we think are worth a detour.