Puchka Peru

Welcome to PUCHKA Perú!

22 days in enchanting Peru, featuring workshops with knitters, tapestry weavers, spinners, embroiderers, braiders and gourd engravers. Includes Machu Picchu and the Colca Canyon: Please click here for more information: Textile/Folk Art/Market Tours

We invite you to click HERE to read what people are saying about their experience with PUCHKA.

Tour Dates: 2012

14 September - 5 October Peru Workshop Tour

"NEW" 9 -19 October
Studio Visits, Villages and Sites - Central Andes

Tour Dates: 2013

19 April - 10 May
Peru Workshop Tour

"NEW" 14 -24 May
Studio Visits, Villages and Sites - Central Andes

13 September - 4 October
Peru Workshop Tour

"NEW" 8 - 18 October
Studio Visits, Villages and Sites - Central Andes


The Winnipeg Free Press Travel Section
(January 6, 2007 Issue)
included PUCHKA as one of 2007's top 7 tours.

"Make a journey out of refining a skill or interest, and reap the benefits forever........"
Travel & Leisure (September 2006 Issue)

"If you have a real curiousity in the subject (of textiles) PUCHKA's 22-day Textiles/Folk Art/Market Tours are the best option......"
MOON Handbooks, Peru

"Peruvian Textiles - a Match for Machu Picchu?"
By Frankie Owens who traveled with PUCHKA in 2006
The Journal of Handweavers and Spinners, Wales, 2007

PUCHKA Perú is also included in:

Perú Handbook (Footprints, UK)
Guide to Cusco (Footprints, UK)
Perú Handbook (MOON, USA)

Photo Credits: Andrys Basten, Nigel Shipley, Kirsten Glassbrook, Rosie Barnes, Sasha McInnes