Qué hay en Otavalo, Ecuador, a lo largo del año

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Máxima afluencia — Carnaval, Pawkar Raymi

• Festival

  Carnaval

  14–17 FebCarnavalMucha genteCierres

  Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday are national holidays, and the long weekend means water balloons, foam spray and flour thrown in the streets, so dress to get wet. Buses fill as families travel, and offices and many shops close. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Pawkar Raymi

  5 Feb – 5 Mar · normalmenteGran festivalMucha gente

  The flowering festival runs eleven days in Peguche, built round a football tournament that brings Otavalenos home from Europe for it, plus the Nusta contest and Andean music every night. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Pawkar Raymi, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Semana Santa

  3–5 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteCierres

  Good Friday is a national holiday and many Ecuadorians travel over the long weekend, so buses fill and beach and mountain towns get busy. Churches hold processions, and fanesca, the grain and salt-cod soup of Holy Week, is served everywhere. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Carnaval (14–17 Feb), Pawkar Raymi (5 Feb – 5 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — Semana Santa

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Semana Santa (3–5 Abr)

Temporada media — un mes normal

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — Inti Raymi, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Drier highland months

  15 Jun – 15 Sep · normalmenteTemporada seca

  The northern sierra gets its break from the afternoon rain around midyear, which is when the Cotacachi crater rim and the walk down to Peguche are reliably walkable and the volcanoes show.

• Festival

  Inti Raymi

  19–29 JunGran festivalMucha gente

  The solstice weeks belong to the communities: ritual bathing at the Peguche waterfall before dawn, then days of masked dancers stamping their way round the plazas of Otavalo, Iluman and Cotacachi. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Drier highland months (15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — uno de sus mejores meses por clima

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Drier highland months (15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Fiesta del Yamor, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Fiesta del Yamor

  4–13 SepCosechaMucha gente

  The town's own fortnight thanks the harvest with a chicha brewed from twelve kinds of maize. Floats, open-air concerts on the plaza, and every family with a pot of it on the go. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Drier highland months (15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — Dia de los Difuntos

• Festivo

  Dia de los Difuntos

  1–2 NovFiesta nacional

  Kichwa families spend 2 November at the indigenous cemetery with their dead, sharing food laid out on the graves with musicians playing. Colada morada and guaguas de pan are sold all over town. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Ano Viejo effigies, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Kapak Raymi

  19–23 Dic · normalmenteGran festival

  The December solstice festival, one of the four Andean raymis, is being revived by Otavalo's communities as a rite of passage for children and teenagers, alongside the town's Christmas celebrations. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Ano Viejo effigies

  28–31 DicNavidad y Año NuevoMucha gente

  Life-size effigies of the old year, often mocking politicians and celebrities, go on sale and on show in the days before New Year's Eve, then are burned in the street at midnight. Fuente ↗