Hva som skjer i Ollantaytambo (Sacred Valley), Peru gjennom året

Toppsesong — Bajada de Reyes de Marcaccocha, Summer / year-end holidays i Peru

• Festival

  Bajada de Reyes de Marcaccocha

  5.–9. janReligiøs høytidMye folk

  The child-Jesus icon of Marcaccocha is carried down from the Patakancha valley into Ollantaytambo on January 5, followed by a full day of folk dancing in the plaza and closing festivities through the 8th or 9th. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Sacred Valley rainy season (1. des – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer / year-end holidays i Peru, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Stengt

  Inca Trail closed

  1.–28. feb

  The classic trek starts at Km 82 down the valley from here, and the whole route shuts for February maintenance every year. The town keeps its trains and its ruins; the trekking groups go elsewhere. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Sacred Valley rainy season (1. des – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer / year-end holidays i Peru, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Sacred Valley rainy season (1. des – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Toppsesong — Andean dry season, Senor de Choquekillka

• Sesong

  Andean dry season

  1. mai – 30. sep · vanligvisMye folk

  Clear days, frost at night and dust on the terraces by August. The town works as the staging post for Machu Picchu in these months and the square is a car park of minibuses by nine.

• Festival

  Senor de Choquekillka

  23.–26. maiReligiøs høytidMye folk

  The town's own festival over Pentecost: four days of seventeen dance troupes, bullfights and fireworks in a village of a few thousand, with everyone home for it. The date moves with Easter. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Andean dry season, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Andean dry season (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Senor de Choquekillka (23.–26. mai)

Toppsesong — Andean dry season, Fiestas Patrias

• Helligdag

  Fiestas Patrias

  28.–29. julNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  The national holidays on 28 and 29 July land inside the school winter break and the valley fills with Peruvian families. Trains to Machu Picchu are the tightest of the year. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Andean dry season (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Andean dry season, Mid-year break (Fiestas Patrias) i Peru

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Andean dry season (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Fiestas Patrias (28.–29. jul)

Travelt — Andean dry season, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Andean dry season (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — October break i Peru

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

• Festival

  Todos Santos

  1.–2. novReligiøs høytid

  Sacred Valley families visit and decorate graves on 1 and 2 November, and the markets sell t'anta wawa, doll-shaped sweet breads made for the dead. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Summer / year-end holidays i Peru, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Sacred Valley rainy season

  1. des – 31. mar · vanligvisMonsun

  Afternoon rain over the terraces from December, with the valley greener than at any other point and the guest houses half empty. Landslides shut the road or the rail line for a day or two.