GUILD
Local Guild of Llama Breeders
The Guild of Llama Breeders is the result of several years of work with local community members that are willing to make a change.
Each community has created their own Local Guild of Llama Breeders to help protect their mountain ecosystems and generate sustainable development within their villages by organizing their efforts in alliance with the Llama Pack Project, to improve their native llamas in order to provide pack services for the growing tourism industry in a responsible, organized and inclusive way.
Each guild advocates about the importance of protecting water resources, flora and fauna in their communities in order to preserve the Urubamba mountain range, that is highly sensitive to climate change.
Llama Pack Project facilitates workshops, training and mentoring in the areas of: llama breeding, animal health, agricultural production, water management and tourism skills and works to keep guild members motivated, united and open to inter-community collaborations.
Members
Nº of registered members: 10
Cancha Cancha is located at 3950 mts. (12959 feet) with no road access. Local population is mainly dedicated to agriculture (tubers), animal pasturing and textile production. All these activities are done in small scale for self-sustainability purposes.
Full Day: Huaran – Cancha-Cancha
3D/2N: Cancha-Cancha – Quishuarani
5D/4N: Cancha-Cancha – Quisuarani – Cuncani – Sutoc-Paqcha
7D/6N: Cancha-Cancha – Quisuarani – Cuncani – Sutoc-Paqcha – Huacahuasi – Mantanay
Nº of registered members: 12
Cuncani is located at 3800 mts. (12467 feet). Local population is mainly dedicated to agriculture (tubers), animal pasturing and textile production. All these activities are done in small scale for self-sustainability purposes.
Full Day: Cuncani
2D/1N: Cuncani – Quishuarani
3D/2N: Sutoq-Paqcha – Cuncani
5D/4N: Cancha-Cancha – Quishuarani – Cuncani – Sutoc-Paqcha
7D/6N: Cancha-Cancha – Quishuarani – Cuncani – Sutoc-Paqcha – Huacahuasi – Mantanay
Nº of registered members: 8
Huacahuasi is located at 2890 mts. (9482 feet). Local population is mainly dedicated to agriculture (tubers), animal pasturing with a strong emphasis on mules, and textile production. All these activities are done in small scale for self-sustainability purposes.
3D/2N: Mantanay – Huacahuasi
7D/6N: Cancha-Cancha – Quishuarani – Cuncani – Sutoc-Paqcha – Huacahuasi – Mantanay
Nº of registered members: 4
Local population is mainly dedicated to agriculture (tubers), animal pasturing and textile production. All these activities are done in small scale for self-sustainability purposes.
2D/1N: Maucau – Cancha-Cancha
Nº of registered members: 17
Quishuarani is located at 3857 mts. (12654 feet). Local population is mainly dedicated to agriculture (tubers), animal pasturing and textile production. All these activities are done in small scale for self-sustainability purposes.
Full Day: Quishuarani
2D/1N: Quishuarani – Cuncani
3D/2N: Cancha-Cancha – Quishuarani
5D/4N: Cancha-Cancha – Quishuarani – Cuncani – Sutoc-Paqcha
7D/6N: Cancha-Cancha – Quishuarani – Cuncani – Sutoc-Paqcha – Huacahuasi – Mantanay
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Nº of registered members: 4
Sutoc-Paccha is located at 4100 mts. (13451 feet) with no road access. Local population is mainly dedicated to agriculture (tubers), animal pasturing and textile production. All these activities are done in small scale for self-sustainability purposes.
Full Day: Pumahuanca – Paqcha
2D/1N: Pumahuanca – Sutoc-Paqcha
3D/2N: Sutoc-Paqcha – Cuncani
5D/4N: Cancha-Cancha – Quishuarani – Cuncani – Sutoc-Paqcha
7D/6N: Cancha-Cancha – Quishuarani – Cuncani – Sutoc-Paqcha – Huacahuasi – Mantanay
Nº of registered members: 2
Local population is mainly dedicated to agriculture (tubers), animal pasturing, mainly mules, and textile production. All these activities are done in small scale for self-sustainability purposes.
Nº of registered members: 2
Cancan is located at 4000 mts. (13123 feet) with no road access. Local population is mainly dedicated to agriculture (tubers), animal pasturing and textile production. All these activities are done in small scale for self-sustainability purposes.
2D/1N: Cancan
Progress
2017
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2015
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2012
- 60 families partnered with the Llama Pack Project.
- Local Guild of Llama Breeders created in 8 different communities.
- 4 day training on ‘Healthy Llama Breeding Practices’ to 60 community members from 8 different communities thanks to Tourism Cares grant.
- Multiday trek services are designed to expand the reach of the Llama Pack Project.
- 40 families partnered with the Llama Pack Project.
- Workshop on ‘Camelid Health’ for 20 community members from Quishuarani community in partnership with Nuñoa Project Peru.
- Outdoor environmental education workshops were provided to 180 children from local community schools where the children of llama breeding families attend.
- Animal census implemented with 6 families from the communities of Maucau, Sutoc-Paccha and Quishuarani registering 193 llamas.
- 30 families partnered with the Llama Pack Project.
- We partnered with 6 community schools to assist in environmental education for the children of llama breeders and their peers.
- Animal census implemented with 1 family from the community of Cancan registering 33 llamas in partnership with Nuñoa Project Peru.
- 30 families partnered with the Llama Pack Project.
- Llama Trek model proves to be a success motivating more community members to be part of the project.
- 7 community leaders reach out to us to be part of the project.
- 15 families partnered with the Llama Pack Project.
- We develop an effective communication system given that there is no phone signal in the communities involved.
- Rotating work network is implemented.
- Llama Trek service is tested over a year.
- Llama Trek service is launched on Trip Advisor.
- Llama Pack Project is born.
- Two families from two communities participate in the idea.
- Llama trek service idea is developed in partnership with the community members.