Adventure in Porcón: Contact with nature,
simple life.
Porción
farm, located 30 kilometers north of the city of Cajamarca, is an ideal tourist
center to meet nature in an area of 12,800 hectares, full of greenery, with pine forests,
alders and queñuales. La Granja Porcón gathers agrotourism, nature and cultural
exchange in one place. You pay a minimum income right, which is compensated at
length for what you live and enjoy in this authentic "Cajamarquino
paradise".
Experiential tourism
Visitors
can observe the way of life of the villagers, participate in agricultural,
livestock and forestry work; They can feed animals or participate in craft
workshops, or learn weaving techniques that have lasted for hundreds of years.
Travelers can also make breads, harvest potatoes, help in the wood workshop,
among other activities. It is possible to visit the forest nursery, learn the
techniques of planting trees, the process of growth and exploitation to obtain
wood.
You can
enjoy walks through the forest and the countryside, or walk through the zoo and
observe exotic animals, some at risk of extinction. If you have good physical
condition, you can walk to the Lazareto Waterfall, the Tambillo waterfall,
observe the flora and fauna. At the trout farm you can choose what you want for
dinner. It is also possible to enjoy food prepared over the campfire.
Pine forest
In the
Porcón Farm, an integral reforestation project of 10,000 ha has been developed
over the last 25 years. in high areas to protect and take advantage of the
richness of the soil, conserve flora and fauna. The result was the
transformation of an inhospitable place in an attractive town surrounded by the
largest artificial pine forest of Peru, surrounded by life. The forestry
activity generates jobs with the wood extracted from the forest, and it is
processed right there.
Food and accommodation
Granja
Porcón has a hotel with double rooms, equipped with a fireplace, private
bathroom, hot water and a panoramic view that surrounds the community.
There are
two typical restaurants that use the products of the farm in the preparation of
food and offer exquisite dishes of the region. In the shops you can buy dairy
products (cheese, butter, blancmange, yogurt), as well as textiles and
ornaments.
Zoo
In the
Zoo there are animals from the natural regions of Peru; including 3 animals in
danger of extinction. You can meet animals such as vizcachas, alpacas, vicuñas,
peacocks, cows, ostriches, otorongo, among others.
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