Volunteer project in Peru at la Casa Ciclista – Re: thinking sustainable tourism.
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The first project we started has been going for 6 months now. We took some startup capital and opened a small cafe/bakery/breakfast bar in Yucay. We modelled it on many of the bicycle cafes in Europe and the USA that are so popular with cyclists and hope to have a workshop and club running from this location soon too.
We wonโt lie, itโs hard goingโs and a lot of work for us. But we knew we also needed to have an income-generating project to support our NGO and we know that good breakfast spots are few and far between in the sacred valley of the Incas. We love our breakfast food (we serve breakfast all day), sandwiches, an assortment of sugar-free, gluten-free and vegan pastries and our organic, sugar-free coffee. We hope everyone who visits us enjoys them as much as we do! We are also proud of the vegan dishes available.
As minimalists, we focused on giving great quality and quantity rather than flashy, over-decorated food that is low on substance. Itโs a simple start, but weโre working hard to make this place something special.
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Location
๐Yucay, Valle Sagrado de los Incas
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Youโre an athlete/traveller/adventurer/competitor/experiencer/pedaler who wants to ride your bike in cycling paradise, (aka) the Sacred Valley of the Incas for longer than just a couple of days & a redeye to Machu Picchu. You want to train at a high altitude for a race or have a wee summer camp preparing for a race season. Perhaps you just want to take the time to explore this remarkable place and see how folks live here, or maybe you want to create hours of original content.
You want to experience what happens when the wild Wild West meets neverland. You want to be enchanted. And maybe you have older but perfectly good gravel, cx or enduro MTB you could sell or, maybe take on a training holiday with you.
We are a small NGO dedicated to giving bicycles, training, support and development+racing opportunities to the local population of this beautiful valley we call home. Weโll give you up to three months of free accommodation in our off-grid mountain cabin (dirt road access) that sleeps 2 comfortably and a family of 4 cosily in exchange for your bicycles as donations for us to use in our academy class, racing and depositary programs.
Weโll also happily pedal and grind out MILES with you to get that perfect climb, descent or photo (plenty of 4000m + passes and insane descents for Mtb). Weโre cyclohics and more than keen to share trails, roads, markets, cultural and historical sites and, of course, the breathtaking scenery that defines the Cordillera Vilcanota. DM us for personalized itineraries around your riding disciplines and preferences. We do it all. Road, gravel, superenduro, dh. If it has two wheels and cranks. Weโre more than keen!
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