The Lickanantay Heritage Experience
🧭 Trip Overview
3 hours
Chile
Hotel pickup
Turi Kunza means "our home". A Lickanantay family opens their doors and invites you into the living heritage of the Atacameño people. Walk with llamas, shape clay with ancestral tools, taste ingredients grown and traded here for centuries. This is not a museum. It is a family sharing their culture on their own terms.
✨ Trip Highlights
Welcomed into Turi Kunza, the family home of a Lickanantay family
A guided walk through a traditional ayllu neighbourhood, with llamas at your side
Hands-on pottery using ancestral tools of stone, wood and bone
Desert herbs and their traditional use in infusions and ceremony
Tasting of corn, chañar, carob and quinoa sourced from local producers
Indigenous-led tourism: the experience is theirs, and the income stays in their community
🗺️ Detailed Itinerary
Arrival at Turi Kunza
Welcomed into the family home, with an introduction to Mami Isidora's legacy and the traditions the family keeps alive.
Walking the ayllu
A guided walk through a traditional Atacameño neighbourhood, accompanied by llamas.
Pottery
Hands in the clay, working with tools of stone, wood and bone — the same techniques used for generations.
Desert flora
Learning the aromatic herbs of the desert and how they are used in infusions and ceremony.
Tasting
Corn, chañar, carob and quinoa from local producers, much of it still sourced through barter.
🧢 What’s Included
What is included
National park entrance fee
Food & drinks
Entry or admission fee
🌍 Location
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Trip Details
Duration:
3 hours
Difficulty:
Easy
Language:
English, Spanish
Price:
EUR 500
Inclusions:
Tours, meals