Amazon Forest to Table Cooking Class with Indigenous Hosts
- 6 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Private tour
Highlights
This is not a demonstration-style cooking class, it’s a forest-to-table experience co-created with a Kichwa family on their own land. You’ll harvest ingredients directly from a traditional chakra, an Indigenous agroforestry system that mirrors the natural biodiversity of the Amazon and reflects generations of ecological knowledge. Rather than simply observing, you participate in every step: foraging seasonal ingredients, preparing dishes using traditional techniques, and assembling maitos cooked over fire. The experience is developed and operated in partnership with the host family, ensuring tourism directly supports local livelihoods and cultural continuity. By sharing a meal, stories, and homemade artisanal wines together, guests gain insight into a living Indigenous food tradition that is grown and practiced daily.
Inclusions
What's included
- Private transportation
- Fruit wine and infused licor
- Coffee and/or Tea
- Meal with 100% fresh ingredients - vegetarian/vegan upon request
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Meet your guide in Parque Central (Central Park ) at the top of the stairs by the sculptures. From there we will go together to the tour site.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Shuklla Experiences
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
How it compares in Tena
- Its from-price is 65% below the median of the 12 experiences we list in Tena.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 5 of 12.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Tena
Tena, capital of Napo province in Ecuador's Amazon foothills, is a rainforest river town for rafting and a gateway to Kichwa communities.
Tena lies at the foot of the eastern Andes in the Amazon region of Ecuador, at about 500 metres, where the Tena and Pano rivers meet before flowing on to the Napo. It is the capital of Napo province. A park on an island at the confluence has walkways for seeing local plants and animals close to the town centre.
