The first excursion takes place in the afternoon. We drive to Jaji, a little andean village which still has preserved its colonial character. The drive leads us through green high-altitude andean countryside where a great variety of tropical fruits is cultivated. In the middle of the foggy forest we find beautiful waterfalls. After visiting Jaji we travel to a so-called Trapiche, where we can taste freshly pressed sugarcane juice.
Sugarcane is pressed and processed here still in the old way.
It's an interesting event. The sugar-cane is squeezed out and the juice is led into big pans where by strong heating it is made into syrup. This syrup is filled into small forms where it stiffens in bars. The squeezed and sundried cane is used for the fire to heat the pans. The press only works during harvest, not on holiday.