Your Hosts

Your hosts, Roman Vizcarra, a native of Peru, and his wife Fielding Wood Vizcarra, from Taos, New Mexico, invite you to participate in a truly unique travel experience.

Born in Peru, Roman has traveled worldwide teaching about the Quechua people. He loves to share an intimate knowledge of his people’s traditions and belief systems: their music, dance, art, food and customs. A professional guide, Roman speaks fluent Spanish, English, German and Italian. He studied Agronomy and then traveled and lived in Europe for 12 years, studying painting, playing traditional Andean music – and meeting his future wife. Roman and Fielding settled in Peru in 1993, married and started their family. Having married an American Roman has also lived in the US for several years and returns regularly for family visits and for intertribal exchange work. Together they established Pisac Inn, built their home in Taray and began PERU Cultural Journeys.
They have dedicated the past 14 years to cultural and social work with local people, including the establishment of four Andean Cultural Centers with the vision of providing the space to practice and celebrate local traditions. ” We are very active promoting the Andean culture on a grassroots level. The idea is to inspire others and have cultural centers emerge like wildfire, and in so encourage a resurgence of the practice of local belief systems by the Quechua people.”

Roman has lived in and traveled to many areas of his country, gathering a wealth of traditional knowledge to share with others. He continues to this day to work towards his life vision: the recuperation and re-valuation of his culture. He maintains a deep respect and passion for the traditional Quechua people and a calling to promote their human rights as equals. His focus is to remind the world that traditional belief systems are valid and that Andean cosmology and practices are a valuable part of universal wealth.

Fielding is originally from Lexington, Kentucky, and moved to Taos N.M. at age 11. She went to the Madeira High School, and then on to the University of California at Santa Barbara, where she received a BFA in fine arts. She spent her junior year abroad, studying painting at Bellas Artes in Venice, Italy. Roman was living in Italy at the time, and since their first encounter in Venice life was never the same for either.
“I remember the first moment we met, Roman said that when he settles down and has his family he wants to be in his land, and raise his children in his traditions and customs. I thought that was beautiful and so important. I never imagined I would be the one joining him.”
She was indeed the one to join him. Fielding has embraced her new life in the Andes with love and gusto, embarking upon numerous cultural projects, cultivating a business and most importantly raising three children Suni, T’ika and Katari.
“We have lived in Peru for 14 years and have created a very wonderful life here. This culture celebrates family. For raising children it is ideal; here children are a focal point of joy. It is easier here to live a simple, healthy life, not bombarded with so many unnecessary distractions. This allows for a higher quality of life in the truest sense.”

Roman shares with passion his life vision: the recuperation and revaluation of his culture. As an American living in Peru, Fielding understands the importance of hospitality, of exchanging insights, of creating your home away from home.

Staff

The staff at Pisac Inn is very attentive and personable, allowing one to feel at home.. Most of them speak English, and enjoy engaging in conversation and cultivating friendships. The charming local combined with the personable staff and ideal location allows each traveler to feel safe and comfortable while connected to the culture at hand, rather than an isolated observer.
Lucio, Yahaida, Rocio, Marleni and Kelli await your visit!