Paute: Riverbanks, Crafts and Adventure

Paute offers a range of ways to spend your stay: riverbanks invite you to take walks and hikes, crafts and carnival offer cultural discoveries, and adventure sports are practiced on weekends. If you are planning a trip around different interests, you can include nature, tradition and activity in your plans instead of focusing your time in the town on just one theme.

Walking and hiking along the riverbanks

Parque Lineal La Orilla runs along the banks of the Río Paute, from the bus station near the suspension bridge to Calle Antonio Tapia. Parque Lineal del Río Paute has 3.5 kilometers of green space. Here, you can walk and hike along the banks of the Río Paute and the Río Cutilcay. The two rivers give these green spaces a clear focus: getting active by the water, whether on a walk or a hike.

This offers a different kind of activity for planning your day than visiting a single attraction. If you enjoy spending time outdoors on foot, you can make the riverside trails a distinct part of your stay. The different park names and the route described as running to Calle Antonio Tapia also provide specific orientation within Paute.

Crafts and distinctive details

In the Tutucán sector in the center of the canton of Paute stands a wooden spoon that is 20.06 meters long and 5.06 meters wide; the bowl is 1.51 meters wide. It is a striking example of the town’s connection to woodworking. For more than a hundred years, baskets, Panama hats made from toquilla straw, wooden spoons and carved wooden furniture have been made in the canton of Paute. These items are sold both inside and outside the canton. The craft tradition thus extends beyond a single object or material.

Clay pots are another local find: they are sold at the entrance to Paute and at Mercado 26 de Febrero on Wednesdays and Sundays. If you are looking for them, confirm locally before your trip that they will be on sale. The locations and days mentioned can help you include a possible market visit in your plans.

Paute’s carnival features dance groups and traditional sweets prepared at that time of year. It also includes handicrafts such as reed baskets, which families buy at the markets. Dance, seasonal sweets and crafts give the festival several different dimensions: it is not only an occasion for music and movement, but also an opportunity to experience market traditions and local handicrafts.

Weekend activities and choosing where to stay

On weekends, adventure sports such as paragliding and climbing are practiced at Cerro Cabeza de Perro and in Campanahuayco, in the center of the canton of Paute. Both places can be reached on foot or by car. Alongside walks and hikes on the riverbanks, these offer active weekend options. The information about these two places can be considered a distinct sporting focus, separate from the riverside trails.

If you are looking for a holiday apartment in Paute, you can plan your trip around the experiences that matter to you: time by the river, discovering crafts and market life, or weekend adventure sports. This range of options also gives people traveling together with different interests a practical starting point for deciding what kind of stay they want. Paute brings together clearly distinct themes, from activity along two rivers to handicrafts and weekend pursuits.

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