Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival to Cusco

The tour starts off with a pick up from your hotel in Lima and a transfer to the airport for your flight to Cusco. Upon your arrival to Cusco you will be received by a member of our staff and transferred over to your hotel in the city. In the evening, you will be able to visit the city a bit. That night you will have your dinner at a tourist restaurant and then spend the night at your hotel.

 

Day 2: Southern Sacred Valley

Today we will make our way down to the southern part of the city to visit such typical places as Piqillaqta and Andahuaylillas and Tipón, having lunch en route. We will have guided tours of each of the sites as we make our way around. At Tipón, we will participate in a ceremony for Wiracoccha, even making offerings to the Pachamama (Mother Earth). Return to Cusco. Rest and sleep.

 

Day 3: Maras Moray/ Saltpans

Today we will go out towards the Sacred Valley to visit Maras, Moray and the Saltpans. That is a nice downhill walk in some beautiful surroundings past some significant places along the way. Maras is a small typical pueblo where the entrances to all of the houses are adorned with symbols representing Spanish and Incan interests on each side of the doorway. Continuing on we will come to Moray, which is a peculiar Incan agricultural experiment; between each level of the terrace it gets 5º warmer and so they experimented with growing crops that weren´t typical to the Andes. It will be a perfect place to do a ceremony for health and energy.

Along the way we will have some delicious lunch and also we will pass the saltpans which are beautiful white terraces which produce natural salt which have been used by people in the area for centuries at least. Return to Cusco in the evening after a number of hours of walking. In Cusco we will participate in the ancient ritual of coca reading, which is a way that shamans can read your future and your heart and spirit. Dinner in a tourist restaurant. Spend the night in a hotel.

 

Day 4: Day 3: Sacred Valley of the Incas

Today we will spend the entire day touring in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. We will have a typical lunch in Urubamba, which is thought to be the main pueblo in the Sacred Valley. When we get to Ollantaytambo, the most storied pueblo in the area, we will make an offering to Wayra. Instead of returning to Cusco in the night time we will spend the night in Ollantaytambo, having our dinner at a typical restaurant.

 

Day 5: Machu Picchu- Aguas Calientes

Transfer to the train station first thing in the morning to arrive to Aguas Calientes in the early part of the morning. We will immediately go up to the ruins in a bus to have a guided visit of Machu Picchu. We will be shown around the large site for about 2 and a half hours. Afterwards, we will take part some traditional Andean cleaning and harmonization ceremonies there at the ancient ruins. We will also make more offerings to the Pachamama. We will go down to Aguas Calientes to have our lunch for the day, but then we will go back up to the ruins in the afternoon to have some more time to explore on our own. In the night time we will return down the mountain to Aguas Calientes to have dinner and spend the night. If the group wishes, there is also the option to visit the hot springs for which the town is named.

 

Day 6: Cusco – X-Zone

In the morning we will have a breakfast and then return to the train station to catch a train back to Ollantaytambo. The train ride will last about 2 hours and it will be going through beautiful landscapes. You will be able to see as we go from the jungle microclimate back to the Sacred Valley again. We will take a bus back to Cusco from Ollantaytambo.

In the afternoon we will be transferred to the place known as the X-Zone, on the mountainside just over Cusco. That is where we will do a series of ceremonies, for Hanaq Pacha and Ukju Pacha, as well as ceremonies for cleansing and reflection. Return to Cusco in the evening to have dinner and rest.

 

Day 7: Killarumiyoq

Today we will be spending the day at the ceremonial center of Killarumiyoq, which Is known to be a place of spiritual significance. That is where we will do a ceremony of ability. We will have our Lunch en route. Back to Cusco in the evening. Spend the night at a hotel.

 

Day 8: Departure

We will collect you from your hotel and transfer you to the airport for your departing flight.

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