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Lake Titicaca & Working with Sacred Plants in Peru
Also Working with Sacred Plant Medicine in Mexico in May 2012
10-days/9-nights Travel Adventure in the Sacred Valley of Peru - 2 days at Machu Picchu
Presented by Phoenix Adventures and Enlightenment Productions
Thursday, September 27 Arrive Cusco. Transfer to hotel.
2:00 PM Group Lunch (on own) and leisurely city stroll around the Plaza des Armas
6:00 PM Group meeting & welcome ceremony Group dinner. (D)
Friday, September 28 After Cusco Temples, Visits The Ruins of Pisac
• Sites we will visit include the Fountains of Tampumachay, Temple of the Heart. Sacsayhuaman
• Pisac Ruins -- Pisac, we will climb the Inca’s stairway and explore the impressive ruins
• Lunch in handcraft marketplace in town
• Late afternoon check-in at Willka T'ika
• Dinner - Evening Program
Saturday, September 29 -- Visits Moray
• Morning Program in Chakra Gardens -- Garden Tour by Carol Cumes
• Picnic Lunch at Moray--Ceremony and writing practice in Moray ruins
• Dinner and Overnight in Sacred Valley at Wilka T'ika (B, D)
• Evening Program
Overnight in Sacred Valley at Wilka T'ika (B,L, D)
• Pre-breakfast yoga and meditation
• Morning Program in the Chakra Gardens
• Ollantaytambo is the best example of town planning in the Incan Empire
• Evening Medicine Ceremony (optional addtional $75) with local shaman or massages, solar herb baths, or crystal bed additional fee.
Overnight in Sacred Valley at Wilka T'ika (B, D)
Monday, October 1 Visits Chinchero and Maras
• Pre-breakfast yoga and meditation
• Morning exercise in Chakra Gardens
• Chinchero is a local weavers town-- Traditional lunch and weaving demonstration.
• 2-mile hike alongside of Maras salt flats
Overnight in Sacred Valley (B, L, D)
Tuesday, October 2-- 8 AM Train to Machu Picchu Guided tour of ruins.
• Early morning Visa Dome train to Machu Picchu
• Our guided tour of the ruins will be followed by ample time for personal exploration of the site and its astonishing natural beauty.
• Free afternoon for exploration and hiking
Overnight in Aquas Calientes (B, D)
Wednesday, October 3 Return to Machu Picchu(on own)
• Hikers gather at 5:30 am for early morning bus to hike Wina Picchu (additional entrance fee US $60),
• Explore the town of Aquas Caliente or return on own to Machu Picchu (additional entrance fee US $60),
• 3 PM group meeting to take train to Cusco 4:00 PM train to return to Cusco
• Evening check-in Cusco
• Dinner on our own
Overnight in Cusco (B)
Thursday, October 4 Touring Cusco Sites by Private Bus. Final Ceremony. Farewell Dinner.
• Tour Cathedral, Corichoncha,Textile Museum, and Time to explore the markets
• Late afternoon Despacho and Cocoa leaf readings, and healings
• Celebration Farewell Dinner at one of Cusco's finest Restaurants Ciccalina's
· 5:30 PM train to return to Cusco
Overnight in Cusco (B, D)
Friday, October 5 Transfer to Airport for Departure to the States
Lake Titicaca
October 5 DAY 1: DRIVE CUSCO / PUNO. VISIT RAQCHI ON ROUTE.
October 6 DAY 2: BUS TO BOLIVIA. CROSS THE BORDER AND GOING TO COPACABANA.
OVERNIGHT IN A LODGE IN THE SUN ISLAND.
October 7 DAY 3: BOAT TO COPACABANA. BUS TO RETURN TO PERU.
OVERNIGHT IN CHUCUITO
October 8 Day 4:
AM: UROS FLOATING ISLANDS AND DREAMING ON REED BOATS.
OVERNIGHT IN CHUCUITO
October 9DAY 05: TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT VISITING SILLUSTANI ON ROUTETO THE
Cost: $895. if you are attending Magic, Mountains, and Mysteries. $1200 for all others. Plus you will need to get a visa for Bolivia $149.
Working with Sacred Plants
September 15 - 25, 2011
10-Day adventure with herbal remedies, plant medicine(optional) and local culinary tour.
includes a 4-Day Luxury Trek to Machu Picchu (led by Renee Baribeau and a local Shaman Guide tba), and jungle.
These 10 days are when we will do ceremony in the Sacred Valley visit Machu Picchu after hiking the Inka Trail via Salkantay. Answering the call of Spirit and our inner guidance, here are the places we will visit to engage our awareness of herbal remedies, plant medicine, locally grown food for healing and to experience the vitality of Peru. This segment of the journey will include indigenous ceremonies with Renee and local shamans, as well as time spent in various sacred sites, and villages designed to open us to our wisdom and Mother Nature.
The hike: famous Salkantay Trek is named among the 25 Best Treks in the World by National Geographic Adventure Travel magazine. Connecting the cities of Mollepata and Cusco with Machu Picchu, the Salkatay Trek is an ancient and remote footpath located in the same region as the Inca Trail, where massive snowcapped mountains collide with lush tropical rain forests.
• 8:15 AM Meet guides and pack mules
• Begin our hike
• 1:00 PM we will stop for lunch
• 5:30 we will arrive at our camp
Soraypampa–Challway (B, L, D)
• Breakfast
• Begin our full-day trek
• Today, nature will change drastically from dry scenery to snowy peaks and tropical areas
• Evening ceremony
Challway–La Playa– Aguas Calientes (B, L, D)
• 5 AM early morning trek begins before sunrise
• Five-hour trek towards Playa Sahuayaco
• Lunch and train to Aqua Calientes
• Check into a four-star hotel–Soak in the hot springs
Aguas Calientes–Machu Picchu–Cusco (B)
• Optional early morning hike from Aquas Calientes to Machu Picchua
• Tour the Monument
• Late afternoon train to Cusco
• Hotel Check in
Journey Ends
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