Deep Peru

(9 days / 8 nights)

DESTINATIONS

Lima, Puno, Cusco, Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu

ITINERARY

Arrival at Lima’s international airport in the afternoon or night. Meeting with our personnel, transfer and lodging in hotel (private service, English-speaking assistant). Overnight.

Breakfast in hotel. Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Juliaca. Upon arrival, transfer to Puno visiting along the way the Sillustani ruins (private service, English-speaking guide). Rest of the day is at leisure to acclimatize. Overnight.

Breakfast in hotel. Transfer to the port and embarkation to the Ccotos community (3.15h). Arrival and stay in the lodging houses of the community. After lunch with the villagers, they make a presentation of their culture showing how they currently live. Then you will visit the village and its artisanal center, to then ascend to Ancasayana, Apu (Dios) guardian of Ccotos, mystical and millenary place with archeological pre- Incan rests. Then, you will go on sailing boats to visit the Ticonata Island (30m) to visit the site museum.

Return to Ccotos to tend fishing nets and observe the sunset on the reed beds and the immens

At dawn (5.30am), you will pick up the fishing nets and breakfast observing the rising of the sun. Then, you will make farming activities (according to season). Before midday, you will board to Amantani Island.
Arrival and accommodation in the lodging houses of the villagers. After lunch, climb to Pacha Tata, mystical ceremonial center of the island, where you will also experience the sunset in the lake. At night, dinner with the villagers (private service, English-speaking guide). Overnight.

After breakfast, embarkation to the Taquile Island (1.30h) to know its craftworks and the interest places.
The lunch will be accompanied with music and typical dances of Taquile. You will then board to the Uros floating islands to see a presentation of their culture and travel in totora rafts. New embarkation to the Puno port and transfer to the hotel (private service, English-speaking guide). Overnight.

Breakfast in hotel. Transfer to station to take the touristic bus to Cusco, lunch buffet at Sicuani (km. 380, schedule could change: 08.00/17.00) (collective service, Spanish/English-speaking guide). Along the way, visit the Pukara Museum, the Raqchi ruins and the chapel of Andahuaylillas. At Cusco, transfer and lodging in the hotel. Overnight.

Breakfast in hotel. Transfer from Cusco to Lamay to visit one of the mountain communities of our project ̈La Base Lamay ̈, learn about their life, traditions and contribute with the sustainable development of the community. We will meet at La Base and coordinate the activity with the group. The community will welcome us and teach us their traditions and traditions. We will participate in a spontaneous “farm work” and recognize the different varieties of local crops and plants, learning also about their farming traditional tools and techniques. After the activity, we will have a typical lunch, based on the food produced by the community. In the afternoon, the women will share with us the art and process of weaving, very important in their family dynamics, and we will have the opportunity to talk with them about their customs and their role in the field. Finally, transfer to Cusco (collective service, Spanish/English-speaking guide). Overnight.

Breakfast in hotel. Transfer to Ollantaytambo’s station (almost 2-hour journey) (private service, Spanish- speaking driver) to take the train to Aguas Calientes (almost 1.30-hour journey, subject to availability).

Upon arrival, meeting your guide and take the 30-minute shuttle bus up to Machu Picchu (shared service, English-speaking guide). After the guided tour, the local guide will leave you and you will take the shuttle bus descend to Aguas Calientes town. Then, walk around 5 minutes to the train station for your train back to Ollantaytambo (almost 1.30-hour journey). Upon arrival, transfer to Cusco (almost 2-hour journey) (private service, Spanish-speaking driver). Overnight.

Breakfast in hotel. Transfer to the airport.