July16th-30th: Journey Into the Soul of Peru/Bolivia:
This journey has the intent, of supporting each individual with an opportunity to embrace more of who they are spiritually. Through group meditations, times of contemplation, ceremony/ritual and an opportunity to release old patterns and programs, participants can make changes that will support their spiritual goals.
Tour will begin in Lima, Peru and will include Cusco, The Sacred Valley, Machu Pichu, Puno, a boat cruise on Lake Titicaca and areas in La Paz, Bolivia. Cost: $3150.00
Please contact Danielle at (505) 994-0828 or by email at akesa@earthlink.net for a complete itinerary and application if you are interested in any of these tours. If you are not interested, then please forward this schedule to someone that you know who might be interested.
Once you have decided to participate in this wonderful spiritual journey there will be a $500.00 deposit to hold your space. The balance due will be $2600.00 will be due June 1st.
Peru& Bolivia Itinerary July 2003
Day 1 Arrive in Lima Peru
We will stay in a Hotel in Lima until our flight leaves for Cusco. Hotel will be determined.
DAY 2 CUSCO
There will be a short reception, where we will be served cups of mate de coca, while we wait to check into the hotel.
13:00 Group Introduction and Tour Welcome
13:45 We will leave on the Cuzco City Tour. This tour includes the major sites of historical interest in Cuzco, such as the famous Inca fort at Sacsahuaman, and the temple of the Sun. Also included in this is a tourist card, giving you access to all the sites in the Cuzco area as a whole (i.e., including outside of the City itself). The tour finishes at 18:00. (B) Group discussion and meditation. Time to shop or browse in Cusco.
DAY 3: Sacred Valley Tour
The Sacred valley tour includes: Bus service to the market of Pisaq, visits to Calca, Urubamba, the ruins of Ollantaytambo, and the market at Chinchero. There will be an English speaking guide, and lunch in a typical restaurant in Urubamba. At 18:39 you arrive back at the Hotel. Group discussion and itinerary answers.. Meditation (BL)
Day 4: Machu Picchu
05:30a.m: We will leave with a packed lunch and a guide to the train, which leaves
At 06:00am. At 09:10 we will arrive at the Agues Clients Station, where we will take a 15-minute bus ride to the ruins of Machu Pichu. Once there, we will have a guided tour, with an English-speaking guide. We will spend the night at the President Hostel in Ague Client. Spiritual connection, we will gather and have a sort discussion & group meditation. (B, Box lunch)
Day 5: Day of Leisure in Machu Picchu
We will leave Ague Clients at 15:00 by train, arriving at Cusco at 18:25. We will spend the night at our Orquidea Real Hostal. There will be a time for shopping then, we will gather and share our experience of
Machu Picchu. The meals will be on us for the day.
DAY 6: PUNO
We will leave for the train station at 9:00 a.m. It will be a ten-hour train or ride to Puno, across the scenic high Andes landscapes only dotted by small villages and herds of the llamas and vicuñas. Be sure to have your camera and plenty of film. Also binoculars are wonderful for a close view of the landscape. We will have lunch on the train. You will need to pay for this meal. Once we arrive at the Hotel there will be a place where we can also have dinner. Upon arrival we will transfer to Qelcatany Hotel. (B)
DAY 7: Free Day with Optional Tour (The cost is about $50.00 for those who would like to experience the islands.) UROS AND TAQUILE ISLANDS:
You will be picked up from your hotel 7,30 AM and after a 2 hours motorboat ride you will arrive at Uros island. Fishermen and hunters inhabit the floating islands of the Uros. The residents of the Uros use the cattail, a type of rush, which grows in the lake, to create the conditions that ensure that the islands stay afloat. The dense roots that the plants develop support the island. The roofs are waterproof and the houses are extremely humid because of the surrounding water. At present they speak Quechua and Aymara. Then you will visit the Taquile Island, including lunch in the co-operative restaurant. There is also a co-operative shop on the plaza that sells exceptional woolen goods, which are not cheap, but of very fine quality. Taquile Island is famous for its craft production, particularly for its beautiful textiles. The island is narrow only about 1 KM wide, but 6 to 7KM long. On Taquile there are numerous pre-Inca and Inca ruins and Inca terracing . You will return to Puno in the afternoon, overnight. (B,L)
Day 8 Puno: A day to explore the other sites of interest in the Puno area. (B)
Day 9 :Sun Island, Bolivia
We will be picked up from our hotel at 6:30 am. We will then go overland across the border into the colonial town of Juli, and the village of Yunguyo, July and Pomata, which were very important cultural centers in the 17th century. Their magnificent churches give testimony to that old splendor. We will arrive into Copacabana at approximately 9:30 am. This is the most important religious sanctuary of Bolivia. Thousands of pilgrims come to visit, every year, the virgin of Copacabana also known as Native Madonna. We will then visit the main square and the impressive Cathedral (1/2 hour tour). We will then proceed to the Sun Island. Sun Island has been identified as the birthplace of several revered entities, including the sun itself. A source of magnetic energy, it is considered to be the vortex of the Earth, and the cradle of the Inca Empire. We will visit:
-The Inca Garden, the islands’ micro-climate provides the ideal location for this garden, which during Incan times was full of Andean-flowers, water and trees.
-The Inca Steps that were built by the Incas in order to reach the Inca Water spring
-The Inca Water-Spring, a natural water spring with 3 different openings of different tasting water. This Incan made water fountain is supposed to be a source of eternal youth.
-The Sun Island Ethno Eco-Complex that contains the largest amount of archaeological items found in the island and the largest demo variety of Andean flora and fauna available in Bolivia.
-Sun Island North side Land Tour (2 hours):
-Challapampa native village and Museum, the most isolated and unspoiled village in the Lake and the archaeological museum that displays ancient artifacts.
-Chinkana Inca Holy Temple, the island’s most spectacular ruins complex. The main feature is the Palacio del Inca also known as “El Labirinto”. The maze of stonewalls and tiny doorways, overlooks a lovely white beach.
-Sailing on a typical native fishing boat. These wooden boats are basically used for net-fishing. Carrying about 6 people, the native captain rows or wind sails, if it is possible, depending on the weather condition
-The Sun Island Kallawaya Ancient Ceremony, witchcraft’s, natural medicine,art, magic, and millenary traditions are part of the mystic world of the Kallawayas heritage. The purpose of this mystic ceremony is to purify the souls of the Chinkana holy temple visitors, this Ceremony takes place in an Inca altar at the top of the hill facing the temple and overlooking the lake.
-Dinner and Sun Island folkloric demonstration on board.
Catamaran overnight. (B, D )
Day 10: TITIKAKA LAKE CRUISE
After 3 hours of spectacular catamaran cruise, including lunch on board, we will arrive in Huatajata where we will depart to travel to La Paz (by bus). During the route, at The Strait of Tiquina, cars buses and trucks are loaded, on wooden barges, and ferried across the strait. We will arrive in La Paz at 5:30 pm, and spend the night at the Hotel Gloria La Paz. (B, L,D)
Day 1l: LA PAZ: FREE DAY: OPTIONAL TOUR OF THE CITY
We pick up passengers from the hotel to visit a typical Indian Market, the
Famous, Witch Doctor’s Market and the San Francisco Colonial Church, built in 1744. The tour continues by the Plaza Murillo where the Cathedral, the Government Palace and the National Congress buildings are located. Then, you will visit the famous colonial street “Calle Jaén” along with the museums located within the old colonial La Paz, followed by the visit to an archaeological temple from the Tiawanaku Culture. To change scenery, the tour continues to the residential areas of Obrajes, Calacoto and La Florida. After a lunch in a typical restaurant, the tour ends with a visit to the unique Moon Valley, overnight at Hotel Gloria (B,L)
Day 12: TIWANAKU RUINS
Pick Up from the hotel to visit the former Capital, which began around 700 AD. During its’ time of splendor the Capital of Tiwanaku was the largest in the world and considered to be “the Cradle of American Civilization”. This site of pre Inca ruins has started endless archeological debates about the age of this site but and the radiocarbon test have verified that it was began in 1,580 BC. On the way you will pass the town of Laja where La Paz was founded in 1584.
Overnight in La Paz (B)
Day 13: Arrive in Lima.
After breakfast, transfer to the airport where we will take our flight back to Lima. The remainder of the day is leisure. This is a wonderful time to explore Lima.
Day 14: Our flight will leave very early in the a.m, heading back to the states. Exit visa money handy in U.S. dollars.
we will go through customs in Florida or Huston/Dallas/Fort Fort Worth. More detail will be available to you once you have made a deposit.
