Itinerary for Peru & Machu Picchu: Merging with Divine Consciousness

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Day 1 Oct 6-7th (-/-/-)
Arrival/Fly to Cusco/Sacred Valley

Hotel Pacaritampu

Today we arrive in Lima where we will gather for our morning flight to Cusco. Then we drive to the Sacred Valley by bus, have lunch and a wonderful rest. We’ll meet for dinner and our first gathering in the evening. We’ll be staying at the wonderful Hotel Pacaritampu in the Sacred Valley. (9360 ft)

Day 2 Oct 8th (b/-/-)
Sacred Valley/Pisac

Pisac, Peru

We’ll visit Pisac today and visit the ruins and the market. This market has evolved into one of the biggest, artesania markets in all of South America. It begins every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 9 a.m. The town’s main square is filled wall-to-wall with stalls selling the full range of Peruvian felt hats, alpaca sweaters and blankets, carved gourds, ceramics, musical instruments, paintings, antiques, a huge variety of trinkets, weavings and jewelry.

Day 3 Oct 9 (b/-/-)
Sacred Valley/Moray/Ollantaytambo

Moray, Peru

Today we’ll go to visit the sacred terraces of Moray where there are four huge natural depressions that have been sculpted into deep terraces. These circles represent for us the Cosmic Spiral, and we work with the energy of this place to connect with the womb of the Mother Earth (Mama Pacha). Time to do a ceremony in order to offer something to her and asking permission to be there. Overnight at Hotel Pacaritampu.

After lunch we travel through the Sacred Valley, with its breathtaking vistas of the Urubamba River to Ollantaytambo an incredible ancient Inca city. Two hundred steps lead up terraces to a double-jamb gateway and the Temple of Ten Niches, a long wall with odd protuberances. Above this is the unfinished Temple of the Sun, considered one of the masterpieces of Inca stonework. Six giant monoliths of pink rhyolite are perfectly slotted together with thin slices of stone and oriented to glow with the rising sun.

At Ollantaytambo we will discover the surprising Astronomical Watcher, which lies under the Tunupa’s glance (Part of the Wiraccochan myth) who is sculpted on stone in part of the Pinkuylluna mountain in front of the archaeological complex. In this place of power we offer Coca leaves which are used to send love and thanks to the Spirit of the Mountains, the Apus and to Pachamama (Mother Earth). We’ll take a beautiful walk to see the famous Pacarectampu Pyramid.

Day 4 Oct 10th (b/-/d)
Train to Aguas Calientes

Train to Machu Picchu

Catch the morning train for 1.5 hour ride through beautiful mountains and jungle scenery of the Andes before arriving at Machu Picchu. We will have our first ceremony to ask permission of the Entities of the place: The Puma, The Condor and Lights of Spirits. We visit the Seven Places of Power at Machu Picchu. This entire stone complex is a high voltage magnetic focal point and every invocation made at Machu Picchu is amplified to incalculable proportions. We will spend a few days here merging our energies with this sacred site and deepening our understanding of the Inca mythology. Evening visit to the healing hot spring of Aguas Calientes. Overnight at in Aguas Caliente. (7500 ft)

Day 5 Oct 11th (b/-/-) Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu

Some of you may want to climb the sacred peak of Wayna Picchu to the top today. We’ll also have the opportunity to hike to the Temple of the Moon, partway down the northern side of Wayna Picchu. We will continue our explorations of the Royal Tomb, the Funerary Rock, the Sacred Plaza, Condor Temple and the Inihuatana Stone (known as the “hitching post of the sun” is a carved rock pillar whose four corners are oriented toward the four cardinal points. The Inca were accomplished astronomers, and used the angles of the pillar to predict the solstices). Overnight in Aguas Caliente.

Day 6 Oct 12th (b/-/-) Machu Picchu

Today we continue to explore the amazing area around Machu Picchu. Time to go to Mandor (water falls) – it’s a nice round-trip walk of around 3 hours. We’ll do a ceremony in order to connect with the spirit of this sacred site. Overnight in Aguas Caliente.

Day 7 Oct 13th (b/-/-) Train to Cusco

Machu Picchu

Unfortunately we must leave Machu Picchu behind and continue on our journey to Cusco by train again. Tonight we overnight in Cusco at the Hotel Taypikala. We’ll get to have a lovely evening in the city of Cusco – the navel of the earth, explore the activities in the town and the many restaurants. (11,500 feet)

Day 8 Oct 14th (b/-/-) Cusco/Altars

Today we will visit several sacred sites including: Tambomachay; where we will be cleaned and purified, Kenko; where we experience an awakening at the altar of the Puma, Amaru Machay; where we visit the Temple of Rebirth and connect with the Mother Earth. And lastly we visit Kusillucchayoc, the sacred Moon temple that was used as a place of initiation by the Incas. Tonight we overnight in Hotel Taypikala Cusco.(11,500 feet)

Day 9 Oct 15th (b/-/-) Cusco/Altars

Cusco, Peru

Today we have the opportunity to explore the grand city of Cusco, the navel of the earth. Cusco was laid out on a grid plan to reproduce the shape of a puma, their sacred mountain animal. The pre-Inca site of Sacsayhuaman, high above the northern edge of the city, forms the head of the puma and the Coricancha temple forms the center of the grid. At Sacsayhuaman; (a hilltop fortress looming over Cusco to the north with three ramparts of zigzag walls that run for nearly 300 meters on its north side) we connect with the rocks which contain messages and lessons for a new era through geometrical symbols. Here we make a connection with fire. Tonight we overnight in Hotel Taypikala Cusco.

Day 10 Oct 16th (b/-/-) Cusco/Tipon

Tipon, Peru

Today we will have a 40 minutes bus ride to Tipon, a little known Inca ruin complex southeast of Cusco. It consists of a vast walled enclosure with some of the most complex Inca drains, water works and baths, some of which are still functioning. The location is superb, with stupendous views of the mountains and Valley. Uphill from the enclosure is a magnificent Inca aqueduct which we will use for a purification ceremony. We will visit the Coricancha temple in town which was designed to be used as an astronomical observatory and calendar for precisely calculating the movements of the sun, stars and planets. It is said that forty or so lines emanating from the temple, running absolutely straight for hundreds of miles linking to significant celestial points on the horizon. Tonight we overnight in Hotel Taypikala Cusco.

Day 11 Oct 17-18th (b/-/-)
Fly Cusco/Lima/Home

Good Luck Bulls, Peru

Back to the airport to depart from the Land of the Apus and return home. We say our last goodbyes, hugs and kisses as we prepare to take our new dream of heaven back to our lives!