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Depart to Lima. Arrive late evening. Clear Immigration (where you will receive your free Peruvian Tourist Visa), claim your bags, clear luggage and meet our local tour representative. Transfer to a nearby airport hotel. Overnight Lima.

Day 2. Thursday, July 12. To Cusco/ To Sacred Valley / Welcome Dinner (B/D)

Day 3: Friday, July 13. Sacred Valley: Urco and Pisac (B/L)

This morning’s trip is to the local, but world-famous Seminario Ceramic Studio. First, you will watch a short video about the birth of this art form that incorporates ancient Inca designs in modern pieces of ceramics, narrated by the founder Pablo Seminario. Afterwards Pablo, will take your family on a guided tour of his factory, explaining the varied steps used to create the unique pottery that is turned out here. Children will have the opportunity to work with the clay. Squishy and fun!

Lunch with the group at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, visit Samana Wasi (House of Peace and Rest), a home for abandoned children and the elderly. Meet Anton Ponce de Leon Paiva and his wife Regia Astete Ponce de Leon, Poppy and Mommy to children ranging from toddlers through high school. As well as guardian and family to the elderly who live there. They have brought together two of the most disenfranchised parts of the local population, caring for them with much love and compassion, and supporting them to learn from one another. Time to meet the children and the grandmothers and grandfathers, and visit their home and gardens, where they grow their own food. Time allowing, your children may also be able to have some playtime with the children. Return to the hotel. Dinner on your own.  Overnight Sacred Valley.

Day 6. Monday, July 16. To Machu Picchu (B/L)

After an early breakfast, transfer to the train station in Ollantaytambo and board the train to Machu Picchu. Travel alongside the wild Urubamba River deep into the mountain valleys of the high jungle surrounded by the snow-covered Apus on an approximately two-hour trip. Arrive at Aguas Calientes, the small village at the base of Machu Picchu and quickly check-in at the hotel. Then take a local park bus up to Machu Picchu! Enjoy a tour with a professional guide from the site, visiting the Temples of the Sun & Moon, the Temple of the Condor, the Temple of the Three Windows, and finally the world-famous spiritual center of the site, the Hitching Post of the Sun. Then enjoy a delicious buffet lunch at the on-site hotel. After lunch re-enter the Sanctuary for free time and exploration on your own. In the late afternoon take the last bus back down the mountain to Aguas Calientes. Take a leisurely soak in the local hot springs? Dinner on your own. Overnight Aguas Calientes.

Return to Machu Picchu very early morning in order to have the auspicious opportunity to greet Taytay Inti, Father Sun, just as the Incas did in the ancient past. Jorge will lead your family in an ancient Incan ceremony to honor the divine spark of the Father Sun that resides within your own being. And, he’ll teach you how to fly with the Condors…without leaving the ground. A really fun game for the children!

Afterwards, explore the Sanctuary on your own. Lunch on your own. Afternoon is free for further exploration of Machu Picchu on your own. Or return to Aguas Calientes to shop at the local marketplace. Dinner on your own. Overnight Aguas Calientes.

After a nutritious buffet breakfast, depart to visit sacred sites in the Cusco area. The first stop is Tambo Machay, the private fountains/baths of the Incan nobles and priests. Then on to Sacsayhuaman, where you will see some of the most amazing Inca architecture - walls made of giant megalithic stones, fitted together perfectly without any mortar! Cusco was originally laid out in the shape of a puma; Sacsayhuaman was the puma's head, and the zigzag walls at this amazing site represent the teeth. Visit to other nearby sacred sites, as time allows. Return to Cusco. Lunch on your own. Free time this afternoon to visit the colonial cathedrals, archaeology or art museum, or shop in the traditional Andean marketplace. Enjoy your Farewell Dinner this evening. Overnight Cusco.

Note: This itinerary is subject to change due to conditions beyond our control.

B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner
 

After a yummy buffet breakfast, travel by bus to the shores of the Lake. If you’d like to take some fruit or other foodstuff to the people of the Islands, you can buy them at the market her at the boat dock. Board a private launch and motor out onto the tranquil waters of the MamaCocha to the Uros Floating Islands, made of the totora reed that grows in the Lake and named after the Uros people who inhabit them. Receive a warm welcome from these friendly island dwellers. Share the fruit, etc. that you may have brought with you for them; they will be most appreciative! Also, take the opportunity to support their meager economy by purchasing their richly colored hand-embroidered tapestries, pillow covers, rugs and more. A highlight of the time on the islands will be a visit to one of the schools, to meet the children and their teachers. (Note: This would be a good time to distribute art supplies, as well as any second hand clothes that you might have brought with you.)

Return to the hotel for lunch. Free time in the afternoon. Perhaps you’d like to take a taxi into nearby Puno for some exploration on your own and/or retail therapy in the local marketplace. Group dinner at the hotel. Overnight Chucuito.

After breakfast visit the local power spot of Aramu Muru’s Doorway. Upon arrival sit in the Inca’s Sun Seat that faces the Lake to connect with its nurturing feminine energies. Then walk along a large rock formation in the shape of a serpent and puma to connect with the energies of the Lower and Middle Worlds. Then on through a wonderland of strange natural rock formations, passing by the mysterious Valley of the Spirits and finally trekking down to the Doorway. Jorge will share his story of how his dreams led him to re-discover this ancient power spot, an interdimensional doorway! Your family will have time for meditation and exploration of the area. You may also meet some of the local folks who are the guardians of this sacred site. No doubt the children will come out to say “Hola” and give you sprigs of plants that help with the altitude.

Return to the hotel for lunch. Afterwards take part in an Art Project with some of the local children from outlying rural areas around the Lake who will be brought to the hotel. This is a great opportunity to teach all of the children the value of focusing on what they want to create in their lives, how having goals is important in life, and how visualizing them through this art project will help them to manifest! The children will create images on their bed sheets, using fabric paints and markers. Each child will leave with a sheet that they will then sleep wrapped in each night, surrounding themselves with the energy of their dreams and goals. So, bring your loving and creative self and let’s give these children an experience that can affect them very positively for years to come. (Translators available!) Group dinner at the hotel. Overnight Chucuito.

After breakfast, depart the hotel and stop at Sillustani, with its circular burial towers, overlooking beautiful Lake Umayo. Jorge will lead the group in a traditional Andean ritual to give thanks to the Pachamama of the High Plains for all Her gifts of Spirit that have been received.

Continue to the airport in Juliaca. Lunch on your own. Check in for the flight to Lima. Arrive and transfer to day rooms at nearby airport hotel. Dinner on your own. Late evening transfer back to the airport for your international flight.

Note: Pre-paid gratuities to cover guides, drivers, waiters, baggage handling, etc. Your Tour Escort will carry and disburse these funds so that you can relax and enjoy your trip, knowing that everyone assisting you is being taken care of properly.

Note: The single supplement is ONLY for those who would like to secure a private room throughout the tour, at the indicated additional price. If you are not traveling with anyone you know and would like to share a room, we will be happy to work to find you a suitable roommate. Per our Terms and Conditions, registration for the tour will be held open until two weeks before the departure date in order to try to match everyone with a roommate. If by that date we have not been able to match you with a suitable roommate, you will be responsible to pay for the single supplement. An early registration will facilitate this process.