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Traveling Well Includes… • Scenic VistaDome train travel through Andean vistas & round-trip flights: Lima - Cusco • Guided visit to Colonial Lima, a UNESCO World Heritage Site & catacombs begun in 1546 • A pachamanca barbecue, a shaman’s blessing & a Paso horse show at Wayra Ranch • Guided visits to the Ollantaytambo fortress, the Machu Picchu citadel & Awanacancha Farm • A choice of river rafting or horseback riding in the Sacred Valley and a pan flute performance • Chocolate-making workshop & a scavenger hunt in Cusco’s central marketplace • Airport transfers on arrival and departure as noted • 19 meals, gratuities to Tauck Director, local guides & drivers, service charges, taxes & porterage


3. PACHAMANCA PLEASURES & A BLESSING It’s up early today for your flight to Cusco and a drive to the beautiful Urubamba (Sacred) Valley in the Peruvian Andes – once the heartland of the Inca Empire. Your first stop is at a hacienda-style restaurant for a delicious pachamanca feast, prepared in traditional Andean style. Marinated meats and vegetables are slowly roasted in clay pots mounded over with wood-fired hot rocks. Another taste of daily life here comes on a visit to a school; join in on the fun of games played with local students. And as this is the Sacred Valley, you’ll meet a shaman, a traditional Peruvian healer who sheds light on why this valley and famed Machu Picchu are considered holy grounds. Dinner is at leisure this evening back at your hotel. Meals BLD


4. RIDING OR RAFTING & QUECHUA LORE A choice of adventures* begins your day: horseback riding through a small village and into the countryside of the Sacred Valley, or river rafting in a wetsuit (varies from easy to moderately difficult rapids at this time of year). Afterward everyone meets up at a private hacienda for lunch, along with a show that stars smooth-gaited Peruvian Paso horses. These exceptionally graceful creatures are protected as part of Peru’s Patrimonio Cultural (Cultural Heritage). More Peruvian culture follows at one of the country’s premier pottery studios; discover the meanings behind some of the symbols you’ll see during your Sacred Valley journey and paint a ceramic tile of your very own. Back at the hotel, dinner means pizza deliciosa, baked in the wood-fired oven of the hotel’s 17th-century adobe house. Meals BLD


5. OLLANTAYTAMBO & MACHU PICCHU With just enough clothes packed in your Tauck duffle bag for an overnight stay, magical Machu Picchu is today’s destination. For centuries this mystical citadel lay unknown, perched atop a mist-shrouded mountain, until archaeologist Hiram Bingham “accidentally” discovered the site in 1911. On your way, you’ll first stop to explore the fortress of Ollantaytambo (a massive Incan archaeological site) before boarding the VistaDome in


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premier class; the train’s large panoramic windows mean great views of the mountainous Peruvian landscape as you travel in comfort to Aguas Calientes. In this gateway village to Machu Picchu, you’ll board a public bus for the final leg up to the citadel – a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At Machu Picchu, an expert guide joins you for an afternoon of exploring the amazing





What a grand adventure! Glorious Machu Picchu, river rafting, delicious fresh food, amazing accommodations, private guides, and all the awesome Tauck touches make this a very memorable and exciting trip!


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