LATIN AMERICA
Traveling Well Includes… • Spectacular journeys through the Andes by rail aboard the Andean Explorer and Vistadome
• Visits to UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Lima, Cusco, and Machu Picchu • Dinner at Casa Luna, whose owners share their extensive collection of art
• A private folklore performance, a shaman’s blessing, and a special lunch and Paso horse show at a local ranch in the Urubamba (Sacred) Valley
• A visit to floating islands on Lake Titicaca, home to the Uros people • A 5-course farm-to-table tasting dinner by famous chef Claus Meyer in a top-rated restaurant • Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted • 28 meals, gratuities to local guides, taxes, service charges, admission fees and porterage
3. ENTER THE SACRED VALLEY
Fly to Cusco this morning, then descend to the 9,000-ft.-high Urubamba (Sacred) Valley, a region of Incan ruins and indigenous villages. Enjoy a lunch fresh off the grill at a local ranch and a horsemanship demonstration where the real stars are the elegant Peruvian Paso horses. Dinner is at leisure at your resort this evening, allowing for time at ease to better adjust to the day’s significant climb in altitude. Meals BLD
4. SACRED RUINS, BELIEFS & TRADITIONS Above the town of Ollantaytambo, explore the massive Inca fortress and stone remains of the Temple of the Sun – built from huge blocks of stone in the 1400s – and walk through the ancient town. Blocks of cobblestone streets that have been lived in since the 1300s, and are entered via a doorway leading to a central courtyard, reveal a keen Incan eye for urban planning. Back at your lodgings, surrounded by extensive gardens with panoramic views of the Andes in the picturesque Valle Sagrado, enjoy a Peruvian cooking demonstration and a lesson in the art of making the perfect Pisco Sour. Later, gain a better understanding – and a blessing – from a shaman of the ways in which a journey to the Apus (Peru’s Sacred Mountains) has long been deemed a transformational, indelibly spiritual endeavor. A performance by a theatre group that uses dance and music to revive Quechan lore and Incan mythology kicks off a barbecue dinner of local fare straight off the grill. Meals BLD
5. TO MYSTICAL MACHU PICCHU BY RAIL Travel aboard the Vistadome train to Aguas Calientes at the foot of the Sacred Valley and then drive higher into the Andes to Machu Picchu. With a guide, your afternoon is spent exploring the mist-shrouded ruins that have captured the world’s imagination as the “Lost City of the Incas” since their re-discovery in 1911. Standing nearly 8,000 ft. above sea level in the middle of a tropical forest, Machu Picchu is considered by UNESCO to be an outstanding example of man’s interaction
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with his natural environment; it was recently named one of the “New Seven Wonders of the World.” Its walls, terraces and ramps work in harmony with their mountainous surroundings – a tribute to the creativity and skill of the Incas. After an afternoon exploring the ancient ruins, refreshing Pisco Sours will be waiting back at your hotel before dinner at your leisure. Meals BLD
6. TO CUSCO, CAPITAL OF THE INCAN EMPIRE Enjoy this morning’s return to Machu Picchu for a guided sunrise tour of this extraordinary setting in the clouds. Later this morning, go on a guided nature walk through Aguas Calientes’ rainforest gardens – hundreds of different types of orchids and
BRAZIL PERU Lima
Machu Picchu
(7,872’)
Sacred Valley Cusco
(11,020’)
PACIFIC OCEAN
Taquile Island
Juliaca
Puno (12,552’)
Desaguadero
Maximum Elevation: 12,552 ft. (overnight) 14,150 ft. (en route)
TITICACA (12,552’)
La Paz (11,930’)
Tiwanaku LAKE BOLIVIA
ACTIVITY 3
4 PACE
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