PAT ESP 51237 - SOLSTICE & INTI RAYMI

Upon arrival, reception at the airport, transfer to the selected hotel and lodging.

Breakfast at the hotel. Flight to Cusco. Reception and transfer to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Lunch. Transfer to the train station to travel to Aguas Calientes. Reception and accommodation at the hotel. Overnight in Aguas Calientes.

Very early transfer to the archeological complex of Machu Picchu to enjoy the magical experience of seeing the first rays of sunlight coming into the sacred city while we recharge our energies.

Machu Piccchu  is a magic place of extraordinary beauty that represents the most important cult center, as well as of mystic and esoteric studies of the Incas. It is considered one of the main magnetic and energetic points of our planet and, in several aspects, one of the most important monuments of mankind inheritance.

During this visit, we will realize that Machu Picchu is a beautiful legacy that shows how there were no coincidences or chances in its construction. Everything seems to have been foreseen, ordained, regulated, and harmonized in a fabulous stone work that was built respecting the environment and mother nature in a way that is still admired and appreciated by everyone who has the opportunity to visit it.

Return to Aguas Calientes town.

At appropriate time return to Sacred Valley and accommodation at the hotel Valley.

Breakfast at the hotel. Morning visit to Ollantaytambo,  an Inca town still inhabited, with a megalithic temple of very important mystic value, great extensions of agricultural platforms, forts, squares, irrigation channels, and fountains. Also visit to the Royal House of the Sun and, next to it, the pyramid of Pacaritampu.

After, visit to the beautiful town of Pisac,  and its famous great artisans market and the popular show. Tour of the Sacred Valley of Urubamba. Lunch, back to Cusco, and are you will be taken to your hotel. Night in Cusco.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Between 08:00 hrs and  08:30 hrs, hotel pick up to initiate a tour through the colonial city; built on the bases of Inca palaces. In the tour we will also visit the Temple of the Sun, also known as the Qoricancha in the quechua language, which means “Golden Enclosure”. It´s magnificence is still felt in those walls that were once covered in gold. The Qoricancha was a sacred place where the Inca god was worshipped, the INTI or Sun God. The tour continues through the Mayor Plaza, which is known for its beautiful architectonic design of series of arcs, from which The Cusco Cathedral.

Subsequently, we will continue to the archaeological center of Sacsayhuaman, a multipurpose place were the Sun. Moon and Earth were worshipped. It was also used as a military fortress and astrological center. The place represents the earth element in the andean cosmological vision. Later we will arrive to Q´enco, a place related to worship of the Fire element. We will continue with Puca Pucara, a place used as an Inca supply and control post, in which there were realized ceremonies to the wind (air). By the end of the tour, we will arrive to Tambomachay, place of worship to the water and fertility. Return to the hotel.  Time leisur.

Free afternoon to see the different popular manifestations related to the Inti Raymi.

Night in Cusco.

Breakfast at the hotel. Currently, June 24th is the chosen day to commemorate one of the most important celebrations of the Inca Empire: the celebration in honor to God Sun “Inti Raymi”. After breakfast, transfer to the temple of the Sun or Qoricancha to attend the beginning of the ceremony, following to the main square and then Sacsayhuaman where the most important part of the ceremony is performed. Includes preferential tickets and box lunch.

Night in Cusco.

Breakfast at your hotel. At appropriate time transfer to the airport to connect back to Lima  & Connection back home or continue to ………

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