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| CUSCO - PISAQ - OLLANTAYTAMBO Day 8 ---OCT. 12--- Sunday Morning motor coach from Cusco through the Sacred Valley of the Incas to the Pisaq Market, a regional market, where the Quechua Indians gather to sell and trade their hand-made products and produce. Alpaca sweaters, ponchos, rugs, ceremonial artifacts, pottery and jewelry are real bargains. At the southern end of the Sacred Valley, Pisac's ruins form an enormous condor on the mountainside. Lunch @ El Maizal (Outdoor buffet) On to Ollantaytambo, House of the Dawn/Wind, one of the most powerful astronomical complexes, is built at electromagnetic convergence points. At the northern end of the Sacred Valley, Ollantaytambo has a special spirit about it. The legend goes that a white bearded God, Wiracocha, entered the town and blessed the people. They so honored him, that they carved his face in the mountainside, where you can see it today. Purification and cleansing at the multidimensional sacred fountains and ceremony at the Temple of the Condor to ask for permission, protection and guidance as we enter the "Hanaq Pacha" (upper world). The Condor or "Apu Kuntur" was considered a very special divinity that connects the "Hanaq Pacha" ( upper world ) with the "Kay Pacha" (middle world). Late afternoon arrival in Yucay for an overnight stay at the most paradisiacal lodging in the Sacred Valley. (BB & L) Overnight Posada del Inka, Yucay |
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| MACHU PICCHU Day 9 ---OCT. 13--- Monday After breakfast we begin our “pilgrimage” to the holy city of Machu Picchu. We transfer to Ollanta Station, board the train for a ride through the sacred mountains, following the route of the Vilcanota-Urubaba River to the town below Machu Picchu, Aguas Calientes. We check in our hotel and embark on 20 min. bus ride up to Machu Picchu. The summit of "Machu Picchu" (Old Mountain), overlooks the deep canyon of the Urubamba river in a semi-tropical area at 7,000 feet above sea level. The complex covers approximately 5 square kms., sits on a mountain site of extraordinary beauty, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest. Machu Picchu's unusual patterns are best viewed from the sky. Its celestial observatory depicts many patterns found on petroglyphs throughout the world. Machu Picchu is an amazing creation, with its giant walls, terraces and ramps, which appear as though they have been cut naturally in the continuous rock escarpments. Rediscovered in 1911 by the American Yale professor Hiram Bingham, it is thought to have been a sanctuary or temple inhabited by high priests and the "Virgins of the Sun" (chosen women). Excavations revealed that of the 135 skeletons found,109 were women. You're finally here among the sacred Apus (Mountain Spirits) and the clouds on top of the world. The ancient energies of transformation welcome you, as you let go of your worldly concerns. The most surprising discovery at the abandoned ruins of Machu Picchu is that it is not dead at all. Machu Picchu is a living initiation center. The power points and energy sites are still very much alive and accessible. We have a wonderful outdoor buffet lunch at the base of the ruins and embark on a guided archeospiritual tour of the entire temple complex with time to meditate and align ourselves with energies and ley lines of this holy consecrated ancestrial space. (BB & L) Overnight Machu Picchu El Pueblo Hotel |
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