7 Days Spiritual Peru Pilgrimage with Inca Trail (Group Departure)

On your first day, you will meet our professional guide to talk about the schedule of the following days and give you a little briefing with all the information you need to know. Our professional guide will perform an Andean Blessing Ceremony to prepare you for this spiritual travel experience and set the right intentions. You will learn more about the purpose of this sacred ceremony and the ancient Inca and Andean beliefs. The rest of the day you can rest or discover the city center by yourself, getting used to the high altitude of Cusco. 

Your Ayahuasca retreat experience in the Sacred Valley finally starts! You will travel to San Salvador, the location of our retreat center in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. After your arrival, you will be introduced to the shaman and medical staff and have some time to check out the retreat center. You will have a group meeting with the team and the other participants to talk about the sacred plant and the intentions of the different ceremonies (Ayahuasca ceremony, Offering to Mother Earth and Coca Leaf ceremony). After your first meeting, you will have an individual consultation with the medical doctor and shamanic healer about your aya plant ceremony, so you feel prepared and ready to start the first plant medicine session. In the afternoon, our shamanic healer will perform a Coca Leaf Ceremony and Cleansing Ceremony. Later, you will learn more about the ancient Inca principle of unconditional love and the Munay meditation. The meditation session helps you to get into the right mindset for your plant medicine ceremony that you will be having on this day in the evening.

Today you will start your day with a very light breakfast and then be brought to the dog shelter of the organization “Human Actions”. There you will do your volunteering activity, feeding the little puppies and giving them the love they need. You will learn more about the organization of the shelter and the stories of the dogs who had been abused and badly treated before they came to the shelter. After helping the staff, you will enjoy an organic snack and return to the retreat center. There you will have a meeting with the psychologist and shamanic healer to talk about your personal experiences during your first inca plant ceremony. These sessions help you find clarity about your visions. Later, you will have some time to relax and participate in group sessions to share your plant medicine experience. In the evening, you will be doing your aya plant ceremony. Our medical team and Andean shamans will be with you during the whole process.

Today you will start your day with an organic breakfast. Afterwards, you will have another individual consultation with the doctors and shamanic healers about your last ceremony. Later, our shaman will perform an offering to Mother Earth. It is an important Andean ceremony to show our gratitude to Pachamama (Mother Earth) for everything that she gives to us. Also, you can buy some local handicrafts from the shamanic healers before you will be taken to Ollantaytambo, where you will spend the night before going to the Inca Trail.

Early in the morning, you will catch the train to the trailhead at Km.104 of the Ollantaytambo – Machu Picchu railroad. You will visit the nearby ruins of Chachabamba and then begin the four-hour, 8km ascent to join the classic Inca Trail at the impressive Wiñaywayna archaeological complex. This consists of an agricultural sector with numerous terraces, and beautiful religious and urban centers. On the way up, you will take in magnificent views of the Urubamba River Valley, the Choquesuysuy archaeological complex on the opposite side of the river, and a beautiful waterfall minutes away from Wiñaywayna. Leaving Wiñaywayna, an hour’s trek along a trail of flat stones on the edges of the highland jungle cliffs brings us to the ‘Intipunku’ (Sun Gate), the ceremonial gateway into Machu Picchu. You will get our first glimpse of the sacred citadel of Machu Picchu from here. Later, you will descend to Machu Picchu and travel by bus to Aguas Calientes and relax in a hotel.

Early in the morning, you will leave your hotel to take the bus up to Machu Picchu, the “Lost City of the Incas“. It is a complete town with different quarters, squares, alleys, buildings, astronomical observatories and terraces. The city was rediscovered on July 24, 1911 by the US researcher Hiram Bingham. After a guided tour, you will have free time to walk around and explore the site, including climbing either Wayna Picchu or Machu Picchu mountains (advance reservation required). In the afternoon, you will return to Aguas Calientes by bus and take the train to Poroy/Ollantaytambo. On the way back, you can enjoy the beautiful landscape of the Sacred Valley. Upon arrival at the train station, you will be taken to your hotel in Cusco.

On your last day, you will be picked up in time by our transfer staff and brought to the airport of Cusco. From there you will take your national flight back to Lima and your international flight home.