Day 01
Arrive in Peru
After arrival into Cusco airport, you will be greeted by a member of our Camps staff and taken to your accommodation in the city for the evening. We will use our time to give you briefings about the itinerary and to make sure that you are well set for the coming adventures.
Day 02
Cusco
An opportunity to settle in to Peru and explore the Inca capital. The city was the centre of the Inca Empire and then taken over by the Spanish colonialists. That history is obvious in its busy modern day streets, with stunning Inca walls below magnificent colonial cathedrals. It is a unique and vibrant place. Sleeping in the city for two nights will help you acclimatize before heading out to our camp in the mountains.
Day 03
Head to your camp
This morning, you’ll be transferred to your camp. Once you arrive you will be greeted by the Camp Manager who will give you a camp and community tour and explain more about the projects you’ll be getting involved with over the coming days - the group will have the opportunity to set their own goals for those projects within a broader set of objectives. The camp is at around 11,000 and it is a great privilege to be in this remote community, and the views from it are staggering. In the evening, the group will establish its project goals for their time in camp.
Day 04
Immerse yourself in Peruvian culture
Time in camp is shared between service work, cultural activities and interaction with the community. Often those three things blend together. You will be involved in community development projects to help improve infrastructure within the village: this could include building communal structures for community events or in the houses of individual community members. In the afternoon you will investigate local traditions such as cooking techniques and fabric making.
Day 05
Community project work
Each day you will make some more progress toward the project goals that the community and Camps have identified. Typically, most of that work is done in the mornings, working alongside 'maestros' from the community. However, it is not all work and no play and soccer and volleyball games with the local children fill many an afternoon.
Day 06
Trek through the high Andes
As a break from all the hard work, we will take a day off and trek out across the mountains to see the Moray archaeological site. The views across to the high mountains the other side of the Sacred Valley are incredible - you are walking in the footsteps of the Incas.
Day 07
Community project work
As you become increasingly more used to the altitude you will find the project work easier. Alongside local 'maestros' and accompanied by the sound of the many donkeys who live in the community, you will start to feel a great sense of pride and satisfaction as you see the progress you are making. This is a remote and quite poor community and the impact you can have in supporting their own initiatives is not to be underestimated. In the evening there will be some time to reflect on your achievements and the progress you have made toward to community's objectives.
Day 08
Transfer to Ollantaytambo
We will head down into the Sacred Valley itself, by bus, and arrive in the small, ancient city of Ollantaytambo. This will be your first opportunity to get a sense of the scale of some of the Inca constructions. The town is home to ancient terracing and stone Inca grain silos, there is also a market to buy souvenirs to take home. We will spend the night here is a small hotel.
Day 09
Machu Picchu
Your day will start early as you get the train from Ollantaytambo to Agues Calientes, the village that sits underneath the citadel of Machu Picchu itself. You may have seen hundreds of pictures of this famous site, but nothing will prepare you for the magic of seeing it in real life. This UNESCO World Heritage site is one not to be missed! The day ends with a journey by train back to Cusco.
Day 10
Ciao Peru
After saying goodbye to our Camp Peru crew, and having another quick look at the city if flight timings permit it, you will be transferred to the airport in time for your flight home.
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