Putting Peru on its Feet Again 8 Day Itinerary

Putting Peru on its Feet Again
8 Day Itinerary
Cusco, the land of the Incas, was hit by heavy rains in early February, which
devastated about 16,000 farming hectares, destroyed about 30 bridges and 5,000
houses were rendered uninhabitable. The news went out all around the world and
almost 90% of the bookings for tours were cancelled, meaning that, apart from the
destruction, the local people lost a vital source of income.
This is a great opportunity to come a visit this exotic place, while there are not
many tourists around, and you can also leave a “Positive Footprint”.
As part of your meaningful adventure in Peru, we visit Cachicatta, a small Andean
community which was affected by the heavy rains, and that, with your help will
achieve a better way of life by helping with the restoration of houses and funding a
new irrigation system. You will leave Peru with new friends, and enduring
memories you will cherish.
Duration
Locations
Minimum
Maximum
: 11 Days / 10 Nights
: Lima / Cusco / Sacred Valley/ Machu Picchu
: 2 Passengers
: 12 Passengers
Price per passenger = US$2,455 (based on two people sharing a room) plus
internal flights from Lima-Cusco-Lima of $220 (subject to change).
This is based on a minimum of 2 participants.
Single Supplement: US$ 898 (this is a surcharge if you prefer not to share a room,
or if there is no one to share with you)
Volunteer activities:
Cachicatta community is a small traditional Andean Village with no more than 50
families. Its economy is based on agriculture and cattle farming. Here you
participate in helping get this community back on its feet. The community service
activities have been carefully chosen to provide benefit to basic necessities, based
on community member’s requirements.
Volunteering activity: Local House Restoration
This activity will take place from days 4 to 7. The idea is to restore the basic items
in a house with the help of the local villagers; we are not building a new house.
Donation: US$ 600 per house (included in your trip price)
which includes all materials
Activities:
• Roof repair
• Wall repairing with adobe (dry clay, sand, straw and
manure) bricks
• Painting walls
• New wiring for lighting
• Kitchen repair
Itinerary Description:
Day 1 Lima (arrival)
Upon arrival at Lima’s International airport you are met by your Hands Up
Holidays representative who escorts you to your hotel conveniently located near
the airport. Meals on your own.
Hotel in Lima: Costa del Sol Ramada:
http://www.costadelsolperu.com/lima/esp/index.php
Day 2 Lima / Cusco (City and Surrounding Inca Sites Tour)
After breakfast, you are escorted to
In the early afternoon, you enjoy a
the airport counter in order to board
“City and Surrounding Inca Sites Tour
your flight to Cusco. Upon arrival to
of Cusco”. This tour will give you an
Cusco (10,496 ft), you are met by your
introduction about the history and
Hands Up Holidays representative
culture of this fascinating city. We
who directs to your private vehicle
start visiting the Cathedral of Cusco,
that will transfer you to your hotel.
with its massive stone pillars and
You have lunch on your own account.
elaborate religious works of art,
including sculptures of the saints and
religious frescoes.
Later, you will visit Koricancha (the
Temple of the Sun,) which is the main
religious centre of the Incas dedicated
to the Sun cult, with some of the best
Inca stonework in the city. The Santo
Domingo Convent, with its elaborate
carvings,
paintings
and
other
colonial-style works of art, was built
on top of it by the Spanish
Conquistadors. Later, you'll go to
Sacsayhuaman (which is shaped as
the head of a Puma,) Tampumachay
(the sacred water site of the Incas,)
Puka Pukara, known also as the
Tambo (or the resting place) and
Qenqo, where you can see the Inca
altar that was used for animal
sacrifices. You are then transferred
back to your hotel. Dinner on your
own account.
At night you are met by Hands Up
Holidays representatives to discuss
your volunteer work on the following
days. Planning is a very important
issue.
B
Hotel in Cusco: Picoaga Hotel or similar: http://www.picoagahotel.com
Day 3 Cusco (Buy materials for house restoration)
After an early breakfast, you are met by your guide at the hotel lobby to go to
Cusco’s commercial areas to buy items needed for the volunteer work. The group
may split to buy specific Items. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant. After
lunch, we will continue buying the items needed for the house repair. After buying
all the items, these must be taken to be stored, and then you have the rest of the
day at leisure. Dinner is on your own account.
B/L
Hotel in Cusco: Picoaga Hotel or similar: http://www.picoagahotel.com
Day 4 Cusco / Sacred Valley (Guided Tour of Ollantaytambo +
Volunteering in Cachiccata)
Early in the morning, you are met by
Ollantaytambo. Here you enjoy a
your guide at the hotel’s lobby and
guided tour of this Inca site. After this
driven by private vehicle to the Sacred
guided tour, you are transferred to
Valley of the Incas and on to
Cachiccata, located just 10 minutes by
car from Ollantaytambo. Upon arrival
at Cachiccata, you are met by
representatives of the community who
will receive the Water Pump that your
trip fee has funded, in order to have
enough water during the dry season
for their crops, due to the destruction
of their water channel because of the
heavy rains in early February.
After this you are directed to the
houses that are going to be repaired.
Here we proceed to carry all materials
to the house, and we meet the family
members who will help us with the
restoration.
Today we start with the cleaning of
the house, getting out everything that
the family may consider unnesesary
for them. We take every item that will
not be replaced to a safe place where
it will be stored during the time we
spend repairing. A box lunch is
provided to sustain you.
In the afternoon, you are transferred
back to your hotel in the Sacred
Valley. Dinner is on your own
account.
B/BL
Hotel in the Sacred Valley: Casa Andina Private Collection: Casa Andina
Private Collection - Valle Sagrado
Day 5 Sacred Valley (Volunteering in Cachiccata Walls and Windows
restoration)
After an early breakfast, you are
transferred to Cachiccata and walk to
the house you are helping to restore.
You begin by repairing the walls,
doors and windows of the house. A
box Lunch is provided.
After finishing with today’s work, you
are transferred back to your hotel.
Dinner is on your own account.
B/BL
Hotel in the Sacred Valley: Casa Andina Private Collection: Casa Andina
Private Collection - Valle Sagrado
Day 6 Sacred Valley (Volunteering in Cachiccata: House painting and
roof repairing)
After an early breakfast, you are
transferred to Cachiccata and walk to
the house you are restoring; painting
walls and fixing the roof. A box Lunch
is provided. This task needs to be
completed today. After finishing with
today’s work, you are transferred back
to your hotel, where you have the rest
of the day to relax in stunning
surroundings. Dinner is on your own
account.
B/BL
Adventures That Count
Hotel in the Sacred Valley: Casa Andina Private Collection: Casa Andina
Private Collection - Valle Sagrado
Day 7 Sacred Valley (Volunteering in Cachiccata Wiring and New
Furniture)
After an early breakfast, you are transferred to Cachiccata and walk to the house
you are restoring, where we will check everything is ready to continue with the
new wiring and furniture instalation. A Box lunch is provided. Today we end our
task, clean up and then the highlight: give the owners the key to their restored
house.
You have the option to participate in an offering to ‘Pachamama’ Mother Earth.
You can also share with the family owners a special celebratory dinner. After
dinner you are transferred back to Cusco and on to your hotel.
B/BL/D
Hotel in Cusco: Picoaga Hotel or similar:
http://www.picoagahotel.com
Day 8 Cusco / Lima / Out (Fly back to Lima and home)
You have a free morning to explore the city and buy some souvenirs. In the early
afternoon we transfer to Cusco’s airport in order to board your flight back to
Lima, and then your flight back home.
Changing lives through travel...including your own
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Bookings@handsupholidays.com
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Adventures That Count
Alternatively, you might like to explore more of this gorgeous country, such as the
Amazon jungle, Colca Canyon and its condors, or Lake Titicaca. We are only too
happy to make any or all of these experiences happen for you.
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The Price Includes:
• Professional English speaking guide
• Private Transportation as mentioned in the itinerary
• Entrance fees to all attractions mentioned in the itinerary
• All Tourist activities mentioned in the the itinerary
• Vistadome train to and from Machu Picchu
• Tourist Shuttle to and from Machu Picchu after Vistadome train ride
• Volunteer materials and transfers
• Assistance while volunteering
• Hotels as mentioned in Itinerary. Hotels may change depending on
availability, alternative hotels will not increase the price and will have
same standards
• Meals mentioned as Included: B=Breakfast, BL=Boxed Lunch, L=Lunch,
D=Dinner
• Carbon offsetting for your flights
• Internal Flights (Lima / Cusco / Lima) although this price is subject to
change
• A donation of $300 per person
The Price Does Not Include:
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Optional activities
Meals not specified as included
Items of a personal nature such as laundry, phone bills
Alcoholic beverages
Tips
Any extras that are not mentioned in the itinerary
Changing lives through travel...including your own
UK: 0207 193 1062; NZ: 06 347 1189; USA/Canada 201 984 5372; RoW: +44 207 193 1062
Bookings@handsupholidays.com
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