We are excited to announce our first partnership with Mama Ayni on an Andean Artisan Retreat! Join us on this comprehensive amazing journey experiencing cosmology, spirituality, and meeting the artisans first hand that craft our amazing designs. All travelers gets an Andeana hat, intention band, and other woven gifts from the artisans. We’ll embark on an unmatched journey through the Sacred Valley, exploring its most important sites and immersing ourselves in unique, one-of-a-kind experiences with locals. Then, travel home, or break off onto an additional, incredible adventure to the iconic Machu Picchu.

Join our 2025 trip this November 15-21 with the option to add-on a Machu Picchu adventure through November 23.

Day 1: Arrive to Cusco

Arrival at your leisure into Cusco.  Transfer will be provided for the airport to the hotel. Check into your hotel to rest and relax after your long flight and join us for a walking tour around the city, or just sit and have some coca tea to help your body acclimate to the altitude. It's important to take a day to adjust to the altitude before we embark on our busy and epic adventure ending in a group dinner in Cusco!

Day 2: Chincheros Market, Tiobamba, Maras & Moray

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel and then our official Sacred Valley Tour begins at 9am! This will be an exciting adventure and introduction to the colorful, spiritual Quechua culture. We will journey by van across the Sacred Valley stopping first at the famous indigenous Chincheros Market just on the outskirts of Cusco. Here we will experience a day in the life of a Quechua local and get to participate in many of their traditions like a unique Pachamama ceremony to honor Mother Earth, learning a bit of the Quechua language.

From there, we’ll have a relaxing, authentic picnic lunch at Tiobamba with amazing views  of the Sacred Valley and cathedral. After lunch we will continue our journey across the Sacred Valley to explore the beautiful Maras and  salt flats and Moray agricultural ruins from colonial times. Finally after a full first day, we will check into the hotel Willka Tika in Urubamba for dinner, yoga, and relaxation! 

Day 3: Patacancha Valley Artisan Visit & Ollantaytambo Ruins

After breakfast in the hotel, we will set off in the morning to drive to the rural town of Patacancha, to visit one of our weaving communities. You will meet our non-profit partner, Awamaki, learn about what they do, and experience a full weaving demonstration from the female artisans there. We will have coca tea hosted by the expert weavers themselves before heading back down to El Albergue for a very traditional Pachamanca lunch (earth-oven), coffee, and distillery tour. The tradition of Pachamanca is where they prepare your meal by digging a hole in the ground, burying your meat and vegetables with heated up lava stones, and then covering it back again to cook in the Earth. This is an ancient tradition dating back to the Inca times.

After lunch, we will be spending the day in Andeana Hats’ Peru headquarters, the Incan citadel of Ollantaytambo. We will walk around this adorable old fortress town, shop and climb the Ollantaytambo fortress ruins. We will then return to the hotel to have relaxation, dinner, and experience traditional Inca baths under the stars.

Day 4: Pisaq Ruins & Cusco

After breakfast at the hotel, we will be continuing our journey across the Sacred Valley to another impressive, ancient Inca citadel of Pisaq where we will hike around and explore some of the most beautiful architectural sites of indigenous Inca.

Afterwards, we will walk around the modern town of Pisaq and have time to explore and shop the lovely artisan markets in town. From there, we will drive back to the impressive colonial city of Cusco, which used to be the Capital of the Inca Empire. Get ready to have your mind blown in this gorgeous city and our European-Peruvian fusion dinner at Cicciolina. After dinner we will relax in our new hotel.

Day 5: Saqsayhuaman & Cusco

After breakfast in the Hotel, we will be spending the day in Cusco, touring the city and exploring the nearby Incan ruins of the Temple of the Sun, the archeological site of Saqsayhuaman, and the Qorikancha Museum, the most important temple in the Inca Empire. These three sites were very sacred in Inca culture and were all connected during Inca times.

Then we will have lunch at Pachapapa, and have a free afternoon to walk around and shop! Trust me you will want to get lost in the narrow cobblestone streets and discover all of the hidden cafes and shops.

Our final evening as one group we will go to the top of San Blas for the best cocktails and views of the city at Limbus Restobar. After dinner and drinks you will want to get your rest, because the next day will be long and adventurous.

Day 6: The 7 Sacred Lakes Hike, Pacchanta Artisan Tour, & Hot Springs

We will get up at sunrise and drive through the gorgeous scenery through the Sacred Valley and the Apu Ausangate Mountains and have a homemade breakfast in Pacchanta with Mama Ayni's artisans. We will do a tour with the artisans and then hike or horseback ride through the epic 7 Lakes Loop. After a few hours of hiking or riding, we will relax in the natural hot springs followed by a final family-style dinner before heading back to the hotel in Cusco.

Day 7: Breakfast & Departure or Macchu Picchu Trek Extension

Our Andeana Retreat ends here but for those who want to continue the adventure, join us for a Machu Picchu trek.

Day 7 Machu Picchu

The Machu Picchu Route will take you Friday morning via a glass ceiling train from Cusco to Aguas Calientes. Spend the afternoon walking around this tiny town, check in, and eat an early dinner at your hotel before going to bed early so you can be well-rested to explore the iconic Machu Picchu Ruins.

Day 8 Machu Picchu

Get ready to check off a big Bucket List destination with Machu Picchu! The first bus leaves at 5:30am, at the bus stop that is walking distance from your hotel to reach Machu Picchu for a magical sunrise over the ruins. There will be a guided tour and plenty of free time to hike around and check out other areas of Machu Picchu, like the Sun Gate, before catching your afternoon train back to Cusco. Depending on your flight you can either decide to power through and take a red eye flight back home that night or opt to stay overnight in Cusco to have one more day to explore this incredible city. You will never want to leave Cusco!

Day 9 Machu Picchu

Travel Day back to Lima to catch your international flight. Times TBD.