Machu Picchu Adventure
Machu Picchu Adventure
Swing on those walking shoes and bring out your yoga mat to join us for a six-night tour of the highlights of the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu on a wellness adventure to delight your senses and connect with a culture rich in historical tradition and ancient footsteps. Experience this magnificient region where the Andes reach the skies with blissful horizons and imbue your senses with the sacred charm and gorgeous sites on a Machu Picchu Adventure.
Discover daily yoga classes in beautiful locations as you journey through the sacred land of the Incas with guided day tours along the way. Meals are included in the Sacred Valley as you wake up and salute the sun through local sites and sounds and enjoy some free time for you to relax and rejuvenate in charming Peruvian accommodations and peaceful Andean landscapes.
Itinerary
Day 1 Cusco | Sacred Valley
Begin with a pick-up in Cusco from the airport or your location and journey directly into the Sacred Valley where you will be hosted for three nights in peaceful and relaxing accommodations. Enjoy an evening yoga class with a focus on breath as you acclimatize to this fresh mountain region and appreciate the serenity of the Sacred Valley for your first night under the Andean stars.
Day 2 – 3 Sacred Valley
Enjoy days of discovery with local cultural sights and blissful experiences after early morning yoga classes and delicious breakfasts to begin the days events. We’ll take a journey in this region to several locations to delight and lift your senses. Explore the Pisac ruins which are some of the finest and largest in the entire valley and shop in the Pisac market.
We’ll also travel to the community of Amaru where we will learn about Andean life and a community based initiative of traditional weaving techniques for a shared lunch with the project owners. Weaving has always been important to the cultural identity of the local communities in the southern Andes of Peru and experience an overview of the traditional textile techniques on a tour of colorful discovery.
Tour highlights also include a visit to Moray, a unique Inca site that was believed to be an agricultural research centre and formed by concentric, circular terraces that provide a large difference in temperature from top to bottom and amaze at the natural abundance and beauty of the region. Learn about the interesting agricultural techniques of the Incas and witness some stunning visuals of the natural terrain.
Our days in the Sacred Valley will also include a visit to the salt pools of Maras. These pre-Inca salt pools have been worked for centuries and are fed by an underground stream to produce pink salt for export and provide the back-drop for some pretty amazing photos!
Evenings will be spent at our accommodation with gentle and rejuvenating yoga classes and delicious meals to relax in the serenity of the day and enjoy calm evenings in the stunning light of the Sacred Valley sunsets.
Day 4 Ollantaytambo | Aguas Calientes
Wake up in the Sacred Valley with some sun Salutations in your morning yoga class before a local visit of the town of Ollantaytambo, the only remaining town laid out to its original Inca design. Visit the archaeological site and enjoy a local lunch with time to wander the narrow streets lined with water channels that have been flowing since the time of the Inca.
In the afternoon, take a train to the town of Aguas Calientes, at the foot of Machu Picchu, in the heartland of the Sacred Valley for our early morning visit. We’ll spend the night at this mountain town before the visit to the famous Incan ruins.
Day 5 – 7 Machu Picchu | Cusco
Rise with the sun and journey up to Machu Picchu and begin a complete guided tour of the Inca citadel. Enjoy some time at this magnificient site to walk around, climb the Sungate and experience spectacular views of the surrounding valleys and mountains. In the afternoon, return to Aguas Calientes and take an afternoon train to Cusco arriving after nightfall.
Cusco is a famous colonial town surrounded by the vast Andes and dotted with sacred sites on its horizons where you will return to spend two nights. Start the first day with a morning yoga class and a healthy breakfast before the city tour with a local guide to visit the cultural hotspots of the Incan dynasty blended with modern tradition in this UNESCO World Heritage city.
The city tour includes such highlights to appreciate fine architecture, Incan stone engineering, artists galleries and the blend of 17th century Spanish cultural infusion mixed with Andean iconography during a city tour exploring the charm of this Peruvian mountain oasis. Enjoy one more full day of this charming town and your last evening together before departure the following day.
Machu Picchu Adventure Highlights
Optional activities include:
- massage therapies
- horseback riding
- local markets and cooking workshops
Travel Style:
"I had great time on the tour, all was very professional and organized and the location and meals were amazing.
The yoga teacher was the best I ever had and the whole team was incredible and I enjoyed every minute. It was perfect in all aspects and above my expectations, for sure an unforgettable experience." 
The yoga teacher was great – she quickly gaged our levels of experience and went at the perfect pace to ensure we felt comfortable. She was friendly, approachable and very calming with her instructions. The beach house was lovely. Spacious, clean, well kept and presented. The cook was brilliant and the quality and quantity of food was first class and we definitely never went hungry!
The group of people on the tour really made it special for me. It was so nice to go away as a solo traveller and come away feeling like you had made a whole new group of friends! I will never forget the beauty of the island – the sounds, sights and how it made me feel emotionally. I was able to forget about everything back home and just ‘be!’ The whole experience was brilliant – it really was a journey of discovery! 
The personal touch was the most enjoyable aspect of the tour. I felt a thousand times more relaxed and whole after a week.
The change was really noticeable and the feeling of being looked after really set me up to have space to nurture myself, which I find hard to come by in daily life.
As a custom tour experience with GSJ the programs were adjusted for my preference and for weather, and it felt like I had someone to help me personally organize the things I wanted to do and accompany me along the way. The most I enjoyed about my experience were the yoga sessions. All of the instructors were fantastic and have inspired me to reignite my practice long term. I can't say enough about how amazing the sessions were.
The local guide was also very knowledgeable and friendly and locations were beautiful with great breakfasts. The optional massages were also fantastic, it seems GSJ knows how to find all the best people! I would recommend GSJ tours and travel with them again. 
Loved, loved, loved this tour! the perfect combination of fun and adventure with amazing yoga, delicious food and gorgeous location. I didn’t want to come home!
This tour is perfect if you live in Brazil and want an escape from the city or if you are coming to Brazil for the first time. It’s an amazing way to see beautiful places and travel with people who have the same ideas about travel. Connect with us
