Machu Picchu & the Andes

Amazon & Ayahuasca

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April 17 - May 2, 2010

Machu Picchu

You owe it to yourself, just once, to visit the spectacular presence and power that is Peru. It is for you, who might never travel on your own, that we have created this journey to the most powerful and beautiful places of Peru. We will stay in hotels that are not so corporate that there is no touch with the people and land, and not so third-world as to be uncomfortable. A fine balance is achieved by knowing the people, the places and the culture so that we enjoy the richness of the exploration of our intent.

Knowing that not everyone can set aside two full weeks to travel into the deepest jungles and highest mountain temples of Peru, we are making this journey available in your choice of one or two week segments so that you will have the greatest flexibility for choosing the flow that works best for you. For ease of reference, each leg of travel has been color coded.

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Your Travel Guides

Jade Wah'oo Grigori underwent his first Shamanic Initiation, that of Death-by-Intent, in 1956 at 5 years of age. Of Mongolian ancestry, Jade Wah’oo Grigori received direct initiations and training from his Ancestral Spirits who guided and instructed him in the rigorous endeavors of journeying into the spirit-realms, ways of healing and accessing Knowledge. In 1974 Jade met and was adopted as Grandson by Juan Peña, who apprenticed him for the next 8 years. With his Grampa Peña’s death in 1982, at the age of 104, the Caretakership of ‘the Ways’ passed to Jade Wah’oo.
Jade has been leading groups to Peru and other sacred sites of significance world wide since 1994. He lives in Sedona, Arizona where he is a father to his children and a member of his community.  He makes himself available for all who seek shamanic insight and assistance, regardless of race, culture or gender.

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Dr. Steven Farmer is the author of the several best-selling products including Earth Magic, Animal Spirit Guides, Power Animal Oracle Cards, Messages from Your Animal Spirit Guides Oracle Cards, Power Animals, Sacred Ceremony, and Messages from Your Animal Spirit Guides guided meditation CD. He’s also host of his own radio show, The Shamanic Hotline on HayHouseRadio.com. Dr. Farmer is a shamanic practitioner, ordained minister, hypnotherapist, former college professor and former psychotherapist, offering workshops and presentations on a variety of shamanic healing and earth centered spirituality topics. He also offers private shamanic healing sessions. Dr. Farmer makes his home in Laguna Beach, California.

For further information, go to www.DrStevenFarmer.com.

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Machu Picchu & the Andes : April 17 - 24

Amazon & Ayahuasca: April 23 - May 2

Day 1 - April 17: Arrival in Lima. We will spend the first night at a nice hotel in Lima, getting a bit of refreshing sleep.

Day 2 - April 18: Early in the morning we will board a plane for Cusco. Immediately upon departure from the one hour flight we will be taken by ground transport on a drive through the Andean highlands and down into the Urubamba Valley. Here we will board a train for Aguas Calientes, the town that sits at the base of Machu Picchu.

Day 3 - April 19: We will rise early and be on Machu Picchu to experience the clarity of this most sacred of sites. We will spend the entire day on Machu Picchu, first being led by our Quecha Indian guide, Cucho, who will explain the meanings of the various temples and their alignments with the Solstices and Equinoxes and stars. Following Cucho's introduction to the mysteries of Machu Picchu, we will each go to find the places of power that draw us individually. No rush. The day is yours.

Sunrise viewed from Machu Picchu

Day 4 - April 20: For this who wish, a return to Machu Picchu (usually one day is so powerful, that is enough for most), for others, exploring the wonderful town of Aguas Calientes. There is a Hot Springs (well, warm, anyway) at the top of town, trails to hike, markets to shop. And... this village has no cars in it! Not even motorcycles. Just people on foot. Ahhhh!

In the afternoon we board the train, traveling two hours up the Urubamba River where we will stay for two nights in the ancient village of Ollantaytambo.

Megalithic pink granite building blocks

Day 5 - April 21: The whole day will be spent in the wonderful village of Ollantaytambo, exploring the meglithic temples and ruins. Wit hstones weighing over 240 tons, these remains of an archaic building are unable to be moved and set with such precision with today's technology. Also, shopping the markets and visiting with local Andean villagers... my Peruvian family lives here in Ollantaytambo.

Day 6 - April 22: At mid-day we begin a 2-hr ride to Cusco. Along the way we will stop at Grandmother's house in the village of Chinchero to share a traditional meal with a native Quechua/Inca family. The evening and night we can spend at fine restaurants, clubs, roaming the plaza, taking in the vigorous life of Cusco.

Megalithic rock walls of Sachsayhuaman

Day 7 - April 23: (Those coming only for the Amazon Journey will be arriving in Lima today) The rest of us, already in Cusco, will journey up the high point above Cusco to Sachsayhuaman, where megalithic temples immerse you in the geo-energy wisdom of the ancient ancestors. They built these temples on natural power sites with perfectly fitted stones weighing in excess of 300 tons! Also to be seen are the many hundreds of most enigmatic machine like carvings in the living rock, perhaps this is evidence of a industrial civilization dating thousands of years prior to the Inca Empire.

In the evening local women will be guiding us through the fascinating markets near the main plaza. This is a great place for shopping, for the crafts have been gathered here from all over Peru.

Into the Amazon!

Amazon Panther   by Jenny Ramirez

Day 8 - April 24: (New arrivals fly into Cusco and join up with the rest of the group) From Cusco we drive up and over to the jungle-side of the Andes. Here the Amazon moisture-laden air dramatically pushes up from the low lands, condensing into mist, therebyy the name of the Cloud Forest, a striking country of steep slope forest deeply draped in mosses, epiphytic ferns, lichens and orchids is gven to this region. Waterfalls and cataract rivers adorn abyss walled cliffs. The dense jungle on extreme slopes is so impenetrable that places we see have likely never been trod by humanity; there are areas near the mountains still not mapped. We stay the first night in a lodge in the midst of the Cloud Forest.

Day 9 - April 25: Deep Jungle days. We continue to drive down the mountains to reach the Upper Madre de Dios River. From there we boat 4hrs into the lands of the Matsiguenga tribes. A little further downstream we will stay at the lodge and Traditional Plant Centre built by the Shipetiari indigenous community.

Matsiguenga Jungle Lodge

Day 10 - April 26: Traditional Medicine Centre - Walking visit to the Matsiguenga tribal village of Shipetiari. Settling in, resting, the day is spent preparing for the 1st Ayahuasca ceremony, that evening.

Mateo Toribo, our Ayahuascero

Read about Mateo Toribo

Day 11 - April 27: Traditional Medicine Centre - Jungle walks available each day. 2nd Ayahuasca ceremony.

Day 12 - April 28: Traditional Medicine Centre - Jungle walks available each day. 3rd Ayahuasca ceremony.

Day 13 - April 29: Departing by boat up the Madre de Dios River, then by land transport ot the lodge in the Cloud Forest.

Day 14 - April 30: Returning by ground transport to Cusco, a night of rest and relaxation. We will have dinner at a comfortable restaurant.

Day 15 - May 1: Lima departure: An afternoon flight will return you to Lima. When back in the city our guides will offer optional plazas, beaches and restaurants at your pleasure. That night they will get you to your departing flights, which typically depart in the first wee hours of (May 2).

Note: Travel itinerary is subject to minor variations due to local conditions and alternate awesome opportunities that are just too good to be missed!

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Prices do not include airfare to/from Peru

Includes: All lodging, transport, site fees, guides, airport taxes, Shaman's ceremonies, some meals and one of the most incredibly beautiful and fulfilling journeys you can imagine!

All prices are double occupancy, perhaps triple in the Amazon. Single occupancy requests add $500. No single occupancy requests can be reasonably expected after February 2nd.

Machu Picchu & Andes and Amazon & Ayahuasca

April 17 - May 2 ~ $4,250

Machu Picchu & Andes only: April 17 - 24 ~ $2,200

Amazon & Ayahuasca only: April 23 - May 2 ~ $2,900

• Registrations are due by February 2, 2010. Why?  In order to secure hotel reservations, air and train tickets, etc, we must confirm and pay for all arrangements three months in advance at the latest.
  

• If you choose to wait until after February 2, a late fee of $500 must be added... if you are lucky enough for us to find you reservations at all.

• Registration requires the deposit, by Cashier's Check or Credit Card, of $1,000. Click on Registration link, above, for details.

• A maximum of 30 participants can go with us. This insures a small group comaraderie in which we can attend to the needs of each.

Questions? Please feel free to contact Jade Wah'oo Grigori