JULY 25

At the ruins of Chinchero, an ancient imperial palace surrounded by the mountains of the Sacred Valley, we will perform a Pago a la Tierra, an offering to the Earth and an essential ceremony before beginning any spiritual work in the Andes. Before asking anything of the Earth, we begin by offering something to her.

From Chinchero, we will travel to Moray, where enormous circular terraces descend into the earth like amphitheaters. The site is believed to have served as an Inca agricultural laboratory, where different elevations and microclimates allowed for experimentation with crops.

Our first day in the Sacred Valley begins this way: learning how to enter into relationship with the land we will walk for the days ahead.

JULY 26

We will ascend into the high Andes, crossing the vast landscape of the altiplano until we reach an altitude of 5,000 meters, where Laguna de Chauytitri awaits us among the mountains like a natural temple.

At the edge of the lagoon, we will take part in a cleansing ceremony, using its waters to release what we no longer need to carry and prepare ourselves for the path ahead.

This will be our first encounter with the spirits of the mountains, in a landscape where earth, water, and sky seem to meet.

JULY 27

We journey off the tourist routes and into the mountains to reach Pumamarka, the Village of the Puma. Surrounded by ancient terraces and sweeping Andean landscapes, we receive the Pampa Mesayak initiation, the first step on the Andean path.

From there, we descend into the Sacred Valley and travel to Ollantaytambo, an ancient Inca city that is still alive today, where centuries-old streets, temples, and waterways remain part of everyday life.

JULY 28

A day to choose your own adventure and experience the Sacred Valley in your own way.

Option 1: Explore Cusco, walking through its temples, plazas, and historic streets, and discovering a city where Inca, colonial, and contemporary worlds still exist side by side.

Option 2: Journey to Machu Picchu, traveling through the Sacred Valley to reach one of the most extraordinary cities of the Inca world. (Requires an additional reservation and fee.)

Option 3: Take a guided hike through the Maras salt mines, descending among thousands of salt pools that have been worked by local communities for generations.

JULY 29

At the Temple of the Moon, an ancient sacred site associated with feminine energy, we will encounter the Ñustas, the feminine spiritual guides of the Andean tradition.

Here, we will receive the Ñusta Karpay initiation, a ceremony that invites us to recognize and find greater balance between the masculine and feminine energies each of us carries within.

It will be a day to explore strength from a different place — not only through action and movement, but also through receptivity, intuition, and our capacity to allow ourselves to be transformed.

JULY 30

We will journey to the ancient ruins of Pisac, high above the Sacred Valley and surrounded by mountains and terraces cascading down the hillsides.

Here, we will receive the Alto Mesayok initiation, one of the most significant initiations within the Andean tradition and a deeper step into our relationship with the Apus, the spirits of the mountains.

After several days of preparation, ceremony, and journey, Pisac marks the final threshold before our encounter with Pachatusan.

JULY 31

Finally, we will ascend to 5,400 meters to meet Pachatusan, the sacred mountain whose name means the mountain that holds up the world.

Known as the Great Doctor, Pachatusan has been a place of pilgrimage for healers and seekers for generations. Everything we have experienced in the days before — the ceremonies, initiations, stories, and the path we have traveled — will have prepared us for this encounter.

On the mountain, each person will take part in a personal ceremony: a moment to stand before Pachatusan and ask for what they need to heal, care for, or transform.

And after so many days on the path, we will end as we should: celebrating together on the mountain.

AUGUST 1ST

We leave the mountains behind and begin our journey home. But the pilgrimage does not end in Peru. We return carrying with us the stories, encounters, and questions we found along the way.

Now another story begins: the one each of us will write from here. A story of healing, curiosity, and what becomes possible when we learn to pay attention.