Mystical Tour Operator & Travel Agency in Cusco Peru

Q´eros (4 days / 5 days)

Q´eros is not a place you'll find in a regular guide book. It is the home of the Q´eros people, believed to be the last remaining blood line of the Incas. They live in isolated mountaintops in the Andes, still speak the pure Qechua language and have had little contact with either the church or the state in the last five hundred years. They here fore have lived in a very traditional way for hundreds of years, nearly self sufficient, growing potatoes at 3350 meters and herding alpacas and lamas at 4300 meters.

They employ the same agriculture methods, play the same panpipes and flutes, and weave cloth using the same patterns as described by the chroniclers of the 16th century Spaniards.

The Q´eros people live in 6 different annexes, villages with each approximately 30 up to 35 houses. Hatun Q´eros (Hatun= big) is the main village and the biggest of the 6 villages.

The Q´eros nation communities are still keeping the Andean religion customs and traditions from the Inca ancestors, making rites and Ceremonies. The Incas´ spiritual and healing practices were transmitted orally. It persists in the Peruvian Andes because it is the only South American country where the shamanic practices still thrive on a large scale.

On our 4 day tour to Q´eros we will be immersed in the culture and way of life of these medicine people. The leaders of the villages are all shamans, and we will be introduced to their ancient ceremonies accompanied by a shaman himself.

» Program : Q´eros (4 days / 5 days)

4 days 3 nights (5d / 4n)

Day 1: Cusco - Paucartambo

- 04.00 Pick up from the hotel.
- 07:00 Arrial to Paucartambo - Breakfast.
- 07:30 Paucartambo – Village of Callacancha.
- 09:00 Callacancha, beginning of the hike with the community of Chua Chua as our destination (anexo of the community of Q´eros).
- 17:00 Arrival to Chua Chua.
- Lunch on route.
- Dinner in Chua Chua.
- Overnight in tents in Chua Chua.

Day 2: Chua Chua – Hatun Q´eros

- 06:30 Breakfast.
- 07:00 We depart from Chua Chua and hike to the biggest village of Q´eros, "Hatun Q´eros".
- 10:00 Arrival to "Hatun Q´eros".
- Visit in this village.
- Lunch.
- 15:00 Visit to Ccoromarca, archeaological site near "Hatun Q´ros", (duration: approximately 2 hours).
- Overnight at the local peoples houses (tents optional).

Day 3: Hatun Q´ero - Chalma Chimpana

- 06:30 Breakfast.
- 07:00 Departure from Hatun Q´eros.
- 4 hours walking toward the village of Chalma Chimpana.
- Lunch and some time off.
- 02:00 Visit to the Catacocha lake, at one hour walking distance from Chalma Chimpana. Here we perform a purification ceremony conducted by a mystical Andean guide. (Duration: approximately 2 hours).
- Overnight in tents in Chalca Chimpana.

Day 4: Chalma Chimpana - Callacancha - Pampakasa

- 07.00 Breakfast.
- 08:00 Departure from Chalma Chimpana. We walk for about 1 hour.
- Return to Callacancha by a different route until we reach Pampakasa. (7 hour walk).
- Lunch on route.
- 19:00 Arrival to Pampakasa.
Optional:
- 4th day: Visit to Qollority, overnight in this place.
- 5th Day: Offering ceremony for the mother earth, return to Cusco.

» Includes :

- Private transport from Cusco to Callacancha and back.
- Professional bi-lingual guide.
- All meals.
- Camping equipment.
- Professional cook.
- Ceremonies as mentioned in the program, conducted by Andean priest.
- Horses and horsemen.
- First aid kit and oxygen bottle.

» No Included :

- Dinner on the 4th day (for the 5 day programme, on the 5th day).
- Tips and extra´s.

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