Festividades

INTI RAYMI.(PARTY OF THE SUN).-

The sun, the main god of the Inca Civilization was considered like the creator of all that existed. He presided over the destiny of human beings and of the Universe.

The Inti Raymi, the most luxurious feast, was devoted to the Sun. In order for it not to abandon the earth and it´s children, and mountain it´s orbit offering people warmth and happiness. They should offer sacrifices and adore It.
The Inti Raymi was born this way, the feast of the Sun. Form the Qoricancha until the Hauqaypata, each winter solstice. Cusco vibrated in the sacred. The Inca and his court got ready in purity and fasting to surrender homage to his father, the Sun.

Tha Inca sovereign of the Tawantinsuyo presided over the central party sacrificing the Llama. Willaq Uma, after opening the body of the animal he saw in the vicera and bowel the announcement of future events. Soon after, he concentrated the sunbeams, whose sacred fire worshippers coming from the “Cuatro Suyos” or four regions, whit fervor and rejoicing accompanied the services and offering to their god with dances and songs; and the Inca princesses offers the sacred bread (sankhu), the chichi white which the Inca began the toast to the Sun; imploring, prosperity, solidarity wisdom as well as the best crops for his people.

DAY 1.- LIMA - CUSCO.- We pick up to the airport and take us to your hotel. In the afternoon you can visit the most important cities like this.

QORIKANCHA, Temple of the Sun - It was the center of Incan religion, decorated with gold and silver from top to bottom: floors, walls and ceilings. In this temple there were chapels dedicated to different deities: Rainbow, Thunder, Stars, and Moon. Qoricancha was given to Juan Pizarro, but he didn’t enjoy it very long because he died in Saqsauma.

CATHEDRAL.- The Cathedral was built on the site of Inca Wiracocha´s Palace. The construction took place from 1556 to 1669. It was built in the Renaissance style. It is filled with wonders among which there are carvings of alder and cedar wood and a painting of the Last Supper by Marcos Zapata showing Christ and the Apostles about to dine on guinea-pig.

SAQSAUMA.- An important religious site, it was the Temple of the Sun in the Upper Cusco. You can see there the Three Great Walls with huge stones in zig zag shape that represent the God of Lightning whom the Incas had considered an important deity. Today we have a celebration every June 24th (Winter Solstice) in memory of the Sun God, which is known as the Festival of the Sun or Inti Raymi.

Q´ENQO.- The name means Labyrinth. It was a Waka, a shrine Place, the Temple of the Mother Earth. There are carvings everywhere, but some are a little indistinct: a Llama, a Condor, a Puma, a Serpent, other Gods of the Incas.

PUKA – PUKARA.- Can be translated as Red Watch Tower or Red Fort. Most likely it was a Tambo, a kind of Post House where travelers were lodged as well as their goods, animals, and so on. It is also known as the Temple of the Wind.

TAMBOMACHAY Traditionally called the Inka´s Bath or Fountains of Youth. Probably it was a site for ritual bathing and perhaps a water cult. The spring emerges from the hill side, with water running permanently. This is the Temple of the water.

DAY 2.- SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS.-
We leave Cusco at 8:00 a.m and one hour later we visit the Pisaq Market, afterwards we will go to the Pisaq Inka site. Our lunch is in Urubamba town; later we are going to visit Ollantaytambo a typical town of Inca origin at the far end the Sacred Valley the fortress consists of a series of superimposed terraces of carved stones accessed by long staircases. and Chinchero a town of Inca origin . It is impossible to speak of Chinchero without mentioning its colorful, well-attended Sunday fair. We will return to Cusco.

DAY 3.- CUSCO – MACHUPICCHU.- We pick you up to your hotel at 5:30 a.m and go to the train station. Our trip is approximately 3:00 hours and 30 minutes then we arrive to the town Aguas Calientes where buses must be boarded to ascend to the citadel. We begin to visit the archeological city for about two hours. Later you can enjoy the site by yourself. All the midday we come back to the Hot Spring´s town for lunch and shopping then we return by 4:00 p.m in train.

DAY 4.- INTI RAYMI .-( PARTY OF THE SUN).- We pick you up to your hotel very early and appreciate the festival of Inti Raymi, a reenactment of the Day of the Sun which symbolically united the nations of the Tawantinsuyo.
The Inti Raymi begins at the explanade of the Qoricancha then at the Main Square of Cusco where the Chaskis announce the arrival of the Inca,
The great square of Saqsaywaman is the central main, the pututos announces the beginning of the central ceremony of the Inti Raymi, by the” Cuatro Suyos” the messengers wait the announcement of the Sinchi to participate with their delegations in the ceremony.
On the afternoon we return to the Cusco.

DAY 5. - CUSCO – LIMA . - Transfer to your hotel at the airport and flight Cusco – Lima.

INCLUDED
Transport.
Hotel.
Guide: Spanish, Englih, Portuguees.
Tourist Ticket.
Buffet in Valle Sagrado.
Train Ticket round trip.
Ticket to the Machupicchu.
Bus ticket to Aguas Calientes.
Lunch in Aguas Calientes.
Ticket to Saqsaywaman Complex.
Box lunch in Saqsaywaman.
Transfer Airport – Hotel/Hotel Airport.