Travel Possibilities

Combine your Spanish classes in Cusco with a tour of the sacred valley, hiking trips, walking the famous Inka trail, rafting, city tours, a visit to lake Titicaca, jungle trips or participate in mystical tours and cultural events.

For some trips, like the Inca Trail, you need to reserve well in advanced.
You can book various travel activities through the school, also when you are not a student. We work directly with established tour operators in Cusco, cost efficiency and quality are guaranteed.

On this page you will find some suggestions what you can do in Cusco. You will also find price and contact information with each activity.

The Inca Trail is Peru's best known trek, combining Inca ruins, mountain scenery, cloud-forest and rich subtropical jungle. Over 250 species of orchid have been counted in the Machu Picchu Historic Sanctuary, as well as numerous birds such as hummingbirds, waterfowl and the majestic Andean Condor.

The 45 km trek is covered in 4 days, arriving at Machu Picchu in the morning on the final day before returning to Cusco by train in the afternoon.

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You can also choose to do a 2 day hike to Machu Picchu. You will leave Cusco around 5:30 am. The trek starts at Km 104 along the railway from Cusco. The first day you will visit the Wiñayhuayna ruins. You will stay in a hotel and enjoy dinner there. The second day you will get up very early and walk to Inti Punku, to see the sunrice. It is an ideal trail for trekkers wanting to experience at least a part of the Inca Trail, but who haven't got the time or energy to complete the full 4 day trek.

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You will leave Cusco around 5:30 am and go by train to Agua Calientes, the little village at the foot of MachuPicchu. You eill arrive there at about 10:00 am. From Aguas Calientes you will take the bus up to the ruins. A guide will be waiting for you there. After the tour of about 3 hours you'll return to Aguas Calientes by bus, where you'll take the train to Cusco at 4:10 pm.

You can also stay an extra day in Aguas Calientes, or visit MachuPicchu without a return ticket. For the itinerary, prices and contact click here.

This trek goes around the original Inca Trail. Located northwest of Cusco, the Salkantay mountain rises up to 20,500 feet or 6271 meters above sea level.

The Salkantay to Machu Picchu trek normally takes 5 days and is less popular than the Inca Trail, which means that the trek is a quieter, less trodden route. During the trip you will be surrounded with a magnificent scenery.

The trek is a little more difficult than the Inca Trail. Horses will be used to carry food and equipment.

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Choquequirao is called the other Machu Picchu, although its discovery took place far before the famous Inca Citadel. The "golden cradle" is protected by amazing stone walls, mountains and surrounded by rich green land shelves. Arriving at Choquequirao is a demanding adventure which starts with a road trip from Cusco to the town of Cachora beginning the zigzag 30 kilometres trail to arrive at the historical building.

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The Cordillera Vilcanota is an impressive range of mountains which include the massive Nevado de Ausangate (6,385m). It offers you spectacular mountain scenery, snow-capped peaks, hot springs, turquoise lakes, glaciers, herds of llamas and alpacas, picturesque villages and traditionally dressed Indians. It's also high, tough and cold, so be prepared.

This trek starts and finishes at the small Andean village of Tinqui and takes you around the massif of Ausangate and over three high passes, two of them over 5000m.

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A sacred valley tour includes visits to the Pisac market and nearby ruins, the ruins of Ollantaytambo and the chincero market and ruins. A tour departs every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at 8:30 in the morning.

The city tour of Cusco contains a visit to the Cathedral, the Q'oricancha complex, the Sacsayhuaman complex, Q'enqo and Tambomachay ruins. You can join a city tour every day. Departure is at 9:00 or 14:00.

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You leave at 9:00 a.m. by bus towards the Huayco lagoon. Here you will mount your bike and cross the towns of Chequereq and Cruzpata, where you'll have a view of the ruins of Moray (see photo). Afterwards you'll bike to the village of Maras towards the salineras (terraces for the natural poduction of salt). The final destination is Urubamba, where you will enjoy a lunch before returning to Cusco.

The tour is 44 km long of which 70% is uphill. It is possible to add a extra day to the program visiting Pisac or Ollantaytambo.

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You'll get to know 6 ruins near Cusco by horse. You can do this as an experienced and less experienced rider.

First you'll visit Sacsaywaman, then Q'enqo, Temple of the Moon, Puca Pucara, Tambomachay and last the Area-X.

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Manu National Park is located in the south east of Peru. It is one of the largest parks in South America (2 million hectares) and is officialy recogized by the UNESCO as a world heritage. It is a good example of biodeversity in protected areas of rain and cloud forest.

You can visit Manu making a tour from 2 to 8 days. There are a lot of programs to choose from.

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Lake Titicaca is the world's highest navigable lake and the center of a region of farmers, making their living fishing, growing potatoes or herding llama and alpaca. You will find traces of the rich Indian past that resisted the destruction of the Spanish conquistadors. Indian legend says the sun god had his children, Manco Capac and his sister-consort Mama OcIlo, spring from the waters of the lake.

Lake Titacaca is so large it has waves and it has more than 30 islands.

From Cusco you can visit the famous floating islands: the Uros, Amantani and Taquile island.

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Peru has a lot of mystical sites that you can visit and rituals that you can participate in. The Incas had a great understanding and believe in natural and supernatural aspects of live.

It is possible to participate in an Ayahuasca or San Pedro ceremony, using these plants to enter a higher spiritual world. You can learn about "pagos a la tierra" (giving to mother earth), participate in a mystical / spiritual tour in MachuPicchu and even get married according to Andean tradicions.

The picture shows a "gate of the Gods" near Lake Titicaca. A visit to this gate is part of a spiritual tour to Lake Titicaca. Read more about these tours / ceremonies here.

You can do a rafting trip as from 1 day (Cusipata river) or for 3 days (Apurimac River). The difficulty of a whitewater river is classified on a scale of 1 to 6 (Class 1 has no whitewater and Class 6 is unrunnable). First time rafters will enjoy class 2 to 3. The Cusipata river is of this class range. For class 4 to 5 it is best to have some experience. You will experience class 4 to 5 on the Apurimac River.

First you will receive a safety instructions, a demonstration of the equipment, and a basic rescue course depending on the type of river.

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