Peru Pilgrimage:
A Regenerative Journey for Mother Earth,
Sacred Traditions and Divine Feminine Energy
In the Incan culture, Mother Earth—known as Pachamama—is the nurturing spirit that brings life to all. Global Family Travels is thrilled to invite you on a special 10-day journey to Peru, where you'll reconnect with the land and its ancient traditions in the beautiful Sacred Valley.
This trip is all about healing—both for the Earth and for ourselves. As we explore how we can help restore the planet, you'll also be supporting women and communities in the Sacred Valley.
You’ll take part in traditional ceremonies that celebrate the divine feminine energy, helping you feel more connected to both nature and your own inner wisdom. Buffie Diaz, our experienced retreat facilitator, will guide you through daily practices that blend these outer experiences with deeper personal reflections.
Along the way, you’ll discover the rich history of the Sacred Valley, meet inspiring Andean women, shamans, and artisans, and have the opportunity to support local organizations like Awamaki, Potato Park, and the ANDES Association.
We’d love for you to join us on this unforgettable adventure. Want to know more about what makes Peru so special? Check out our blog post for all the details: Peru’s Sacred Valley: Regenerative
ABOUT GLOBAL FAMILY TRAVELS
Elements Wellness is so excited to collaborate with Global Family Travels!
Global Family Travels is passionate about creating community-based, family-friendly trips that are truly meaningful, encouraging travelers of all ages to become both stewards of the environment and citizens of the world. Guided by our three travel pillars of “Learn, Serve & Immerse,” we partner with local and global non-profit partners to develop experiences in support of education, preservation of local cultures, conservation and economic growth, which foster cross-cultural understanding and global citizens. We are pleased to offer this enriching trip to Peru’s Sacred Valley to learn about Andean traditions through the lens of regeneration and supporting Pachama / Mother Nature.
LEARN – SERVE – IMMERSE
At Global Family Travels, we believe that the most profound learning comes from firsthand immersive experiences. Our travel pillars guide you as you allow the country and its people to be your teachers, all while soaking in the charm and history of the Sacred Valley, including the cities of Cusco, Ollantaytambo, and surrounding towns. During this journey, you'll be fully immersed in the communities of the Sacred Valley, where you'll meet locals and discover their deep, spiritual connections to our sacred earth.
During this Pachamama Retreat, led by Buffie Diaz, you'll have the opportunity to deepen your connection between your inner world and outer travel experiences. The retreat offers a variety of meaningful practices, including intention-setting circles, yoga and meditation focused on the seven chakras, transformative breath-work, deep relaxation through Yoga Nidra, and daily check-ins for collective growth. Additionally, you'll participate in a heart-opening cacao ceremony, all designed to enrich your experience and foster a deeper connection with the land of Peru.
Cultural Learning Experiences unique to your trip include:
• Participate in sacred Andean healing rituals that include an herbal cleansing temazcal ceremony, a Sound Healing Ceremony with a “Curandero del Sonido,” and a K’intu Coca Leaf Ceremony, allowing you to connect deeply with ancient wisdom and practices.
• Learn how our non-profit community partners, Andes/Potato Park and Awamaki, preserve Andean cultural heritage, economic systems, and Indigenous traditions.
• Visit and learn about the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
• Engage with and learn from Awamaki, an NGO that is working to empower rural women with skills-based education and vocational skills.
• Visit and learn about the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
• Experience the spiritual essence and Inca history of Cusco and Ollantaytambo, where the sacred beauty of the Andes will renew your spirit and deepen your connection to this extraordinary land.
While on the trip, you will create relationships with people from the Andean culture, and learn about global issues in a way that changes how you think and act when you return home.
More Enriching Experiences Included:
Throughout this Pachamama Retreat, our retreat leader, Buffie Diaz, will offer connection opportunities for guests to enjoy a richer and more fulfilling experience, finding more meaning between their inner world and outer experiences. Find meaning in the moment through:
• Retreat Circles: We will start the retreat by coming together to set intentions and get clear in our minds about what energy and offerings we are bringing to the land we call Peru. Guests are invited to bring altar items that will hold a special significance on our living altar space that will grow and evolve as the experience unfolds. This will be a time of setting intentions, connecting with self, and acknowledging all the miracles it took to get us together in Peru!
• Yoga and Meditation: Connect deeply with your body, mind, and spirit on the mat as you weave in the cultural awareness and happenings around you with your body-mind connection. We will work through each of the major seven chakras in the body.
• Breath-work: Breathe is life. When we focus our awareness on the breath and the control of the breath, transformation can occur in rich and subtle ways.
• Yoga Nidra/ Deep Relaxation: We will enjoy Yoga Nidra or Yogic Sleep one evening together to experience deep relation and allow the body to fully rest and recalibrate to new upgrades gained in the sacred valley.
• Daily Touchpoints: We will have daily check-ins (during a mealtime) to share and grow from collective experiences on the trip. No need to impress. Your authentic self is more than enough.
• Cacao Ceremony: Allow the Spirit of Cacao to warm and expand your heart space, inviting release of stagnant energy and space and embrace of more love.
About our Community Partners:
This retreat supports community organizations, ANDES Association, Potato Park, and
Awamaki, you will learn about the ancient history and traditions of the Sacred Valley and
immerse and experience firsthand; from rural Andean women, shamans, and artisans.
DETAILED ITINERARY
DAY 1: Nov 11 | ARRIVE IN LIMA
After going through arrival procedures and getting your bags, you will be met by a
representative and transferred directly to your hotel. Enjoy some leisure time to prepare
for additional travel the next day.
Note: plan for about one hour to get through customs and baggage collection, and then
another 30 minutes to transfer to the hotel.
Accommodations: Hotel Antigua Miraflores
DAY 2: Nov 12| LIMA – CUSCO
• After breakfast, your guide will pick you up for a walking tour of some highlight
locations in Miraflores, with a stop to exchange money. Following the tour, enjoy a nice
lunch before heading to the airport for your local flight to Cusco.
• Upon arrival in Cusco, your local guide will greet you at the airport and take you to
your hotel in Pisac, about a 40-minute drive away.
• Enjoy free time to settle in, as well as acclimatize to the high altitude and recover from
jet lag.
• Get Grounded with Post Travel Gentle Yoga
Accommodations: Pisac Royal Inka
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 3: Nov 13| OPENING CIRLCLE, PACHAMAMA CEREMONY
• Morning Yoga & Breathwork (Heart Opening- Anahata Chakra)
• Opening Circle: After breakfast, we will gather for an opening circle with a focus on
feminine energy. The group will participate in a cleansing with sahumerio (Andean
incense) and reflect on intentions for the days ahead. A word circle will allow everyone
to introduce themselves and connect as a group. You'll also have the opportunity to
read oracles with special Andean stone figures, receiving female energy that will
accompany the group throughout the trip. Lastly, you'll be introduced to the Andean
cosmovision of Pachamama, deepening your understanding of her significance in the
culture.
• After a break for lunch, we will continue with a Pachamama ceremony. This is a
traditional offering ceremony in the Andes organized by Quechua shamans, in which
visitors ask the land for permission to visit and continue their journey. Each participant
will have the opportunity to bring fruit and other offerings.
• Silent Retreat begins after dinner. Enjoy quiet reflection as you integrate the full day
and retreat, so far.
Accommodations: Pisac Royal Inka
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 4: Nov 14 | TEMAZCAL
• Yoga Nidra (Ajna Chakra- relaxation/dreams)
• Women Temazcal day (focusing on womb energy cleansing)
• Late lunch on your own. We will offer fruit and light refreshments.
• Free afternoon / Optional Yoga & Breathwork with Buffie (Svadhisthana Chakra-Sacral healing)
Accommodations: Pisac Royal Inka
Meals: Breakfast, Fruits and light snacks
DAY 5: NOV 15 | SOUND HEALING: GROUNDING, NURTURING, FEELING
• Begin the day in silence. We will practice yoga, focusing on the Visshudha Chakra. We
will break the silence with a short discussion on Speaking your Truth, opening your
auditory senses in preparation for the evening sound bath.
• We will continue with lunch at SARAPAMPA restaurant. This farm to table
experience is run by a wonderful family in a corn farm near Pisac. We will not only eat
but also learn about this old hacienda and history. After lunch we will continue to
Urubamba where you will be staying.
• In the afternoon you are invited to join a nice sound healing ceremony facilitated by
Wilka Ti’ka hosts. Sound Ceremonies (or what is commonly known as “Sound
Healing”) have the power to penetrate our habitual thought patterns, permitting us to
reduce our mental activity and reach a profound state of relaxation. With a variety of
beautiful instruments from around the world, Wilka Ti’ka’s talented musician will help
you balance your mental and physical equilibrium and reach a place of internal
harmony.
Accommodations: Willka Tika
Meals: Breakfast & lunch
DAY 6: NOV 16 | YOGA, FEEL YOUR PURPOSE & ENJOY FREE TIME
• Morning Yoga (Manipura Chakra- Solar Plexus- Feel your purpose)
• Cacao Ceremony with Buffie
• Enjoy the afternoon to enjoy Wilka Ti’ka beautiful resort sacred meditation gardens, spa and other
amenities
Accommodations: Willka Tika
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 7: NOV 17 | PISAC – OLLANTAYTAMBO – AWAMAKI LIFE WEAVERS
• After breakfast, our group will head to Ollantaytambo, and enjoy a culturally
immersive day with the women of Awamaki, a women’s textile association. Here, you
will learn about the practical and theoretical parts of weaving textiles, as well as become
immersed in the world of female creativity as they weave life through their own
hands.
• Our wonderful hosts will prepare and share a nice meal with us.
• After returning in the late afternoon, enjoy dinner on your own back in Ollantaytambo.
Note, we will also offer an option to visit the ruins of Ollantaytambo.
Awamaki Women’s Textile Association
Accommodations: Ollantaytambo El Albergue
Meals: Breakfast & lunch
More about Awamaki:
Awamaki is a Peruvian non-profit
organization that works with rural women
to empower them with skills-based
education and connect them with access to
the market so they can earn an income,
support their families, and help transform
their communities. Awamaki achieves this
through women’s artisanal fair-trade crafts
cooperatives and sustainable tourism. The
group works with nearly 140 women in
five different communities.
Learn more about Awamaki here.
DAY 8: NOV 18 | MACHU PICCHU DAY, OFFERING TO THE SUN
• The day has arrived for our journey to the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu! After breakfast,
we will take the train to Aguas Calientes, also known as Machu Picchu town.
• Upon arrival, we will meet our guide and enter the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, where
we will learn about the history of this amazing place, as well as insights into the
spiritual and sacred aspects of the temples and the sanctuary from a unique
perspective.
• Following our visit to Machu Picchu, we will head to Aguas Calientes for an amazing
lunch at our favorite spot in town. Afterward, you'll take a train back to Ollantaytambo,
arriving by 6 p.m.
• Unwind your day and enjoy a group meal together in Ollanta.
Accommodations: Ollantaytambo El Albergue
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
DAY 9: NOV 19| CLOSING WOMEN’S CIRCLE | CUSCO, WITH STOPS IN MARAS AND MORAY
• Closing Circle: On the last day of our journey, we will gather in a closing circle, ng
everyone to express their thoughts about the time spent together. This will be followed by
a guided meditation focused on the final Crown chakra.
• On the way back to Cusco, enjoy a guided stop at the ruins of Maras and Moray.
• Your final afternoon is free to explore Cusco and prepare to departure tomorrow.
• Farewell Dinner/ Final Sharing
Accommodations: Hotel: Cusco Antigua or similar
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 10: NOV 20 | OLLANTQOSQO, NAVEL OF THE WORLD.
ALLIM HAMPUY!
Enjoy a morning walk around Cusco City and free time to
shop! Later, you will be transferred to the airport to board
you flight from Cusco to Lima for your flight onward, or
stay longer with us in Peru! (ask us about other options)
Meals: Breakfast
TOUR PRICE
Cost of Tour: from $3,375 for double room / Single room supplement: $750
Register for the trip using our Online Booking Page and pay $500 Trip Deposit (see
link in online booking page under “$” sign) & look for a traveler checklist to sign our
booking forms.
Price Includes:
• Retreat Facilitator, Buffie Diaz with guided retreat activities each day
• Private group transfer from Cusco airport
• Private transfer in all activities related to the program
• Official guides for tours mentioned in the program
• 7 nights accommodation: (1 night Casona Antigua Miraflores, 3 nights in Pisac Art
house, 2 nights Ollanta El Albergue, 1 night in Casona Antigua San Blas)
• Meals listed in the program.
• 1 Temazcal ceremony. (+fruits and water)
• 1 Pachamama offering with Quechua Shaman
• Entry tickets to Machu Picchu
• Bus tickets up and down to Machu Picchu
• Train tickets to Machu Picchu Expedition train and Vistadome for the return.
• 1 Day Immersive visit with Awamaki
• Maras and Moray private tour
• Sound healing ceremony at Wilka Ti’ka
Price Does not include:
• International and domestic Airfare (ask us about assistance with airfare). Note: $100
plus $15 emissions fee is the cost of Round-trip airfare Lima to Cusco (23 kilos + 10 kg
hand luggage allowances)
• Travel insurance* * We highly recommend purchasing travel insurance that covers
evacuation in case of an emergency. You can get a travel insurance quote from Travelex
using this link, or by calling 800-228-9792 (Reference agent code #47-0250).
• Laundry & personal items
• Meals not listed on the itinerary
• Gratuities for local guides & drivers
• Optional activities outside of program itinerary
• Spa services
• International phone calls