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​MYSTICAL TOUR 3 Days

1st Day  Cusco - Villa Salvacion

 

At 11:00 local time Cusco in local public service minivan, after nearly 4 hours of travel, you reach the Acjanaco Pass, 3650 m.s.n.m, with the start of the Manu Biosphere Reserve Cultural Zon and the Amazonian basin and passes through the last wall of the Andes that we will leave behind. Our trip continues through the only accessible road to the lower Amazon forest passing through the dense "wet forest" area characterized by a thick layer of clouds that create a high degree of constant humidity and is therefore an ideal habitat for plants such as the Bromeliaceae. In this environment live Peruvian rupees, bears from glasses, orchids, fern trees (one of the oldest plants in the world), musk and lichen. We continue our journey on a narrow road, side by side with waterfalls and canyon where we can see monkeys, palms, in addition to medicinal plants. We will find ourselves immersed in local plantations such as Coca, Pineapple, Yucca. Finally, we will cross small villages, arriving in the evening to our destination where they will eat and spend the night.

 

Day 2 Reserve Cocha Machuwasi - Field "Maloca Aguanos"

Wake up to the early lights of the dawn and with a walk for a couple of hours you will visit the lagoon of Machuwasi, considered the first navigable lake of Rio Alto Madre de Dios along 280 meters 80 meters wide with a depth of 2.5 Meters in its highest part. Once people get to the lake, it is possible to admire the wildlife that inhabits the lagoon by learning to know it. Everyone will be able to observe a great variety of birds such as hoatzin, white heron, squirrel, woodpecker, sparrows and cardinals, fish and if we are lucky some mammals, indigenous plants including some rare as heliconia, we will also know the properties Of medicinal plants. Returning to the village an abundant typical breakfast will be served and finally head to the Salvacion River to make a refreshing bath. After a light lunch, we will visit the "Maloca Aguanos" field where we are making a garden of medicinal plants, we can have direct contact with coca plants, uña de gato, sangre de drago, san pedro, ayahuasca and chacruna. In the afternoon we will receive the visit of our master machiguenga and soon after the sunset begins the Ayahuasca ceremony. The Ceremony may last between 4 and 6 hours or even overnight, and the first effects of medicine are felt after 30/40 minutes of taking. Throughout the Ceremony, the shaman sings sacred melodies, known as ikaros, to call the spirits that will assist him in the process of healing and teaching

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3rd Day Return to Cusco

After enjoying an abundant typical breakfast we will take the local public minivan to return to Cusco (8 hours).