October 29 – November 8, 2026
A La Paz International Foundation Journey · In Partnership with Hance Financial
One tends your means, the other your meaning — partners who believe that caring for your future and caring for your soul are the same work.
Peru: Three chapters, one unforgettable journey
01
CUSCO
Days 1–4
Acclimatize in the ancient Inca capital — walking tour, museums, chocolate class, slow fashion factory & more.
02
SACRED VALLEY
Days 5–8
Descend into the valley — Waterfall hike, weavers' home visit with special meal, Pisac & Urubamba markets.
03
MACHU PICCHU
Days 9–12
Train through the Andes to the citadel — private guided tour, then home with a full heart.
Spaces are extremely limited, reserve your space with the appropriate payment — this journey is by invitation.
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Why This Is Different
Not a Headcount. A Reckoning.
A tour shows you a place. This puts you inside it — with the people who keep this culture alive.
A Travel Group
  • Counts heads, not names
  • A clipboard of sights to tick off
  • A guide reads dates off a script
  • Watches from behind the rope
  • Takes the photo and moves on
  • Sends you home with souvenirs
This Journey
  • You're known by name — and so are the people we meet
  • A guide who lived here seven years opens doors money can't
  • Sits at the table, in the home, at the loom
  • Invites deep connection to self, others, culture, and Peru
  • Sends you home changed
Your Guide- Dr. Luciana Passeri
A Country She Knows From the Inside Out
1,000+
People Guided
Luciana has led transformational journeys across four continents. She's guided over a thousand people toward genuine encounter — not tourism, but transformation.
7
Years in Peru
She still keeps a home there — this is not research. It is relationship. She operates a local slow fashion factory. Her access is not arranged — it is earned.
How We Travel
Four Connections, Every Day
Self
The journey inward — space to listen to what you already know.
Others
The people we meet on the journey and those who keep this culture alive — met as equals, not subjects.
Culture
Entered with reverence, not rescue. We are guests.
Planet
The ground beneath every step. We do not extract. We partner.
The Itinerary
Eleven Days, Day by Day
1
Days 1–3 · Cusco
Arrive and acclimatize. A private city tour through Inca temples and colonial plazas, a chocolate class and pisco tasting, and an insider visit to a slow fashion factory. Nights in a boutique hotel in the heart of the old city.
2
Days 4–7 · Sacred Valley
Very intimate lunch and a weaving demonstration at Helaria & Felipe's mountain home. The Arin Waterfall, optional trail hikes, and a renowned potter's workshop. The Pisac ruins and artisan market. Urubumba Market. Nights at the Aranwa Spa & Resort.
3
Days 8–10 · Machu Picchu
A scenic train to Aguas Calientes, private guided access to the citadel as your learn about the magesty of this remarkable historical treasure, explore Aguas Calientes.
4
Day 11 · Return to Cusco
A final market, a last walk through the architecture, and a departure with a fundamentally different relationship to your own story.
Where You'll Stay
Rest in the Heart of the Andes
All lodging is double occupancy. Single supplement available.
Cusco
Antigua Casona San Blas
A boutique hotel in the heart of the old city — Inca stone walls and colonial character, steps from everything.
Sacred Valley
Aranwa Spa & Resort
luxury set against the mountains of the Andes, a true sanctuary between excursions.
Machu Picchu
A stay in Aguas Calientes, at the foot of the citadel — close enough to catch the sunrise at the gate.
Why It Matters
A Journey That Gives Back
La Paz International Foundation
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit. This is not charity — it is partnership. From separation to connection. From service to a true reciprocal sharing of life. If you are interested in supporting a La Paz project, please reach out to Luciana or click the link below.
Who It Supports
In Peru, our journey directly supports the Quechua weavers, master artisans, and the apprentices carrying their ancestors' craft into a global market. We also support indigenous entrepreneurs and communities in Guatemala, Tanzania, Thailand, and India.
From charity to justice. From rescue to relationship.
"My husband and I have traveled the world, literally, and this journey with Luciana was nothing like we've ever experienced. The access she has — to people, to places, to the culture — is extraordinary. We came home different."
— Jane & Austin, United States
The Details
What's Included — and What's Not
✓ Included
  • All lodging — double occupancy (single supplement available)
  • Daily breakfast, and all meals during cultural experiences
  • All entrance fees, including Machu Picchu
  • Private ground transportation throughout
  • Train to and from Machu Picchu (Aguas Calientes)
  • All guide and tour fees noted in the itinerary
  • Two pre-journey Zoom preparation sessions with Luciana
Not Included
  • Round-trip airfare to Cusco
  • Tips for guides, porters, and drivers
  • Daily meals not tied to group experiences
  • Personal gifts and souvenirs
  • Travel insurance (strongly recommended)
  • Optional add-on excursions
Reserve Your Space
$3,200
per person
Spaces are limited, reserve your spot now on this epic Peruvian journey by clicking the "Make Payment" button below. If you prefer to Venmo (preferred option)- Venmo @Luciana-Pass · Put "Peru 10/26 + your phone number in the comments box."
Single occupancy available for an upcharge — the first payment secures the spot.
Early-bird pricing closed May 31, 2026.
Only a handful of spaces remain.
Payment Schedule
A Simple Path to Paid in Full
$500
Non-refundable deposit, due at registration
$1,200
Due June 1, 2026
$1,300
Due August 1, 2026
Remaining Balance
Due October 1, 2026
Registering after June 1? Please follow the payment schedule above .
Cancellation
Our Cancellation Policy
Through August 1, 2026
$1,000 refundable
Through October 1, 2026
$800 refundable
October 2, 2026 to Travel
No refund
How to Reserve
Hold Your Place
Send Your Deposit
Venmo preferred. Send your up-to date deposit to @Luciana-Pass with "Peru 10/26" in the message.
Contact Luciana Directly
Text preferred: 651-307-6333
Email: LucianaPasseriPhD@gmail.com
Your deposit holds your place. Your presence changes everything.
Before & After
Extend Your Journey
Arrive early or stay later. These add-ons can be tacked onto the front or the end of your journey — designed to go as deep as you wish. Your guide can also craft a fully custom extension.
Lima · Pre or Post-Journey
Oct 26–28
A coastal beginning before the mountains. Wander the clifftop parks of Miraflores above the Pacific, explore the colonial plazas and catacombs of the old city, and taste why Lima is one of the world's culinary capitals. Ease into Peruvian culture at sea level — before you ever climb toward Cusco.

Paracas, Ballestas, Huacachina & Nazca Lines · Pre-Journey
Oct 24–28 · Highly Recommended
Start where Peru meets the Pacific. Skim the Ballestas Islands past sea lions and penguins, sandboard the dunes of the Huacachina oasis, and fly low over the two-thousand-year-old Nazca Lines. The gentlest way into Peru — at sea level, before you climb toward Cusco.
Arequipa & Colca Canyon · Pre or Post-Journey
Oct 25–28 or November 8-11
Rise into the White City, beneath three volcanoes. Wander the sillar-stone cloisters of Arequipa's Santa Catalina Monastery, then climb to the rim of the Colca Canyon — twice the depth of the Grand Canyon — and watch Andean condors ride the morning thermals on three-meter wings.
The Amazon Jungle · Post-Journey
Nov 8–11 · Extra night in Cusco needed Nov 8
Descend from the Andes into the living Amazon. Drift the oxbow lakes of Manu National Park past giant otters and caimans, watch macaws set the clay licks ablaze at dawn, and trail monkeys through one of the most biodiverse forests on Earth.
Lake Titicaca · Post-Journey
Nov 8–10
Sail the highest navigable lake on Earth to its floating reed islands and a homestay with a Quechua family. This is the summit chapter — thin air, impossible color, and the apus the Andes have honored for a thousand years.
Rainbow Mountain & Ausangate · Post-Journey
Nov 8-11 · Extra night in Cusco needed Nov. 8
Trek beneath the glaciers of Ausangate — the 6,384-meter apu the Quechua still honor — past turquoise lakes and grazing alpaca to the mineral-striped ridge of Rainbow Mountain at 5,000 meters. Thin air, impossible color, and the Red Valley burning crimson beyond.
Come Home Different.
"The La Paz International Foundation funds and leads projects that restore dignity, build economic independence, and create beauty in communities that have been overlooked. This is not charity. It is partnership — built on the belief that when people are given the tools to create, they transform not just their circumstances, but themselves."
— Dr. Luciana Passeri
Spaces are extremely limited. Your next steps:
  1. Reserve with your payment · Venmo @Luciana-Pass · Put "Peru 10/26 + your phone number in the comments box."
  1. Fill out the Traveler Information Form by clicking the button below - this will trigger a review and send you your access to the Traveler Portal.