Join Fernanda and Ana from TRIBU for Breath of the Andes—a one-of-a-kind journey where adventure meets deep inner transformation.

We’ll begin by trekking the iconic Inca Trail, walking ancient paths through breathtaking landscapes before arriving at the awe-inspiring Machu Picchu. Then, the journey shifts inward in the Sacred Valley, where yoga, powerful guided breathwork sessions led by certified instructor Ana, and invigorating ice immersions invite you to reconnect, reset, and expand.

This is where outdoor adventure meets inner exploration. Where movement, breath, and nature come together in the heart of the Andes.

Along the way, we’ll immerse ourselves in Peru’s rich culture, traditions, and history—while we handle every detail so you can simply arrive, be present, and fully embrace the experience.

All you need to do is book your spot, get your flights, and say yes to the adventure.

Hike. Breathe. Connect. Transform.
A true signature #LocasOnlyExperience in collaboration with TRIBU.

Welcome ladies... to the mystical land of the Incas, of Ceviche & Pisco Sour, of never ending waves, golden sand dunes, magical mountains and lush jungle.

YOU MADE IT!! Wherever it is you came from in the world, I am sure it was not an easy (or short) trip so we want to start off by congratulating you for embarking on this journey of a lifetime!

And what better place to begin this journey than in the former capital of the Incas: CUSCO!

You will be meeting with your Locas Only guides at 2:00 p.m. in the hotel lobby for check-in. After showing you to your room and settling in, we’ll all go together for our Welcome Circle at the Q’enqo Forest, where we’ll have the chance to connect with each other for the first time. 

This will also be a good opportunity for the guides to do a little briefing on the trip’s itinerary as well as a general introduction to the country.

Just before sunset, your Locas Only guides will take you to the Cristo Blanco lookout, from where we will take in the most spectacular views of Cusco as the sun sets off.

We will wrap up our first day in Peru with a welcome dinner at one of the most iconic restaurants in Cusco, where we will delight our senses with the most delicious Peruvian food (trust me, you will never get tired of this!) as we reflect and cheer on our first day in Peru!

• Home away from home: Casa Andina or similar

• Meals included: Dinner

• Highlights of the day: ARRIVING IN PERU!, Meeting each other, Welcome Circle at Qenqo, Sunset at El Cristo Blanco, food (always!).

*** Airport transfers are not included in the package. If you wish to be picked up by one of our Locas Only representatives, please send us an email at info@locasonly.au so we can organise a timely and safe pick up for you. :)

Hola Locas! Today we’ll get to fully immerse ourselves in the city that will give us shelter for the most part of the trip: Cusco. After filling up our hearts and bellies with a delicious brekkie, we will ave some free time to explore Cusco on our own terms. (We recommend visiting the colorful San Pedro Markets and have a fresh smoothie there!).

Peru is famous for its unique textiles & clothing, so we'll make sure we explore all of the shops too!

If you feel tired from the flights or the altitude, you will have some free time to relax in your room, take a power nap, drink a nice warm coca tea or whatever it is your body is asking you for (listen to it!).

Having said that, we highly encourage you to use this time to purchase any last minute goodies you might need / have forgotten for your Inca Trail hike.

At around 6pm, our wonderful tour guide for the Inca Trail will meet us at our accommodation for a short but sweet safety briefing about the hike we are about to embark on. This will be your chance to ask any questions about the trail and start getting excited for the real adventure that's about to begin!

You will all then have time to go out for a carb-loading dinner to your restaurant of choice (it's a free dinner tonight). An early night is highly recommended as we will have a very early start the next day and lots of walking to do!

• Home away from home: Quinta San Blas
• Meals included: Breakfast
• Highlights of the day: San Pedro Market, eating yummy peruvian food, free afternoon in Cusco, shopping, exploring!

Wakey wakey…! The day has finally arrived for us to follow in the steps of the Incas towards the ancient citadel of Machu Picchu!

It’s a very early rise today, we are not going to lie. But it’s going to be VERY worth it. That’s not a lie either! Our day will start with a 4:30 a.m. pick up (I know, I know… it will be worth it, trust me!).

As we begin our drive down into Ollantaytambo, we will stop for a loaded brekkie right before driving all the way down to Km 82 (Piskacucho) where our scenic trek along the south bank of the Urubamba River will begin. Before starting the hike, you will be asked to show your original passport, so please have it handy when we reach km 82. Mixed feelings of nervousness and excitement will begin to arise as we start our hike towards the first Inca Site of the trail: Patallacta. From here, it takes approximately another 2 hours until we reach our celebratory lunch stop destination.

This will be your first meal on the trail… I can’t wait to see how your taste pallets rejoice with flavors! Any expectation that you had from the food will be completely exceeded. And I will stop writing now because I don’t want to spoil the surprise for you!

After lunch, we will continue our gratifying hike for 2½ hours more (depending on the pace of the group), passing through 2 small local communities where you will be able to purchase some snacks or drinks before reaching our first campsite for the night: Ayapata.

We aim to arrive at 5:00 p.m, which will give us enough time to settle into our homes / tents, freshen up and have a hot coca tea or drink of your choice with your friendly team of porters, chefs, guides and girlfriends. Shortly after, a sumptuous dinner will be served in the TreXperience style that will leave you ready to jump into your sleeping bags and call it a (wonderful) day!

• Hiking Distance: 14 kms (8.7 miles)
• Time: 6-7 hrs • Campsite Altitude : 3300m (10,826 ft)
• Maximum Altitude: 3300m (10,826 ft)
• Grade: Moderate
• Meals: Breakfast, snacks, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner.
• Highlights of the day: crossing the Inca Trail sign, meeting the TreXperience team, the FOOD (OMG), making it to camp!

Rise n’ shine in the middle of the Andes Mountains as you get ready for the most challenging day of the hike. Today’s the day when you will push yourself to your limit, where you will conquer your insecurities and fears as you climb up the highest peak in all of the Inca Trail: the Dead Woman’s Pass. 

Yep, you read it right. We are not kidding, that’s the real name. But don’t let that scare you, on the contrary, let that excite you! You will feel just like the Phoenix (or should I say the Condor?) rebirthing from the ashes, as you stand 4,215m above sea level hugging your 13 new soul sisters as you all scream out into the Andes: “WE MADE IT!!!¨

From here, it will all just be an easy downhill ride for most of us. If you have sensitive knees or a bit of vertigo from the altitude, for which we recommend to go slowly and mindfully, also allowing you to take in all the stunning scenery of the Andes along the way. Whatever pace you choose for yourself, we will all arrive at our designated lunch meeting point, where we will indulge in all things Peruvian cooked with love by our talented team of chefs. Sit down, eat and enjoy. 

But don’t eat just TOO much… because we are not done for the day just yet! We still gotta walk approximately 1½ hours more to reach our campsite for the night. We will climb a bit more as we reach the Runkuraqay Pass at 4,000m. Trust me when I say that this will feel easy peasy lemon squeezy after what we’ve climbed in the morning

! Our camp will be ready for us thanks to our incredible porters, who will receive us with both drinking water as well as a water basin to use as a “shower” lol… There’s a VERY cold shower on this campsite which the brave ones (and the most LOCAS) are free to use if they wish! Feeling clean and settled in our tents, we will eat a nourishing dinner before we head off to sleep under the beautiful mountain night sky. 

• Hiking Distance: 16kms (9.94 miles) 

• Time: 10 hrs 

• Campsite Altitude: 3600m (11,811 ft) 

• Maximum Altitude: 4215m (13,829 ft)

• Grade: Moderate to Hard 

• Meals: Breakfast, snacks, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner. 

• Highlights of the day: reaching the highest peak in the trail with your team of locas: The Dead Woman’s Pass and EATING delicious food as a reward :P

Good morning, adventurous LOCOS! I have great news for y’all: The hardest part of the trail is DONE and dusted!!

Today, wake up to a rewarding sunrise as you enter into what’s known as the easiest, most beautiful, relaxing day of the whole Inca Trail. After brekkie, we will hike for 2 hours along what the guides like to refer to as the “Inca flat” which translates to “lots of ups and downs”. This gradual incline will take us from mountain scenery and into the jungle, known as the Cloud Forest (this is one of the few things that you can only experience by walking the Inca Trail!).

We will then make our way up to the last peak at Phuyupatamarka from where we’ll be able to get a first glimpse of Machu Picchu Mountain, although the site itself will be hidden. From Phuyupatamarka we will descend for approximately 3 hours, visiting 2 Inca ruins, Phuyupatamarka (Town in the Clouds) and Intipata (Terraces of the Sun). We will then have arrived to our last campsite on the trail (*cries*), which is located right next to Wiñay Wayna, the most spectacular Inca site on the trail and a Locas Only favorite.

After lunch, you will have some time to chill and then your awesome guides will take you on little hour visit to this beautiful site which we like to refer to as the “Mini Machu Picchu'', as its archeological design and location resembles that of Machu Picchu BUT without the crowds!! How good is that?!

After explaining the historical and spiritual significance of the site, your guide will let you in on a dirty little secret that not many people know about… there’s a little waterfall down the bottom of the site where you can go for a swim if you are feeling like a cold ice bath immersion!

It’s hard at the start but, trust me when I say you will feel absolutely AMAZING after you do it! We’ll then head back into camp, where we will take part in an Inca Trail traditional thanksgiving ceremony where we tip our team of guides, chefs and porters as a way of showing our appreciation for their kindness, encouragement, enthusiasm and rock solid backs! Always keeping in mind that our experience wouldn’t have been the same if they weren’t there to share their knowledge with us, feed us daily with delicious food, and carry all the weight of our backpacks on their shoulders!

After the ceremony, the team will continue doing their outstanding job by spoiling us with a massive farewell FEAST which will make us sleep like babies and dream with Machu Picchu!

• Hiking Distance: 10kms (6.2 miles)

 • Time: 5-6 hrs 

• Campsite Altitude: 2600 m (8530 ft) 

• Maximum Altitude: 3600 m (11811 ft) 

• Grade: Easy (mostly downhill) 

• Meals: Breakfast, snacks, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner. 

• Highlights of the day: Wiñay Wayna the “Mini Machu Picchu”, Cloud Forest, Inca ruins, thanksgiving ceremony, farewell feast

Waking up at 3:30 a.m. would be unacceptable for most people in the majority of circumstances, but not when the reason being is to be the first ones to cross the Sun Gate to Machu Picchu! Who’s with me?!

Trust me, you’ll be so excited about this that waking up won't even be an effort. � We’ll then say goodbye to our awesome team of chefs and porters (*cries again*), turn our headlights on and make our way to the checkpoint, just a few meters away from the campsite. We’ll patiently wait there until they open the gates at 5.30 a.m. From there, a gorgeous path will lead us towards the iconic Gate of the Sun and the moment we’ve all been waiting for: MACHU PICCHU IN ALL ITS GLORY.

We’ll stop here for a moment to take in the mesmerizing, panoramic views of the Machu Picchu ruins, taking a moment of gratitude for our team, our beautiful environment and ourselves for getting us to where we are standing right now. Keeping this feeling of gratitude and joy, we will trek downhill for another hour to reach the Lost City of the Incas. 

We’ll have time to take some photos (although the camera won't be able to capture what we’ve experienced these past few days!) and then we will begin our 2 hours private guided tour through Machu Picchu, where we will learn about the history of the site, as well as its astronomical and spiritual significance. 

Upon completion of the tour, those who have purchased the Huayna Picchu optional tour will proceed to make their final climb. The rest of us will make our way down to Aguas Calientes by bus, where we will have time to explore the city at our own peace, buy some souvenirs, etc. 

We will all gather back together for our final lunch with our guide, where we will celebrate this accomplishment with some cheeky Pisco Sours! And just when you thought it was over… it’s time to start hiking again! Or did you think we were going to be like those other lazy tourists that take the incredible scenic train back to Ollantaytambo?! (Actually, we are those lazy tourists, there’s NO WAY our legs can take more walking and also no way we’d miss out on this splendid ride!) 

The train ride will finish in Ollantaytambo from where we will be transported by private vehicle onto our well-deserved home for the next few days: Samadhi Sacred Valley. We will be welcomed by Fernando, the friendly owner of the center, who will show us to our rooms and welcome us with a nourishing dinner prepared with organic ingredients from its own eco garden. 

After dinner, you know what’s coming: SLEEP. Deep, long, restoring sleep. Sweet dreams my locas ZzzzZzz… 

• Hiking Distance: 6 kms (3 miles) 

• Time: 2 hrs • Maximum Altitude: 2700 m (8858 ft) 

• Grade: Easy (mostly downhill) 

• Meals: Breakfast, dinner 

• Highlights of the day: waking up at dusk, crossing the Sungate, reaching Machu Picchu, scenic train ride from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo, arriving in Samadhi.

Guys… you earned it. A much-needed rest day at a spiritual sanctuary nestled in the heart of the Sacred Valley. A full day dedicated to relaxing, to nourishing our minds, bodies and souls, to integrating everything that we lived on the trail and also a day of reliving it all again. 

We will kick off the day with absolutely nothing. Sorry but who wants to wake up to the sound of a horrible alarm when you can wake up to the hummingbirds?! Today is sleep in day – we all deserve it! (us, guides, as well lol). Having said that, we will meet for our first wholesome brekkie altogether at 8.30am. 

You will then have some free time to chill, journal, read, wander around the center or do whatever it is that your body is calling you to do. At 1 p.m, we will all share a delicious meal together made with ingredients carefully picked from the garden. 

Straight after lunch, we will grab our cups of tea and meet at the moon shala for our first Integration Circle. We will start off with a sharing circle, followed by some integration & journaling activities led by your Locas Only guides. This process will take us on a profound journey where we will learn more about ourselves and about each other. 

To complement this activity, we will pair it with a lovely Sunset Yoga Session. After stretching all of our muscles and calming our monkey minds, we will then have some free time to relax and unwind before dinner (7pm). And just when you think the day is over… my locos, you are in for a treat. 

Our day will finish off with nothing more and nothing less than a soothing Sound Healing Session that will take you to another dimension and (hopefully) make you sleep like a little baby llama :)

• Home away from home: Las Casitas del Arcoiris

• Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner 

• Highlights of the day: Yoga in the Andes, sleeping & relaxing, Sharing circle, Sound Healing

Today, we go hiking again!

After nourishing our bodies, we leave Las Casitas in search of our next trail to conquer. We can't get enough of the Andes! :P We will spend the morning immersing ourselves deeply in the nature of the Sacred Valley. Trekking glacier lakes, and enjoying guided breathwork sessions lead by Ana in preparation for our ice immersion. A true physical and mental challenge.

Lunch will be picnic style and snacks will be handed as well throughout the journey. We aim to be back at our house right before dinner so you can have a shower and get all cozy in your pjs.

And before we go to bed, we will have a farewell Fire Ceremony where we will let go of what doesn’t serve us in our life anymore and manifest what it is that we want to achieve for ourselves. 

• Home away from home: Las Casitas del Arcoiris

• Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner 

• Highlights of the day: Hiking in the Andes, Ice Immersion, Breathwork Session, Fire Ceremony

Ohhh no!! the day we all dreaded has come… it’s the end!!!! After everything we have lived together and the incredible bonds we have formed, you are more than excused to cry your eyes and hearts out. But cry for happiness, for overwhelming gratitude for everything that we experienced during our 9 days in Peru. 

We’ll have our last nourishing breakfast at Las Casitas before hugging, loving and saying farewell to our new best friends. 

Transfers back to Cusco are included with your package.

The ones staying in Cusco a little longer have the entire day to explore the city at your own pace, have some yummy Peruvian food, MORE coca tea (it’s never enough!) or even go on a little day tour if you are feeling extra adventurous 

The only thing left to do here is THANK YOU for choosing to travel with Loas Only and TRIBU, and supporting our small (but growing!) businesses, which encourage crazy humans like you to step out of their comfort zones and live their absolute BEST LIVES. We really hope you enjoyed this Peru Aventura Loca and wish to see you on the next Locas Only x TRIBU Adventure! 

** See the section additional tours and activities for ideas of what to do after the trip is finished. If there is anything that draws your attention and would like assistance in getting booked, feel free to send us an email at info@locasonly.au