S.U.N.Y Orange

Summer Field Studies–International Seminar Program

July 13-21, 2007

Peru

Inca Civilization and the Spanish Conquest

Program Directors:

Barry D. Kass, Professor of Anthropology

Sarah Wells bldg. Rm 202 tel: 845 341-4364 e-mail: bkass@sunyorange.edu

Demos Kontos, Professor of World History

Sarah Wells bldg. Rm 200 tel: 845 341-4370

Day by Day Tour Itinerary

July 13: Depart Newark airport for Lima, Peru. Airport transfer to Hoteles Mundo, 2 nights accommodation.

July 14: Continental breakfast. In the morning we will tour the Colonial Heart of Lima around the Plaza Mayor, with a visit to the Museum of the Spanish Inquisition and the catacombs. In the afternoon we will get a guided tour of the National Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The evening will offer a “Welcome to Peru” dinner for the group.

July 15: Buffet breakfast. Transfer to airport for flight to Cuzco in the high Andes. Transfer to Chinchero, where the Sunday market is an important occasion for the mountain people to gather to sell their wares and handicrafts. Two nights accommodation in the Hotel Antiguo Monasterio de la Recoleta Urubamba; box lunch and dinner is included.

July 16: Buffet breakfast. Full day tour of Ollantaytambo in the Urubamba valley. We have lunch in town, and a detailed tour of the SunTemple, the adjacent ruins, and the Inca road system and irrigation system which is still in use today. Dinner at the hotel is included.

July 17: Continental breakfast. Transfer to Ollanta station for the train to Km. 104, where we will begin an exciting and scenic hike in the Andes from Chachabamba ruins to the “Lost City” of the Incas, Machu Picchu. This will be a “once in a lifetime experience” for participants. This is a moderate hike, for those in good physical condition. Box lunch will be included. Those tour members who choose not to take the hike will continue by train to Aguas Calientes, where the group will reunite and spend overnight at the Hostal Presidente. Dinner is on your own tonight.

July 18: Continental breakfast. The entire group will take a bus up to return to the spectacular ruins of Machu Picchu. Full morning/early afternoon tour of the site. Return to Aguas Calientes for lunch ( on your own ). Return to Ollantaytambo on the train for overnight at the hotel Antigua Monasterio de la Recoleta. Dinner is included.

July 19: Continental breakfast. Morning visit to the Pisac market and ruins. Lunch is included. Return in the afternoon to Cuzco, with stops en route to the Inca sites of Tambo Machay, Kenko, and Saqsayhuaman. Overnight 2 nights in San Agustin Plaza. Dinner is included tonight at Tunupa restaurant.

July 20: Continental breakfast. Morning tour of Cuzco, which was the ‘center of the universe’ of the empire of the Incas. The tour will include the Korikancha temple, the Spanish cathedral, Hatunrumiyoq, and other important sites. Afternoon tour of the Museo Inka. Lunch and dinner will be on your own. You will discover that there are many interesting restaurants to choose from in Cuzco.

July 21: Continental breakfast. Transfer to airport to return to Lima. Overnight will be at the Hoteles Mundo. Lunch is on your own. Afternoon on your own for shopping, or a visit to the many other excellent museums in Lima. For those who wish to shop for authentic arts and crafts from Peru, we will stop at the Petit Thouars market, with its excellent selection of native work gathered from all over the country. Farewell dinner for the group will be at the Zeno Manue restaurant. Late evening flight back to the

U. S. A.

Note: Guiding in Peru is by the staff of Peruvian Andean Treks, Ltda.

Optional Amazon Extension (total of 3 additional nights):

July 21: Continental breakfast. Fly to Pto. Maldonado where we will be assisted by the staff of the Libertador Tambopata Lodge. Commence 4D/3N lodge stay (full board).

July 22-23: Lodge activities–explore the Amazon rain forest with expert guides.

July 24: Return to Lima. Afternoon transfer to Miraflores with its many artisan shops. Lunch on your own. Farewell dinner at Zeno Manue restaurant. Transfer to Lima International Airport for the return flight to the U. S. A.