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Follow on Google News |  Llama Expeditions Offers Valentines by Way of Discounts n Machu Picchu Tour by Train AdventureThe savings multiply when couples book together. A group of four will enjoy a $1000 discount overall. The only stipulation is that you must book by Valentine's Day and the trip must be taken during the 2013 calendar year.
By: Widness & Wiggins PR 
Llama Love The savings multiply when couples book together. A group of four will enjoy a $1000 discount overall. The only stipulation is that the trip must be taken during the 2013 calendar year. Savings are $100 for the first booking, $200 for a companion, $300 off for a third person and $400 for a fourth. Before the discounts the cost of the trip is $3,548 per person double, inclusive of accommodations, some meals (all breakfasts, five lunches, three dinners), airport transfers, carbon-offsetting for domestic flights, English-speaking guides, entrance fees for scheduled tours and archeological sites and transportation (private cars, Vistadome trains, and buses). See: http://www.llamaexpeditions.com/ The program is offered on an open schedule basis, year round (except February). Llama Expeditions recommends a Saturday arrival in Lima (Day 1) and the return flight home the following Friday night. This ensures that all sites are open and travelers have an entire weekend to unpack before returning to work refreshed on Monday. “In the Andean religion the llama stands for unconditional love,” explains Diane Valenti, founder of Llama Expeditions who makes a logical connection between Valentine’s Day and her programs in Peru. “Llamas provide so much to the Andean people: meat for food, fur for warmth and transport for heavy loads. They were even sacrificed to the Andean deities,” she said. Machu Picchu Tour by Train begins and ends in Lima. Guests then travel to the Colonial city of Cusco where they begin their exploration of Spanish and Inca sites. They dine at a restaurant called Aldea Yanapay that supports an alternative after-school program for local children and there’s a home-cooked meal in the home of a Cusqueña family. In preparation for a visit to a weaving community, guests purchase provisions for the community that augment their staple diet of potatoes. Enroute they stop to feed and pet llamas and alpacas. A train journey stops at Aguas Calientes, the bustling pueblo that sits at the foot of Machu Picchu. From here the ruins are explored. An overnight at Ollantaytambo reveals over 500 years of culture, including original residential canchas, or blocks, each inhabited by several families during the 15th century. A private car transports guests to Salinas de Maras where the Incas diverted water to form thousands of pools where a thin crust of salt remains as the sun evaporates the water. These salt mines have been in continuous operation since the Inca Empire. A final day in Lima includes a cooking demonstration and lunch at a ceviche restaurant and a visit to Casa Aliaga, one of the oldest colonial mansions in Lima and the only one continuously inhabited by 17 generations of the descendants of its original owner. Llama Expeditions (http://www.llamaexpeditions.com/ “The company fills the spot between responsible tourism and voluntourism,” About Llama Expeditions Entrepreneur and outdoorswoman Diane Valenti hatched the idea for her company in 2008 over a home-cooked chicken dinner at close to 14,000 feet in the Peruvian Andes. She has been able to apply her over 20 years as a business consultant working with clients such as Genentech, Nike, and Starbucks Coffee Company to her enterprise that goes beyond just ordinary tourism. Llama Expeditions tours offer full cultural immersion giving guests the opportunity to see how Peruvians live—to talk with them about their dreams and accomplishments and to learn about the challenges they face. Interactions with nonprofit and grassroots organizations are also woven into the itinerary when possible giving participants the chance to experience the difference gifts of healthy food, school supplies, clothing, or sunglasses can make in the lives of some of the world’s poorest people. Llama Expeditions is a member of the Adventure Travel Trade Association and the International Ecotourism Society. For more information email info@llamaexpeditions.com or call (415) 553-7731. For photos and/or more information on Llama Expeditions, please contact: Sara Widness / 802-234-6704 / sara@widnesspr.com Dave Wiggins / 303-554-8821 / dave@travelnewssource.com Website and Portfolio of Past Releases: http://www.travelnewssource.com/ Follow Widness & Wiggins PR on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ Follow Llama Expeditions: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ Blog: http://blog.llamaexpeditions.com/ End
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