2025 Summer - Inca Altitude: Trails of Strength and Legacy - Peru

Get ready for an unforgettable journey!

Throughout this program, you will:

• Break in your hiking boots and enjoy learning and adventuring with and from your peers, Hamline professors, and Peruvian guides
• Employ mental and physical strategies to collaborate and lead in high-altitude physically demanding environments
• Learn how Incas thrived in high-altitude environments and how their discoveries can help us
• Explore Peruvian history from the 1100s to the present, including Inca culture and architecture, while visiting numerous archaeological and cultural sites
• Experience Peruvian fauna and flora, including orchids and llamas

Join us on a transformative expedition through the heart of the Andes, where you’ll trek the legendary Inca trail to Machu Picchu, scale Rainbow Mountain, hike the Red Valley, and explore the ancient city of Cusco. In this immersive experience, you will juxtapose the ambitious personal goal setting of trek completion with understanding the physiological challenges the human body experiences at altitudes between 3,000-5,000 meters (9,800- 16,500 ft).

Any Questions?

Contact: imakarevitch01@hamline.edu

Program dates: June 6 - June 13, 2025

Estimated cost: $3,000 (estimated on 10 participants; more participants = less cost)

Key Dates:

December 15, 2024 - $750 Non-Refundable Deposit Required **

March 15, 2025 - An Additional $750 payment

April 30, 2025 - Remaining Balance Due

**(IF the trip is cancelled, ALL money will be refunded)

Lead by: Marcela Kostihova and Irina Makarevitch

Cost includes:

• in-country transportation, accommodation (hotels in urban areas, tents and sleeping bags on trek), breakfasts, meals on trek, entrance and guide fees, 2 graduate co-sponsored credits (leadership, STEM education)
• Hamline’s International trip emergency medical coverage is available to eligible program participants

Cost doesn’t include:

• Flights (estimate $1,300), some meals (see itinerary), and personal purchases.

Download the program flier here!

The itinerary and much more information is here!