Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru - ccbcperu.com and Northwest Science
Museum - Northwestsciencemuseum.com
Present
MACHU PICCHU
Machu Picchu ruins with Huayna Picchu peak in the background. Part of our tour will be summiting this
ancient mountain.
What you need to know: Information Letter
Imagine yourself high in the Peruvian Andes standing on the edge of
ancient civilization. Clouds swirl around you as stand in awe of the Incan
fortress city that lay hidden for hundreds of years. The landscape is
extreme. Vertical slopes draped in emerald jungle are all around. The
scene takes your breath away as you can hardly take it all in. This is
Machu Picchu. One of the true wonders of the world, buried deep in the
Andes Mountains of Peru, and absolutely filled with awe, mystery, and
much to learn about the one, true God.
CCBC Peru and the Northwest Science Museum are very excited to announce
that we will be hosting a teaching and adventure tour of Machu Picchu Nov. 29thDec. 5th. You are receiving this letter because you are either a future student of
CCBC Peru, friend of the Bible College, or a friend of Northwest Science
Museum. Would you be interested in joining us on this adventure? On the
following pages you will find important information regarding the upcoming trip as
well as some important dates. Please visit ccbcperu.com for our description of
the trip, Machu Picchu, history, pictures and more.
Info:
• The trip will take place at the end of the CCBC Peru fall semester: Nov. 29thDec 5th. Graduation is Friday Nov. 27th, and the trip will start the following
Monday. Both students and non-students are welcome and invited to come, but
there will be a cap on the number of non-students that we can take, and it will
be a first come, first serve basis.
• Creation Scientist and Executive Director of the Northwest Science Museum,
Doug Bennett, will be teaching the last class of our semester, and then will be coleading and teaching the tour.
• We will take a tour with Doug of the
ancient ruins of Sacsayhuaman in
Cusco, visit a Creation Museum in the
Sacred Valley of the Incas, spend a
full-day in the ancient ruins of Machu
Picchu with Doug as our guide, take a
group of adventure-seekers to the top
of the breath-taking Huayna-Picchu
(see picture to right), connect with the
local Calvary Chapel, spend a free
day of exploration in Cusco, and
much more!
The trek to the top of Huayna Picchu. Some stairs have
rails…some do not!
Cost:
• The cost of the round-trip from Boise is $2250 per person.
• Price includes: Round-Trip airfare Boise-Lima, 1 night lodging in Lima, RoundTrip airfare Lima-Cusco, 4 nights lodging in Cusco and Machu Picchu, entrance
to all areas (such as Machu Picchu, Huayna Picchu and Sacsayhuaman, Lima
Museums), costs of all tours, all busses, sight-seeing train to Machu Picchu,
breakfast, and packed-lunch during tour of ruins. Each person will be free to buy
own lunch and dinner, and that is NOT included in the fare.
Coordination:
• CCBC Peru will be coordinating the trip from Lima.
• Northwest Science Museum will be coordinating the Boise-Lima journey. That
means that we will need a copy of each person’s passport in order to buy airfare.
• DOUG WILL BE VISITING SOME MUSEUMS IN LIMA AND POINTING
OUT SOME VERY COOL FACTS REGARDING CREATION ON FRIDAY
DEC. 4th.
We will Visit the Larco Museum. The museum is housed in an 18thcentury vice-royal building built over a 7th-century pre-Columbian pyramid.
It showcases chronological galleries that provide a thorough overview of
4,000 years of Peruvian pre-Columbian history. This museum houses over
35,000 pottery artifacts (see dinosaurs represented on pottery and other
artifacts including the famous gold Death Mask with dinosaurs on it!).
Also the Museum de Oro or the Gold Museum. This private collection
contains a staggering display of Pre-Hispanic gold, Paracas textiles and
ceramics; holding some of the most important gold, silver and gilded
copper artifacts from a number of Peru’s different Pre-Columbian cultures.
Twenty thousand weapons of all times and countries are exhibited in the
museum as well (awesome weapons collection along with spectacular
displays of gold mask and jewelry, pottery, textiles and other artifacts
recovered from tombs throughout Peru).
Important Dates:
• Trip Dates - depart Boise Nov. 29th – depart Lima for home Dec.5th
• July 31st - Non-Refundable $300 deposit due for trip. This will confirm your
spot.
• September 15th - Second $1200 payment due.
• October 31st - Final $750 payment due.
• Doug Bennett’s Creation Class at CCBC Peru - Nov. 23rd -27th
See you there!
• There is a reason Machu Picchu is considered one of the true wonders of the
world, and what better way to see it than on a Biblical based tour with group of
brothers and sisters in Christ. We can’t wait, and we hope to see you there!!