Trip includes Peru's best north coast archeological sites, Lima's best museums, and traditional textiles--knitting, weaving, pre-Inka and Inka art--of the Cuzco area.

Travel to remote villages to meet knitters and weavers with Peruvian weaving expert, Nilda Callanaupa of Cuzco.

See mystical Machu Picchu and Inka sites; learn to dye, spin, and knit unusual Andean techniques; shop for silver jewelry, exquisite traditional woven and knitted textiles, alpaca sweaters and yarn.

The itinerary includes one or two free days where you will have opportunities to relax, take photos, explore markets, or visit other art, anthropology or culture museums.

Price: $3495 Includes 15 nights accommodations in comfortable hotels in double rooms (historical monument hotel in Cuzco), interior flights to Trujillo and Cuzco-Lima, north coast transportation by private van, train to Machu Picchu, all meals except one dinner in Cuzco and one lunch at Machu Picchu, private van to remote highland villages; entrances to museums and sites on itinerary, one-day entrance and shuttle bus to Machu Picchu. Single supplement available for $600.

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Your flight plans can be made on LAN PERU, American Airlines or other convenient company. Book your tickets with Nancy Smart of Trips Out Travel in Berkeley, CA, if you need a good travel agent. E-mail Nancy Smart for tickets.

Ask Nancy to find you a ticket from home to Lima to arrive on March 29 in the evening--and to fly home from Lima on April 13. We will arrange all the interior [group] flights. You may also make your own international flight reservations on a website such as Travelocity.com..