Cusco is the storied capital of the Inca dynasty and gateway to the imperial city of Machu Pichu.

Enjoy a walking tour of Cusco and take in many Inca remains, charming streets and the colonial section of the city. See how the multiple cultures of the area collide, with sometimes surprising results.

The Cusco Cathedral houses a an excellent collection of colonial art as well as archeological artifacts and relics. Symbols of the Incas can be found in the cathedral, such as a jaguar head carved into the cathedral doors.

The Plaza de Armas is Cusco's main square, and has been an important gathering spot since Incan times.

The  Korikancha Temple was the most important temple in the Incan Empire. Once filled with golden statues and gold wallpaper, the Spanish described it as "fabulous beyond belief" when they saw it. The stone walls still stand today.

In 1680, the Convent of Santo Domingo was literally built on top of the Korikancha Temple.

"We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience" - John Dewey On every evening of the program, we will set time aside to update our Reflection Journal and share thoughts and impressions that have come to the fore in the course of the day.

Our home for the week will be our permanent camp on the shores of the wetlands themselves: on the boundary of two sides of the camp is water, which means wildlife spotting starts from inside the camp. Sleeping is in wooden buildings with bunkbeds and there are social spaces for eating, hanging out and for use as a classroom. All activities in camp, be they domestic life or conservation work, can be run in Spanish or English. Through formal or informal sessions, the group can work in subject or activity focused language acquisition modules, and then apply their learning to the real-life situations that they face during the week. Your evenings are usually spent relaxing in camp and the local kitchen crew will rustle up a delicious dinner for you and your team. After dinner, there are plenty of opportunities for group discussion, reflections on project work, keeping travel diaries up to date, as well as various team led games and activities. Local staff are always in camp and are on hand to chat to and help you with anything else that you need.

Today we start our service project work at the camp. Students will work in small teams to achieve various different elements of the current projects. The service work elements that the group will be involved in with could include: Megafauna - using camera traps to locate megafauna species, identifying them and marking the location of the trap. Establishing boundary markers to ensure that the land under the protection of SINAC is clearly defined and therefore not encroached upon by farming, which is an important part of the work of conservation in the area. Beehive making – to help in the protection of bees we are working with apiarists in the area to build beehives. Bee numbers are under threat across the world and their role in pollinating plants is therefore at risk. Reforestation and the planting of saplings.

"We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience" - John Dewey On every evening of the program, we will set time aside to update our Reflection Journal and share thoughts and impressions that have come to the fore in the course of the day.

Continue working in small teams on long-term projects started, not only by your group, but by many other groups over the course of the time Camps International and WorldStrides has been working with the community. Learn from project leaders, who are experts in infrastructure – our purpose to not only use our hands for good work but also take back the knowledge of this project work to be used in our own community at home. Bring some gloves and clothes you can get dirty!

An afternoon soccer match with the community or a session with a local women’s group understanding the work they are doing in conserving their culture and in preserving the natural environment.

"We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience" - John Dewey On every evening of the program, we will set time aside to update our Reflection Journal and share thoughts and impressions that have come to the fore in the course of the day.

Continue working in small teams on long-term projects started, not only by your group, but by many other groups over the course of the time Camps International and WorldStrides has been working with the community. Learn from project leaders, who are experts in infrastructure – our purpose to not only use our hands for good work but also take back the knowledge of this project work to be used in our own community at home. Bring some gloves and clothes you can get dirty!

"We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience" - John Dewey On every evening of the program, we will set time aside to update our Reflection Journal and share thoughts and impressions that have come to the fore in the course of the day.

Board a train and travel through the Sacred Valley for a full-day excursion to Peru's most famous destination, the lost Inca city of Machu Picchu. Set on a mountaintop, deep in the jungle, Machu Picchu remained unknown to the outside world until 1912.

In the afternoon we will return by train to Cusco, the train journey itself is wondrous and the carriages' partially glass roofs offer great views upwards to the cliffs that form the walls of the deep valleys.

Our guide will explain how the Conquistadors built churches on top of Inca temples, and show you the hard evidence of that which still exists in the form of magnificent and complex stone walls. You will visit Qorikancha, the epicentre of the Inca Empire, home to some of the finest Inca stone-work and a place to learn about the social structures and ambitions of that once great Empire.

This evening we make the final entries in our Reflection Journal and share some of the most significant observations and perspectives that have taken shape in the course of our travel experience and how these may be most relevant for us all as we return home.

At dinner, a local dance troop will entertain you and, of course, offer the chance for members of the group to show-off the skills they learned while dancing at Camp Moray.