Announcement about Page’s spring trip to Peru…
Because of ongoing uncertainty due to COVID-19, we have indefinitely postponed the 2021 “Weaving Words & Women” adventure. Updates about a possible 2022 trip will be posted here. To make sure you’re on the mailing list for future announcement, please contact Page. Thank you. Stay well and embrace happiness (it helps to hug a tree, especially when we can’t hug each other).






Each day will also be threaded with time to gather as a group so that Page can help us focus our creative energy, teaching us ways to weave together memories of the land, the women, and our adventures in this ancient Incan culture.



Watch the nimble fingers of the women weavers with their vibrant strands of wool.
Open the pages of your journal and weave your own tapestry with words.


Did We Mention the Markets and the Meals?
Where We Stay
When you arrive in Lima, we will arrange for a driver to take you to Casa Bella Miraflores, a small cozy boutique hotel half a block from the Malecon Cisneros,
which overlooks the Pacific Ocean. The next morning, the group will take the hotel van back to the Lima airport.
Lima, Coastal Capital
Casa Bella Miraflores
City of the Kings
1 night

Andean Village of Pisac
Nidra Wasi Holistic Retreat
Entry to the Sacred Valley
3 nights

Ollantaytambo
Apu Lodge Bed & Breakfast
Cobblestone Portal to Machu Picchu
4 nights

Agua
Tierra Viva
Local B&B
1 night

Cusco – High in the Andes
Casa San Blas Boutique Hotel
Heart of the Incan Empire
3 nights

Author of the memoir In Search of Kinship,and the historical novel Shifting Stars, Page Lambert is an advisor for the Rocky Mountain Land Library and a member of the International League of Conservation Writers. She has been writing about the western landscape and leading creative retreats for twenty-two years.
A founding member of Women Writing the West, her work has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes. Her writing can be found inside monumental sculptures at the Denver Art Museum, online at Huffington Post, and inside the pages of dozens of anthologies. Recently published works include the essay “Not for Sale” (Langscape Magazine, 2018), “The Rural West” (The Light Shines from the West, Fulcrum Books, 2018), and “Deerstalking” (Memoir Magazine, Guns and People Issue, 2018).
Forthcoming works include essays and poems in WAVES: A Confluence of Women’s Voices (Room of Her Own Foundation, 2019). A recipient of two Literary Fellowships from the Wyoming Arts Council, Page designs and teaches graduate writing courses for the University of Denver’s Professional Creative Writing Master’s Program. She writes the popular blog All Things Literary/All Things Natural from her mountain home west of Denver, Colorado.
Page’s co-guide, Brenda Porter, holds a degree in Biology Education and an MA in Nonprofit Management and has been guiding outdoor and international trips since 1994. Her love of world travel and cultures began with a high school cultural exchange in India. She has lived in a rural village in Honduras, worked in women’s community development as a Peace Corps Volunteer, and trekked throughout Central America, to Machu Picchu, and to the top of Kilimanjaro. She is an avid backpacker, yoga instructor, watercolor artist, gardener, and naturalist.
True Nature Journeys is a small travel company dedicated to international travel and wilderness quests that explore the essence of being human. Its founder, Laura Tyson, has been leading wilderness groups, international trips, and personal retreats for over 25 years. Page and Laura first worked together when Laura was the executive director of The Women’s Wilderness Institute and she invited Page to co-lead a five-day writing and canoeing adventure on the Green River in Utah. Putting the first Peru trip together with Page in 2012 was another perfect joint venture.
Laura’s company offers custom trips throughout the world, exploring the people, cultures, and landscapes of our planet through creative expression, and supports transformational travel, a powerful way to shift the course of one’s life by welcoming adventure and the unknown that comes with authentic, nonconventional travel. Conventional adventure travel and tourism is often approached as a way to collect experiences, in the same way that we collect material goods – checking off a list or “possessing” an experience in photographs or memories. To approach an experience from the viewpoint of transformational travel, however, is to be willing to be changed by the experience, to be willing to jump from the edge of known territory, giving one’s self completely over to the experience so that whatever unfolds becomes a gift.
Laura holds a Master’s degree in Psychology, and has held roles of psychotherapist, wilderness guide, poet, writer, and nonprofit consultant. She currently directs and leads CenterPoint Retreats, an outdoor recovery program for women veterans. Her international guiding work combines her passions for empowering women and men to live vibrant lives, move beyond their self-perceptions, and explore the landscapes and cultures of our beautiful planet.
Trip Details
Unlike Page’s other adventures and workshops, all registration details for this Peru trip are handled by True Nature Journeys. The trip dates are April 5-April 17, 2021. If you were registered for the 2020 trip which had to be postponed because of Covid-19, the cost for these 13 days remains the same. For new registrants, the 2021 cost is $4350 (based on double occupancy).
This includes all ground transportation, but does not include your airfare to Lima and Cusco. If you wish to have a single room, there is an additional supplement of $750. A non-refundable deposit of $500 is due with registration. A second deposit of $1925 is due September 1, 2020, and the third and final deposit of $1925 is due January 15, 2021. Please read the registration form carefully so that you understand the cancellation policy. Because we want this to be a “small group” experience rather than a large group tour experience, we have limited the trip to a maximum of 12 women guests. If you were registered for the 2020 trip which was postponed, all fees paid will be transferred to your 2021 registration.
After the 2020 outbreak of Covid-19, purchasing trip insurance is highly recommended. Consumer Advocate recommends these 10 travel insurance companies.
Graduate Level University Credit Option
Page is working with the University of Denver and plans are underway to offer 4 hours of graduate credit for this 13-day retreat. If you are interested in this educational opportunity, please contact Page directly.
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What’s Included
Everything that you’ll need during your stay in Peru is included in the trip price, except for bottled drinking water. This includes three meals a day, lodging, all fees for the activities, ground transportation within the country, tour guides, and all creative facilitation. You will want to bring some extra money to purchase bottled drinking water, and in case you want special snacks, alcoholic drinks, gifts and souvenirs, or if you think you may get a wild idea to do something extra that’s not in the plans. Optional spa treatments and the optional horseback ride to Pumamarca are not included (van transportation to Pumamarca is included). Please plan a little extra in your budget for optional activities. If you would like to arrive a few days early in Lima, Laura will be glad to help you make those arrangements (one night’s lodging in Lima is included in the trip fee). Laura can also answer any questions regarding your flight reservations.
Please download and read the More Information form, which includes the trip overview, more about your trip leaders, levels of activity, food, weather, logistical details, and air transportation. Laura will provide a list of suggested clothing after you register, as well as more information regarding altitude, medical concerns, etc.
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