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Where else besides Machu Picchu should Peru enlist the help of stars like Susan Sarandon?
Susan Sarandon added a big dose of Hollywood sparkle last week to the reopening ceremony of Peru’s crown jewel, Machu Picchu. Peru would be well served to apply such Tinsel Town treatment to its other historic attractions. Against the iconic backdrop of Inca Pachacuti’s 15th century citadel, the Academy Award winning actress posed with Andean [...]
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Cajamarquilla archaeological complex equipped with interpretation center and resident researchers
A new interpretation center was inaugurated last week at the Cajamarquilla ruins, one of the largest, most important and — until now — most under-appreciated pre-Hispanic archaeological complexes along Peru’s central coast. The center features an exposition room with informational panels explaining the archaeological significance of the sprawling site. Cajamarquilla was a large urban center [...]
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Peru government takes action to reopen old and new routes to Machu Picchu within 8 weeks
Click Here to read Update on Reopening of Machu Picchu Peru’s minister of foreign commerce and tourism said Tuesday that the government is working on multiple fronts to re-open access to Machu Picchu within two months after flooding and landslides knocked out rail service to the country’s most popular tourist destination. “We expect that within [...]
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National Geographic Recommends Lake Titicaca among 12 Great Winter Escapes
National Geographic magazine is listing Lake Titicaca among a dozen “Great Winter Escapes” for travelers from northern hemisphere, weary and frost-bitten from chillier-than-normal conditions. The plug for the world’s highest navigable lake appears in NatGeo’s Jan-Feb on-line edition and highlights the Isla del Sol , the mythological birthplace of the Inca Empire, where the Inca [...]
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Peru to develop Lima’s unsung archaeological ruins for tourism
Plans are afoot to illuminate nine of Lima’s under-appreciated pre-Inca archaeological sites for tourists by the end of 2010, Peru’s minister of Foreign Commerce and Tourism (Mincetur) announced Wednesday. “The aim is to give value to a series of assets that the city of Lima owns, among them the temples, which are archaeological and have [...]
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Our new travel route to explore Peru: Cuzco, Machu Picchu & Lake Titicaca
Inspiration Inca 11 Days / 10 Nights Starting at $1,159 per person Based on double room occupancy A comprehensive 11-day journey showcasing the most fascinating historical sites of Lima, Cusco and Lake Titicaca, and offering the alternative to trek the classic Inca Trail or hike to Lares en-route to Machu Picchu.
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Mummies the Word
Originally published in South American Explorer (Number 68, Autumn 2002) She is called La Señorita, a woman born during the last generation of a once-mighty Inca Empire in decline who lived to see her world overtaken by Spanish conquistadors. A testament to the destruction of a lost civilization, her tomb contained symbols of noble social [...]
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Discovery: The Inca Rebellion of 1536
Originally published in South American Explorer Issue #85 Summer 2007 Why just read about this fascinating archaeological discovery? Experience it up close. Click Inca Rebellion Archaeological Tour to learn more. In August 1536, some 50,000 warriors marched on Lima under the command of Manco Inca’s most valiant general, Quizo Yupanqui, with orders to kill every [...]
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Peru’s plan to invest upwards of $417 million to build the Moche Trail