Category Archives: Destinations

Sept. 8 presentation on progress of new Scissor Dance documentary

By admin | Published: September 3, 2010
Our favorite documentary filmmaker Mitch Teplitsky, director of Soy Andina, and Peruvian filmmaker Gaby Yepes, director of Danzak, will be at the Lima Clubhouse of South American Explorers next Wednesday to offer a presentation on their new project about Scissors Dancers. Sustainable tourism student Yaneth Cisneros will also offer a presentation on her recent pilgrimage [...]
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Peru’s plan to invest upwards of $417 million to build the Moche Trail

By admin | Published: September 2, 2010
Besides Cusco and Machu Picchu, what tourist destinations do travelers clamor to visit in Peru?  What once in a lifetime vacation spots come to mind? The answer are a bevy of white sand beach towns and archaeological complexes that surround Peru’s Northern coast cities of Trujillo and Chiclayo. Peru’s Foreign Trade and Tourism Ministry, along [...]
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Special Offer: Luxury Cusco & Machu Picchu Vacation for 2010 High Season

By admin | Published: April 22, 2010
4 Days / 3 Nights Hotel Monasterio & Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge Price per person: $1,705 (Based on double room occupancy) Click to read detailed Peru Tour itinerary and to contact us A top luxury vacation with Orient Express and Fertur Peru Travel. Spend your nights relaxing in two of the finest, most exclusive hotels [...]
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Special Offer: Jungle resort 3-days / 2-nights with airfare included

By admin | Published: April 21, 2010
Lounge by the semi-Olympic sized pool surrounded by idyllic red-tile roofed cabins.  The setting is Peru’s northern cloud forest. Explore 51 acres of Puerto Palmeras’ lush green grounds over bike trails or on horseback. Play pool, tennis, basketball or volleyball. Take a day trip with your English-speaking guide to the magnificent Ahuashiyaku waterfall. This is [...]
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Where else besides Machu Picchu should Peru enlist the help of stars like Susan Sarandon?

By Rick Vecchio | Published: April 6, 2010
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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Timetable for road access to Piscachucho train stop for Machu Picchu-bound travelers

By admin | Published: April 6, 2010
The Cusco Regional Government determined last week that PeruRail and IncaRail may not run privately contracted bus service from Ollantaytambo to Piscacucho to deliver Machu Picchu-bound passengers to the KM 82 train stop. During the months of April and May, transportation must be arranged privately or through your travel agency. Given the conditions of the [...]
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Machu Picchu reopens to more than 1,200 visitors and one Hollywood movie star, ending two-month closure

By admin | Published: April 1, 2010
Peruvian Times Report: Peru’s famous Inca citadel Machu Picchu reopened to tourists on Thursday after closing in late January due to flooding and mudslides that washed away large portions of the rail line leading to the UNESCO World Heritage Site. According to daily La República, Edgar Miranda, the mayor of Aguas Calientes – the town [...]
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Peru’s INC says it will limit sale of Machu Picchu tickets when rail service resumes

By Rick Vecchio | Published: March 30, 2010
Peru’s National Institute of Culture (INC) said Monday it will ration the number of  entrance tickets to Peru’s most popular tourist destination to prevent the site from being swamped by visitors after it reopens on April 1, the Peruvian Times reported. News that the INC planned to limit the number of Machu Picchu entrance tickets [...]
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Limited train service to Machu Picchu set to resume today, but expect some wrinkles…

By Rick Vecchio | Published: March 29, 2010
The long-anticipated resumption of train service to Machu Picchu is set to start today— three days ahead of the official reopening of the Inca citadel after torrential rains in late January transformed the Vilcanota River into a raging torrent that ripped apart much of the rail line. Siduith and I traveled to Piscacucho on Saturday [...]
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Cajamarquilla archaeological complex equipped with interpretation center and resident researchers

By admin | Published: March 20, 2010
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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