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Category Archives: Adventure Travel

The early introduction of exotic Machu Picchu to travelers

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: March 29, 2013

Today, Machu Picchu is a top “bucket-list” choice for travelers considering where to take their next vacation. But if we turn back the clock  five or six decades, we find that South America’s most iconic historic site rated hardly a blip on the tourism radar. Check out this 1955 newspaper column, which attempted to raise [...]

Also posted in Archaeological Sites, Cusco, Destinations, Inca Trail, Machu Picchu, Nostalgia | Tagged Alternative vacation ideas, Exotic archeological destination, Secret of the Incas, vintage Machu PIcchu news | Leave a comment

PeruRail gets tough on carry-on baggage limits for its Machu Picchu & Puno train service

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: July 27, 2012

If you thought the ever-shrinking limits on the weight and size of carry-on luggage was an exclusively airline-thing, think again. PeruRail, the main train service to Machu Picchu, announced yesterday that starting August 6, 2012, it’s going to get tough on passengers with over-sized rough sacks.* Each passenger will be allowed to take aboard one [...]

Also posted in Cusco, Hiking, Inca Trail, Machu Picchu, News, Puno, Tips | Tagged Andean Explorer Train, Machu Picchu Train, PeruRail | 1 Comment

Is there a permit for entry onto the Inca Trail when I want to go?

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: February 29, 2012

Just click on the month you would like to embark on South America’s premier trek to see how many entry permits are still available: Official Availability of Entry Permits for the Classic 4-day Inca Trail Trek to Machu Picchu – 2012 January 2012 February 2012 Closed for Maintenance March 2012 Abril 2012 May 2012 June [...]

Also posted in Archaeological Sites, Cusco, Destinations, Hiking, Inca Trail, Machu Picchu | Tagged Getting on the Inca Trail, Inka Trail | Leave a comment

This Week Magazine: Inca Gold

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: January 13, 2012

  Remember Polly Ann Meredith, ace girl pilot for G-BAT? Now she and her gang are in South America on Good Neighbor business… and in quick trouble too… In this exciting first story of a new series. By Hoffman Birney Illustrated by Courtney Allen A Short Story Complete in This Issue (Originally published in The [...]

Also posted in Art & Culture, Nostalgia | Tagged Pulp fiction, short story, treasure hunters | 1 Comment

Top Five Wanderlust Wishlist for 2012

By Rick Vecchio | Published: January 4, 2012

Here we are,  three days into the first work week of 2012, but I’m having a hard time concentrating on the tasks at hand. Instead, I’m thinking whether this year will be the one when I actually get to all the travel destinations that I promised myself I’d visit as part of my New Year’s [...]

Also posted in Ancash, Archaeological Sites, Art & Culture, Ayacucho, Communities & Caring Updates, Destinations, Family Travel, Festivals, Hiking, Wildlife | Tagged alternative Peru destinations, eco mountain lodge, Peru travel off the beaten path, wildlife vacation | Leave a comment

Cable Car to Choquequirao on the horizon?

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: December 22, 2011

For travelers to Peru, 2011 was arguably the year of Machu Picchu. We saw an internationally acclaimed, giant celebration commemorating the 100th anniversary of Hiram Bingham’s “discovery” of the iconic Inca ruins. And we witnessed the historic, and long overdue, return of thousands of artifacts that Bingham took to America on loan. Nearly a million [...]

Also posted in Archaeological Sites, Cusco, Destinations, Machu Picchu, News | Tagged Choqek'iraw, Choquequirao | Leave a comment

Possible alternative Inca Trail to Machu Picchu reportedly discovered

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: September 22, 2011

Eleven young explorers discovered what could be a new Inca trail that connects the town of Huayopata in the province of La Convencion, with the district of Machu Picchu, El Comercio reported Thursday. Oscar Valencia, mayor of Machu Picchu Pueblo, was quoted saying that the group of local youths trekked the route for six days, [...]

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Entry fee to Colca Canyon Tourist Route set to nearly double for foreigners on Jan. 1

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: September 1, 2011

Foreign tourists will face a near-100 percent increase in the entry fee to the Colca Canyon Tourist Circuit, starting Jan. 1, 2012, from S/.37.50 (or about US$14) to S/.70 (or about US$26). The rate hike was announced this week by the Autonomous Authority of Colca and Annexes (Autocolca). That regulating agency had originally planned to [...]

Also posted in Destinations, Hiking, News | Tagged Colca Canyon, Colca Canyon entry fee | Leave a comment

Podcast: Don’t let altitude sickness ruin your Cuzco vacation

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: May 13, 2011

Interview with Dr. Fabiola León-Velarde Throughout most of history, human beings have tended to stick pretty close to the world’s low-lying regions. But there are exceptions. The Tibetan plateau in the Himalayas of central Asia, the high mountain ranges of Ethiopia in Africa and the Andean cordillera here in Peru and Bolivia. Over thousands of [...]

Also posted in Arequipa, Central Highlands, Climbing, Cusco, Hiking, Inca Trail, Kayaking & Rafting, Machu Picchu, Mountain biking, Podcast, Travel Tips | Tagged acetazolamide, Altitude sickness, diamox, high mountain sickness, hms, soroche, sorojchi | 2 Comments

Machu Picchu closed to general public July 6-7 for 100th Anniversary bash

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: April 4, 2011

Peru’s Ministry of Culture has announced that Machu Picchu will be closed on July 6-7 to make way for the 100-year anniversary celebration of Hiram Bingham’s scientific discovery of the Inca citadel. For hikers who are scheduled to arrive to Machu Picchu on those days via the Inca Trail through the Sun gate, there will [...]

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