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Rain and Sacred Valley rail repairs prompt PeruRail train detour

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: May 18, 2013

After another heavy rainy season damaged tracks, railway concessionaire Ferrocarril Trasandino has  shut down PeruRail’s operations between Cusco and the Sacred Valley through the month of June. You can read PeruRail’s release about the situation by clicking this link. But basically, all trains originally scheduled to depart from Cusco – Poroy Station to the Machu [...]

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Peruvian Pisco’s 400-year history on exhibit in historic Lima

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: May 8, 2013

Four hundred years ago, on April 30, 1613, Pedro Manuel, a prosperous merchant from Peru’s Ica Valley, signed his last will and testament. Manuel was the owner of a general store that sold a wide variety of products. Among them — listed as part of his estate — were more than 100 mud-ceramic containers and jars [...]

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Llama-supported treks coming soon to Peru’s Chaparrí Reserve

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: May 7, 2013

☼ Peru Nature Tours and Travel Adventures ☼ Chaparrí, the private reserve in Northern Peru created and run by the local community, will soon offer visitors llama-supported treks, according to the reserve Director Heinz Plenge. “We are talking about hikes of about eight hours along marked routes,” Plenge told state-run news agency Andina. Chaparrí is one of [...]

Also posted in Destinations, Family Travel, Lambayeque, Prominent Peruvians, Travel Photography, Wildlife | Tagged Heinz Plenge, horse and llama supported hikes, llama treks, wildlife reserve | Leave a comment

Cusco Tourism leader worried over Machu Picchu preservation

By Rick Vecchio | Published: May 4, 2013

The president of the Association of Cusco Tour Agencies says he’s concerned that poor management and overcrowding at Machu Picchu is taking an undue toll on the iconic Inca citadel, and he blames the Ministry of Culture. Enrique Velarde told Peru’s tourism trade publication T News that the Culture Ministry is taking too long to update [...]

Also posted in Archaeological Sites, Cusco, Machu Picchu | Tagged endangered archaeological sites, Machu Picchu visitor totals 2012, UNESCO | Leave a comment

Lima’s legendary leaping monk saves drowning man

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: April 2, 2013

For 26 years, Fernando Canchari, a professional diver, has reenacted the legendary lovelorn leap of Friar Francisco, who jumped to a watery death rather than be separated from the love of his life, the beautiful Clara. But early on Easter Sunday, when Canchari dove into the torrid Pacific waters, it was not for the usual [...]

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Record breaking 1.1 million tourists visited Machu Picchu in 2012

By Rick Vecchio | Published: March 9, 2013

Visitors to Peru’s most famous archeological site, the ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu, surpassed one million tourists for the first time ever in 2012. The record-breaking figure of 1,114,434 visitors  appears in the annual  totals published by the Ministry of Foreign Commerce and Tourism (MINCETUR). But the million+ Machu Picchu milestone — an average of [...]

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U.S. Embassy in Peru lifts security warning for Americans traveling to Cusco & Machu Picchu

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: March 6, 2013

Peruvian authorities, from President Ollanta Humala to Foreign Minister Rafael Roncagliolo, right down to local regional officials, disputed the warning issued last month by the U.S. Embassy about a possible kidnap plot targeting U.S. tourists in Cusco. They said the publicly undisclosed source of the information was unreliable, that the threat was not corroborated and [...]

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‘Pisco Allegories’ winner at International Gourmand Cookbook Awards in Paris

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: February 26, 2013

The Peruvian book “Pisco Allegories” took top prize in the Lifestyle category for Wine Literature this past weekend at the prestigious 2013 Gourmand Awards in Paris. The book, coauthored by Leticia Rengifo and her husband Gustavo Tataje, is a compilation of stories, songs and poems, including the Afro-Peruvian genre “décima,” or ten line verse, singing [...]

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Hurray for Quinoa — You Can Drink It, Eat It, Take It for Medicine

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: February 23, 2013

By Harman W. Nichols The Milwaukee Journal – June 1, 1949 Washington, D.C. – (UPI) Not being an old chenopodium quinoa drinker myself, I wouldn’t know. And not knowing, I went to visit my old friends at the library of the National Geographic Society, where they know everything — almost. It seems the United Nations [...]

Also posted in Nostalgia, Peruvian Cuisine, Superfoods | Tagged 2013 International Year of Quinoa, quinoa, United Nations declaration | Leave a comment

Peru Scrabble® Tour & Tournament Oct. 4 – 12, 2013

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: February 14, 2013

Two things that Rich Baker is passionate about are travel and Scrabble®. A registered director with the North American Scrabble® Players Association, Rich and his wife, Liz, have for years been organizing and directing Scrabble® tournaments both in the United States and as part of group vacations across the globe. This year, they are coming [...]

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