Cusco’s Rainbow Mountain Averts Mining Crisis
A Canadian-owned mining company surrenders its digging rights at Rainbow Mountain after protests by the local community and a personal intervention by Peru President Martin Vizcarra.Â
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No Suspension of Adventure Sports Tourism in Cusco
[Originally published April 10, 2018] Cusco’s regional office of Foreign Trade and Tourism has ruled out widespread suspension of adventure tourism and instead will focus…
Authorities consider possible suspension of adventure sports in Cusco
[Originally published March 2018] Cusco’s regional office of Foreign Trade and Tourism is considering temporarily suspending high risk adventure sports after two fatal zip line accidents at the same adventure park circuit claimed the lives of two tourists and one adventure guide.
Hiram Bingham Highway to Machu Picchu Under Maintenance
Maintenance work to clear loose rocks and debris will impact shuttle buses up to Machu Picchu in the afternoons today through Wednesday, Civil Defense and…
Machu Picchu and Salkantay Trek plus Amazon Jungle and Lake Titicaca 2018
Here’s a 15-day vacation featuring (now get this…) the ancient Inca capital of Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu, a small group trek around the snowcapped Salkantay Mountain, plus an Amazon rain forest adventure and tours of Lake Titicaca.