Hiram Bingham Highway to Machu Picchu needs urgent upkeep
The Hiram Bingham Highway to Machu Picchu, built nearly 67 years ago, could have only a year and five months of “useful life” left, a top government environmental official says.
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Machu Picchu spared from UNESCO endangered sites list
Machu Picchu has averted the long-feared threat of being added to UNESCO's infamous list of endangered cultural heritage sites, Cusco officials announced Monday. In a…
UNESCO chief tours Machu Picchu and lauds the beautiful experience
The director of UNESCO toured Machu Picchu this week and judging from his reaction, the long-standing threat that the Inca citadel will wind up on the infamous endangered sites list appears to be dissipating.
Cusco ranked “Best Destination” and “Best Affordable Vacation” by US News
Cusco was chosen as Central and South America’s “Best Place to Visit” and “Best Affordable Vacation” in this year’s world travel ranking by U.S. News & World Report.
Refurbishing pre-Inca water channels to fix Lima’s desert water woes
Peruvians, ancient and modern, have always lived on a knife’s edge of climatic and seismic disaster. Fitting then that as global climate change threatens Peru…