Inca Trail Weather Forecast System Gets Update
Peru's National Service for Meteorology and Hydrology (Senamhi) recently built six automatic meteorological stations in Machu Picchu and surrounding areas in the Inca Trail Network…
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Nothing Plastic about Machu Picchu, that’s the Goal
The Inca Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, the Paracas National Reserve, Manu National Park, and dozens of other protected biodiverse areas will prohibit the use of…
Anti-bullfighting activists in Lima demand an end to the traditional blood sport
Hundreds of anti-bullfighting activists, known as “antitaurinos” in Spanish, marched on the Plaza de Toros de Acho in historic downtown Lima to demand Peru ban what they — and we — consider a senseless and abhorrent blood-sport.
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
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…