Access vs Excess: Tourist Limits at Machu Picchu After Covid-19
A committee of Ministry of Culture officials and representatives from Peru's tourism sector will spend this coming month hammering out an agreement to gradually restore…
Machu Picchu access
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 visitor entry in two shifts will begin in July
[Originally published April 28, 2017] The new ticketing system for visitors to Machu Picchu will be implemented on July 1, with tourists entering the Inca sanctuary in two shifts, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon.
A new bridge to Machu Picchu
Work is set to begin next week to replace Puente Ruinas, the 60-year-old modular Bailey bridge that spans the Vilcanota River to Machu Picchu. State news…
Photos of landslide blocking road to Machu Picchu
[Originally published January 16, 2014] Our travel consultant Richard Quispe, from Fertur’s Miraflores office, visited Machu Picchu this week. He sent back these photos, taken on Tuesday, offering a close-up look at the landslide that sent a deluge of earth and giant granite boulders washing over several corners of the narrow switchback road. He also wrote to say that visitors are reaching the magical Inca mountaintop city of stone undeterred.