Peru Travel Guide: Top Tips for Traveling Peru

Posted on July 2, 2010 - Category Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Peru is one of the most visited countries in the Americas and is heavily dependent on tourist visitors. Traveling Peru is increasingly easy, with new airlines and routes opening regularly and massive investment in transport infrastructure. Traveling to Peru Most visitors arrive in Peru by airplane to Lima International Airport. Here visitors either connect for [...]

Peru Travel Guide: What to do in Ollantaytambo, the town en route to Machu Picchu

Posted on June 29, 2010 - Category Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Visit one of the last remaining cities of the Inca Empire, Ollantaytambo, an ancient town in the Sacred Valley that is filled with archaeological ruins. Located to the north of Cusco on the train line to Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo is the perfect rest stop on your journey to or from your Machu Picchu experience. The [...]

Peru Travel Guide: Destination Amazon 2010

Posted on June 25, 2010 - Category Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Lima recently hosted Expo Amazonia 2010, a week-end long festival at the Exposition Park meant to show off the varied food, music, and art from Peru’s Amazon region. Visitors had the chance to snack on foods typical of the Amazon, like a plate of rice, chicken, olives and hardboiled egg wrapped in banana leaves, while [...]

Peru Travel Guide: Top Budget Hotels on the Trail of the Incas

Posted on June 22, 2010 - Category Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

If you’re heading to Machu Picchu this summer, chances are you are beginning to wonder where to book a room. Make that one less thing to worry about, because we´ve listed our top budget hotel picks along the route from Lima to Machu Picchu. From the moment you arrive in Lima International Airport, you will [...]

Peru Travel Guide: Colonial Lima City Tour by Night

Posted on June 16, 2010 - Category Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Peru Travel Expert Jon Hudson was treated to a new evening tour of Colonial Lima. Here he gives an exclusive insider’s look at what he found. Transport yourself back to the colonial period of Peru: visit the hidden homes of prominent figures in Peru’s history and see fantastic works of art and artifacts in exclusive [...]

Peru Travel Guide: Inca Trail Availability

Posted on June 15, 2010 - Category Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

When considering a Peru Vacation, you need to ensure that you are able to complete the ultimate Inca rite of passage – the Inca trail! The four day trek or one day trail takes you along one of the original Inca roads to the ancient citadel of Machu Picchu, a place that was once the [...]

Peru Travel Guide: Top Tips for The Inca Trail & Machu Picchu

Posted on June 15, 2010 - Category Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

The Inca trail is a mystical trek along the well-trodden path of the Incas to the spectacular citadel in the sky, Machu Picchu. Visitors to the citadel are amazed by the architecture, craftsmanship and technological skills of the city built by an advanced civilization that did not even use the wheel. Walking along the trail [...]