Peru Dedicates $142.5 Million in Investment to its Top 9 Attractions (part 2)

Posted on September 12, 2011 - Category Peru, Travel News, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Last Tuesday September 6, Peru’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism Jose Luis Silva announced the government’s big plans to invest US$ 142.5 million in some of Peru’s top travel destinations. This is part of a US$ 171.1 million plan to develop the country’s tourism to be carried out in the next two years. This [...]

Peru Festivals: What is Qoyllur Riti?

Posted on May 11, 2011 - Category Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Part 2 of our series on Cusco regional festivals that take place in June. Next week: Corpus Christi. Thousands of feet trudge along an icy path more than 15,000 feet (4,700 meters) above sea level. Frosty clouds puff in front of the faces of indigenous women wearing brightly colored cloaks and decorative hats. They carry [...]

Peru Festivals: Inti Raymi

Posted on May 5, 2011 - Category Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Elaborate costumes. Exuberant music. The second largest festival in South America. Sound interesting? If you’re heading to Peru next month, you’re in luck. The biggest traditional celebration in Peru takes place in Cusco on June 24, and festivities last for days. During this time, thousands of Peruvians and visitors take to the streets for dancing, [...]

Peru Travel Guide: Potato Passion

Posted on February 24, 2011 - Category Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

For more than 8,000 years, potatoes have been a staple in the Andean diet. First cultivated on the altiplano in Peru, there are still over 2,800 varieties of potato grown, more than any other nation. Peruvians don’t take the humble spud lightly. Farmers in Peru are currently in the process of sending 1,500 varieties of [...]

Peru Travel Guide: How To Get To Machu Picchu… the Hard Way

Posted on February 11, 2011 - Category Uncategorized | 1 Comment

If you’re lucky enough to have sturdy legs and lots of free time, you can summit to Machu Picchu the way the Incans did, on foot via a several day Inca Trail trek. But for the rest of us, a complicated combination of taxi, rail, and bus is required. Most visitors navigate the Cusco-Sacred Valley-Machu [...]

Peru Travel Guide: Top Luxury Hotels in Cusco

Posted on January 26, 2011 - Category Uncategorized | 1 Comment

You too can live like royalty while visiting wonderful Cusco. Located high in the Andes, at 3000 meters above sea level, the charming and history filled Cusco is one of the most sought after destinations in Peru. The city’s picturesque surroundings, known as the Sacred Valley, are also home to one of the New Seven [...]

Peru Travel Guide: Hiking The Inca Trail Cuzco to Machu Picchu

Posted on July 26, 2010 - Category Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Plan an Inca Trail Cuzco to Machu Picchu tour, one of the most well known treks in Peru and South America, with advice from Peru travel experts at Peru For Less.

Peru Travel Guide: Visiting Cusco & Machu Picchu

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

One of Latin America For Less’s travel writers made his first trip to Cusco in June, here he shares his experiences and his initial impressions compared with other top Latin America destinations he knows. It was my first trip to the town of Cusco and then Machu Picchu. I was embarking on the most well [...]