Reopening of Machu Picchu
Repair work is under way and progressing well on the route to the famed citadel. When will Machu Picchu re-open to visitors? Find the April and June dates here.
February 25, 2010 | News
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Without Machu Picchu you’ll enjoy the trip of a lifetime
SPECIAL: PERU WITHOUT MACHU PICCHU – Machu Picchu is closed. It will stay that way through all of February at the very least. Do you have your flights booked and are wondering what to do next? Should you cancel or put off your trip to Cuzco?
February 4, 2010 | Travel and Places
Access to Machu Picchu completely destroyed
Machu Picchu looks set to be out of service for quite some time as the single rail link taking tourists to the ancient Inca citadel has been completely wiped out. Peru’s over-sold main tourist attraction is an example of hyping a single site in a single small area of Peru to concentrate revenue that now looks to be backfiring.
See the amazing photos and videos of the destruction here.
Thousands of tourists trapped at Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley cut off, Rescue plans need re-think
Somewhere between 2000 and 3000 tourists are trapped in Aguas Calientes, also known as Machu Picchu Pueblo, with plans to evacuate getting ever more complicated.
January 26, 2010 | News
Emergency declared in Cusco: Heavy rains flood the region
UP TO THE MINUTE NEWS – State of Emergency in six provinces of Cusco and all of Apurímac. Weather service reports rain around 67% in excess of the norm. 66 people rescued from Aguas Calientes by helicopters, 3000 tourists and locals are trapped. 8 people dead, including two foreign tourists, and more than 7000 families left homeless.
Torrential rains put more Incan sites at risk
The heavy rains that caused damage to a wall at ancient Sacsayhuamán have not halted. Other sites are suffering damage too and tourists are facing restrictions and where they are allowed to go.
January 19, 2010 | Archaeology, News
Four ceremonial fountains discovered at Machu Picchu
The Incas possessed what was the culmination of all Andean hydraulic engineering knowledge developed over millennia by the civilisations that came before them. This knowledge is said by experts to have been far superior to that of the Spanish who conquered them and wiped it out for ever. As good a place as any to witness the evidence of their impressive skills is at Machu Picchu, and it is at this famous site that yet more discoveries have been made.
December 7, 2009 | Archaeology, News
Train to Machu Picchu-Aguas Calientes, new operators, what you need to know
There were only two ways to get to Machu Picchu – hiking the tracks from Santa Teresa (cheap) or catching an overpriced train from Cusco or Ollantaytambo. Now that Perú Rail’s monopoly has come to an end, there are two further options to get to the Inca Citadel.
October 8, 2009 | Cusco Guide, News
Surprising water engineering at Machu Picchu
The management and distribution of water in Machu Picchu is one example of the notable hydraulic engineering of the Incas and from those more ancient cultures who’s knowledge they inherited and expanded upon.
July 8, 2009 | Archaeology
Pre-Inca tomb found at Salapunku, Machu Picchu reserve
Archaeologists from the National Institute of Culture (INC) have found a pre-Inca tomb at the Salapunku archaeological site located in the protected area of Machu Picchu.
The Salapunku site, located above the railway line than today takes visitors to the ruins of Machu Picchu, is home to a bridges, an aqueducts and now pre-Inca tombs.
The discovery was made in the area known as Zone III and the tombs were located in a sheltered part of a rock face. The burial is thought to be of the Quillke culture that lived here before the Incas, as Quillke pottery was found alongside the bones, as well as fragments of obsidian.
June 17, 2009 | Archaeology, Cusco Guide, News
Short Film: Machu Picchu Post
Machu Picchu Post is a short 3D film made at Supinfocom Arles in 2008 by Clement Crocq, Margaux Durand-Rival and Nicolas Novali.
This is the story of the unexpected meeting between a young Peruvian boy living with his llama and a pilot from the airmail flying above the boy’s house.
May 4, 2009 | Culture & History
Choquequirao: Cradle of Gold
Home of the insurgent remains of the Inca empire after the Spanish conquest, the spectacular mountain-top ruins of Choquequirao is a site that is becoming increasingly popular with tourists. Find out more by watching the PromPeru videos below.
April 3, 2009 | Cusco Guide
