The director of UNESCO toured Machu Picchu this week and judging from his reaction, the long-standing threat that the Inca citadel will wind up on the infamous endangered sites list appears to be dissipating.
[Originally published January 7, 2015] Peru’s Ministry of Culture plans to sack its resident archaeologist in Nazca and is pressing criminal charges against him for escorting a Japanese TV crew on an unauthorized ground tour of the iconic hummingbird geoglyph.
The round-trip bus fare between Aguas Calients and Machu Picchu is about to increase for foreign tourists more than 26%, from $19 to $24.
