This Week Magazine: Inca Gold
Remember Polly Ann Meredith, ace girl pilot for G-BAT? Now she and her gang are in South America on Good Neighbor business… and in quick trouble too… In this exciting first story of a new series.
Adventure Travel
Hiking an Inca Trail, a horse-supported trek up to the Vinicunca (Rainbow) Mountain, mountain biking in the Sacred Valley, paragliding above the sand boarding on the dunes surrounding the Huacachina desert oasis… these are just a few of the adventure travel options you can experience.
Top Five Wanderlust Wishlist for 2012
Here we are, three days into the first work week of 2012, but I’m having a hard time concentrating on the tasks at hand.
Cable Car to Choquequirao on the horizon?
For travelers to Peru, 2011 was arguably the year of Machu Picchu. We saw an internationally acclaimed, giant celebration commemorating the 100th anniversary of Hiram Bingham’s “discovery” of the iconic Inca ruins. And we witnessed the historic, and long overdue, return of thousands of artifacts that Bingham took to America on loan.
Possible alternative Inca Trail to Machu Picchu reportedly discovered
[Originally published September 22, 2011] Eleven young explorers discovered what could be a new Inca trail that connects the town of Huayopata in the province of La Convencion, with the district of Machu Picchu, El Comercio reported Thursday.
Entry fee to Colca Canyon Tourist Route set to nearly double for foreigners on Jan. 1
[Originally published September 1, 2011] Foreign tourists will face a near-100 percent increase in the entry fee to the Colca Canyon Tourist Circuit, starting Jan. 1, 2012, from S/.37.50 (or about US$14) to S/.70 (or about US$26).