Mistura 2011 – Peruvian cuisine at its finest – with hotel pickup
US$35 (Price per person, including Mistura 2011 Entry Ticket, pickup from hotel and transfer back)
Destinations
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).
Meteorite blasts through atmosphere over Cusco, possibly sparking wildfires
[Originally published August 26, 2011] The sky above Cusco was pierced on Thursday by a meteorite that burst across the horizon.
Visitor restrictions to Machu Picchu temporarily lifted
[Originally published August 11, 2011] Peru’s Ministry of Culture and tourism sector hammered out an agreement this week to lift restrictions on the number of visitors to Machu Picchu following fallout from last month when hundreds of tourists were turned away because the famed Inca ruins had reached it’s official 2,500-person-per-day capacity.
