Sacred Valley

Floods and damage in Cusco’s Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu

Floods and damage in Cusco’s Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu

[Originally published January 29, 2010]

Dear friends:

As you probably are aware, extreme weather this week has hit Peru very hard in the Cusco region, where torrential rain has caused widespread flooding, devastating several communities in the Sacred Valley and leaving travelers stranded at Machu Picchu.