Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

So I want to go to Machu Picchu.... Who's Coming with me? Well my brother has always wanted to go, so he's in. Also we have interest from another mutual friend, it would be nice to maybe have 1 more. So I am making this post as a type of brain storming post so I can document stuff I find about machu Picchu..... Kennyo Machu PiCCHU Hike #1 - $749 USD - 7 Days : Gap Adventures Day 1 Cuzco - Day 2 Sacred Valley / Ollantaytambo - Day 3-6 Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (3B, 3L, 3D) - Day 7 Depart Cuzco. On ... Read Full Story

Horse Riding Holiday to Machu Picchu I could have found lots of reasons why I shouldn’t take up the offer to ride to Machu Picchu in Peru. The obvious one being the distance from home, but even as I composed my ‘how kind of you to offer me such a wonderful opportunity but unfortunately I will sadly have to decline’ email, a niggling doubt ate at the back of my mind. Yes, it was miles away, and I would be travelling alone but I had always wanted to visit Machu Picchu and the chance to visit the heart of The Inca Empire on horseback, ... Read Full Story

Take this challenging trek across high, treeless passes up to 13,776ft, and down through multi-layered zones of cloud-forest, culminating at the threshold of the Sun Gate where we face the final unforgettable view down to Machu Picchu. Share this: Read Full Story

Viva Travel Guides is the newest entrant in the crowded field of travel guidebooks.As can be said of many youngsters, it has potential but needs discipline and polish.Much of the writing is pedestrian, repetitive, and sloppy; the book is full of typos and bad grammar; and it contains some whoppers of misinformation and tortured geography. I lived in Cusco for a year a few years ago and know Southern Peru well.I bought this book to see how it measures up to the more established guides.While it is certainly serviceable, and will get you around the country without major mishap, it desperately needs a sharp-eyed ... Read Full Story

From vanishing Kyoto merchant houses to the tourist-inundated ruins of Machu Picchu, heritage sites around the world are under pressure as never before, according to a New York-based preservation group. The World Monuments Fund on Tuesday released its biannual watch list of global architectural treasures at risk from urban development, tourism, neglect and bad planning. The 2010 list comprises 93 sites in 47 countries, including ancient structures but also 15 that were built in the 20th century and are already deemed endangered classics. Some sites, like the traditional wooden houses of Kyoto in Japan, or thatched royal tombs in Uganda, may be modest from ... Read Full Story