The entrance tickets for Machu Picchu are running out more quickly than ever! The relatively new, more controlled ticketing system at the UNESCO world heritage site and world wonder has brought a measure of relative calm to the overall experience, but availability for certain circuits (routes) and times of day has become tricky even months […]
After an amazing four days in the Peruvian Amazon’s Tambopata National Reserve, a 45 minute flight brought me from Puerto Maldonado to Cuzco – the Incan capital and gateway to Machu Picchu. Although hotel inspections kept me in the city for the night, our passengers usually go straight to the Sacred Valley, to better acclimatize.
How To Get There To get to Machu Picchu, you must first make it to Cusco. Some travelers arrive by bus or train, visiting other destinations in Peru beforehand, such as Arequipa & the Colca Canyon or Puno & Lake Titicaca. But most visitors will fly directly from Lima (1.5 hours). At present there are
Along a cobblestoned street in Cusco, offset by the stone façade of a colonial-era building, there is a green door—easily missed by many, but hard to ignore for those who catch a glimpse of its intricate wood carvings and iron embellishments. This enchanting doorway is a portal to the past, and what lies beyond its
