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Experience Cusco and Machu Picchu

Exploring Machu Picchu

You can visit Machu Picchu on a day trip, but we recommend an overnight stay at the hotel near the entrance...

Cusco's high season is June through early September (winter) and the days around the Christmas and Easter...

Three days approximates the standard, albeit rushed package tour sold for visiting the region. Fly into...

Wrap yourself in alpaca. Nothing says "Cusco" quite like a sweater, shawl, poncho, or scarf woven from...

Buying a Boleto Turístico

Innumerable travel agencies in Cusco will try to sell you a package tour of the city and region, including...

Is That Alpaca Or Acrylic?

You know the old adage, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." Keep those words in mind...

The Price of Popularity

It took the outside world almost four centuries to discover the existence of Machu Picchu, that fabled...

The Inca Trail (Camino Inca in Spanish), a 50-km (31-mi) sector of the stone path that once extended...

The typical tour of the Cusco region combines the city with the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu in three...

Experience with Peru Treks Machu Picchu
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