Eco-Destination Friday: Peru By Irene Lane Given the diversity of ecotourism destination choices available around the world, the Ecotourism Examiner continues the Eco-Destination Friday series with a summary of marvelous Peru. Fresh off the heels of Machu Picchu winning the 2010 World Travel Awards as the best ecotourism destination in South America, Peru is ready [...]

Into Manu: Peru’s bounty in the Amazon By John Meils We smelled them on the way to the oxbow lake — a pungent, pervasive stink. Peccaries, jungle pigs, a sizeable herd. They were thrashing just out of sight on either side of the trail foraging for roots, fruit, maybe a snake. Small branches snapped wherever [...]

Machu Picchu: Peru’s top destination better than ever By Rodney Dodig Many articles have been written on Cusco and traveling to Machu Picchu. I revisited both in the past month to see what changes had occurred due to the past year’s flooding catastrophes and strikes. What I found surprised me. Arriving in Cusco, I could [...]

Peruaanse kinderoffers moesten groepsidentiteit verstevigen Door: Caroline Hoek Offeren is van alle eeuwen, maar in de tiende eeuw gaven de Muchik het begrip een nieuwe dimensie door ook kinderen te slachten en te offeren. Onderzoekers denken nu te weten waarom het volk die gruwelijke stap zette: de Muchik waren een etnische minderheid en wilden hun [...]

Visit Peru’s new Potato Park in Cusco By Andrew Moskalik Juan-Vito points to the low stone mound at our feet. ‘Legend says this was one of our first Quechua ancestors, turned to stone where he lay,’ he tells us through our interpreter. We’re catching our breath while hiking the high narrow trail that winds around [...]