Peru & Bolivia Travel Blog: Expert Guides & Insider Tips 2026

Machu Picchu is the Peru's main tourist destination, attracting 2,700 to 3,000 visitors each day. 90% of these enter around 6am and leave by midday, while only 10% visit in the afternoon and stay until 4:30pm- a disparity that accelerates the wear and tear on the site, which is literally sinking under the weight. To incentivize afternoon visits, from this month onwards tickets will be sold in shifts (8am-1pm; 1pm-8pm), with 2nd shift tickets being cheaper.

The Gothenburg Shroud is one of the latest successes in a string of victorious attempts to reclaim Peruvian artifacts smuggled out of the country over the last centuries, and the first in a series of shipments from Gothenurg's Museum of World Culture in Sweden. According to chemical tests, it dates back 2,000 years to the Paracas, a pre-Incan culture known for having created impressively intricate textiles.

Grave robbers have tunneled into the massive El Castillo de Huarmey hill four hours outside of Lima for centuries, and yet, to the surprise of everyone, it is the site of one of the most important archeological discoveries in years: an untouched royal Wari tomb housing the bodies of queens and princes, other elites, and human sacrifices. Looters came very close, but found neither the entrance nor the thousand fine artifacts of silver, gold, and more  tucked away inside....

The director of Machu Picchu and leader of its archeological team, Fernando Astete, announced this week the discovery of a new Inca Trail leading to Machu Picchu Citadel. Intriguingly, the newly-discovered trail seems to predate Machu Picchu itself. It covers nearly a mile and includes tunnel carved into the mountain side.

Crossing the hanging Q'eswachaka bridge can be hair-raising for safety-minded travelers, despite its common local use, but it provides a taste of the life of ancient Peru, as does witnessing the communal work and traditional festivities surrounding the last Inca bridge and its renovation each June...

Upon flying into Jorge Chávez airport in Lima, you might notice an iPerú app stand. What's that about? Mincetur (Peru's Tourism and Foreign Commerce Ministry) is promoting a new mobile app intended to provide greater safety for travelers and locals, which travelers can download the app at the stand or from a QR code...