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

A stunning find near Lima, Peru was announced this last week: a royal tomb from the Wari Civilization that was overlooked by looters. The tomb, along with a ceremonial room with stone throne, contained more than a thousand pricesless artifacts and 63 seated human remains, among them three Wari queens.

A new initiative known as "Smart Visas: Ease + Efficiency" was introduced at the World Economic Forum in Lima; Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador have agreed to develop a system which would allow travelers to obtain a visa online and use it in all three countries. It was presented along with Pentur 2012 - 2021, which aims to increase receptive tourism by 67% in the next 8 year

Last week, Peru's National Tourism Chamber (CANATUR) announced that a strong decrease of tourism in the city of Nazca generated a loss of US$100 million in the zone. According to president Carlos Canales, the main cause is a 50% decrease in tourism due to competition from the new Pisco airport, which cuts up to 28 hours of bus travel off of travelers' itineraries, eliminating the need to stay in Nazca to fly over the Nazca Lines- to the detriment of the city's other attractions.

Sophisticated techniques of subaquatic archeology will be put to use for the first time in Lake Titicaca by the Bolivian Ministry of Culture and the Free University of Brussels joint project, Huiñamarca. The first immersions permitted the multinational team to locate and identify six submerged archeological sites and this June they'll begin excavating in hopes of uncovering trhe secrets hidden in remains from the pre-Columbian formative era, Tiahuanaco Kingdom, and Inca Empire.

There has been much ado about quinua this year, and whether the rising popularity of the highly nutritive grain will actually benefit the poorer Andean communities in which it's grown. Yet if the intensive Bolivian efforts to popularize quinua worldwide are any indication, Bolivia expects to benefit greatly from the grain's rising profile.

Following the exciting announcement that the world longest auto race, the Dakar Rally, will pass through Bolivian territory for the first time next year, Bolivian authorities began a flurry of preparations this week. President Evo Morales has promised millions in investments to provide electricity, potable water, and 4G mobile telephony for communities along the route and formed a committee to coordinate logistics.