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

The Lord of Sipán is considered one of the last 30 years's most important archaeological discoveries. Many travelers visit the northern desert coast of Peru to see this Moche tomb and its museum, which displays a great amount of ceramics and other findings alongside the intricate golden treasures of the Moche. Clearly, interest in the 2000 year old Moche civlization is on the rise, as the Royal Tombs of Sipán Museum in Lambayeque received more visitors this year than ever before.

One of the most notable carnavals of Peru is quickly approaching- the Amazon Carnaval, based in Iquitos, the largest city of the Peruvian rainforest. The city has announced that the principal activities of this year's Carnaval will take place from February 7^th through 10^th, with ten indigenous communities will be participating, including the Shawi, Cocama, Maijuna, Yagua, and Candoshi. Festivities will include float contests and parades, costumed dance groups, bod

Two British researchers announced in this month's Antiquity the discovery of what appears to be an enormous labyrinth among the world-famous Nazca Lines in Peru. In the most detailed study of its kind to date, researchers spent five years walking the lines and studying superimposed designs, digital satellite mapping, and photographs of associated pottery, concluding that the Nazca used ritual labyrinths which were "meant to be walked and not seen".

It was announced today that various artifacts were discovered at Salapunku, which is located along the Inca Trail, in the "buffer zone" for Machu Picchu Sanctuary. A variety of bones, ceramics, and textiles which appear upon preliminary examination to date back to the Inca culture suggest that the area may be part of an Incan cemetery, although excavation and examination must continue in order to be certain.

It was announced last week that a museum focusing on the history of mining in Peru's central sierra will be built in the Pasco region, at 14,042 feet above sea level, which according to Peruvian news organs will make it the highest museum in the world.

Peru's struggle to protect its cultural heritage continues, with recent victories such as the increasingly popular repatriated Machu Picchu relics  now housed in Cusco, Peru, to the return today of the tiny- no more than a foot tall- pre-Incan mummified toddler who was confiscated in Bolivia two years ago while traffickers attempted to ship it to France.