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

The Juanita mummy, also known as the Lady of Ampato or the Inca Ice Maiden, is one of the highlights of a visit to Arequipa. Andean Sanctuary Museum visitors who arrive between January and April will unfortunately be unable to see Juanita, as she will be undergoing a periodic preservation process. Despite the disappointment, however, there will still be much to see at the museum, which exhibits more than 300 Incan relics, including other mummies.

The most important archeological sanctuary on Peru's desert coast, where researchers are still excavating for relics and mummies among the pyramids, is going to get its own national museum, providing travelers with an even more compelling reason to visit.

For those of you who are looking for all of the information in one place, we've compiled a list of all of the ways to arrive at Machu Picchu.

The modern, international archeological team struggled at the high altitude, battling freezing temperatures, strong sun, and thin air- so you can imagine their surprise as the history of an ice age settlement unfolded before them, there, in a cave so high in the Peruvian Andes that they were shocked ancient humans could survive the low oxygen levels...

Researchers from Sernamp and the Red Team-Network (comprised of specialists from Conservation International, the Smithsonian Institute, and the Wildlife Conservation Society) have announced the conclusion of a study in Manú National Park in the Peruvian Amazon, whose results have confirmed that Manú is the most biologically diverse conservation area in the world.