To the end of the Amazon in Brazil: ‘there are forms of life here that I never knew existed’
Into the Peruvian Amazon: ‘I’m going to show you good things. Let’s start with an anaconda’
June 2024
The lost temples of Lake Titicaca: exploring the less developed Bolivian shore
The alternative Machu Picchu: a hike to find the ‘real’ lost world of the Incas
January 2021
Virtual travel guides
A virtual tour of Peru through films, food, books and music
We may not be able to travel at the moment, but our new series of virtual guides brings the world to you – starting with a cultural tour of Peru
January 2020
Tourists to be deported over alleged damage, defecation at Machu Picchu
Peruvian police say five tourists will be deported and one charged after a rock was knocked from the Temple of the Sun
August 2019
Unesco demands answers from Peru over impact of new Machu Picchu airport
Peruvian government warned it must be consulted over plans to locate airport near world heritage sites that include the Inca citadel and Sacred Valley
June 2019
Peru celebrates Inca sun festival: Inti Raymi – in pictures
In Cusco, a re-enactment of the Inca festival of the sun attracts thousands of tourists at the end of June, closing a month of religious and cultural festivities
April 2019
Historic walking trails
Peru: take the high road to Inca glory
Machu Picchu sees a million visitors a year, but another great pre-Columbian monument remains little-known. We join the first supported trek on the Incas’ Royal Road
November 2018
10 great-value restaurants on Latin America’s 50 best list
David Bailey's Peru – in pictures
October 2017
The foodie traveller
Peru’s ‘hearty’ street food snack now served at Lima's top restaurants
Anticuchos go back to the Inca empire but celebrity chefs such as Gastón Acurio are giving the sliced beef heart snack a modern twist
September 2017
Inca Trail permits to be released four months early
Travellers hoping to trek the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru next year are advised to book as soon as possible once permits become available on 1 October
June 2017
Machu Picchu to trial timed entry tickets in bid to control tourist numbers
Birdwatch
Encounter with a hoatzin in deepest Amazonia
May 2017
Birdwatch
Cock-of-the-rock rules the roost in Peru's Manu cloud forest
Birdwatch We had come to see one of the greatest bird spectacles in the world: the courtship display of the Andean cock-of-the-rock
December 2016
The foodie traveller
Picarones: Peru’s favourite late-night snack
These aniseed-flavoured doughnuts with mashed squash are crispy, chewy and sweet – perfect for soaking up the booze on a night out in Lima
October 2016
On the radar
Art and artists revive Lima’s most notorious barrio
The Peruvian capital’s once-grand port area, Callao, spent decades in the grip of drugs gangs. But now an art initiative is bringing life and culture back to its plazas and palaces
June 2016
A great little place I know
Surf's up: Peru’s shrine to big-wave boarding
Peru’s ayahuasca industry booms as westerners search for alternative healing
