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

The Ministry of Culture has approved a plan for a cable car project this September to unite Parque de la Muralla in the city's historical center with San Cristobal Hill. The cable car system is expected to be a boon to the area, moving up to 700 people at one time, at a fare of S/3.50 (soles). In both areas, footpaths have been replacing roads, and the cable car project will build on this.

As part of a multi-year push to modernize travel in Bolivia, the country plans to complete construction for 4 new airports by next year. Until now, travelers have reached Copacabana by bus from Puno, Peru or La Paz, but now the town will be more accessible, as well as Sucre and neighboring Potosí.

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.