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

During renovations along the principal street leading into Cusco's main square, workers uncovered Incan walls, some small steps, and a water duct dating back to 1905. Among the telephone lines and water pipes, ceramic fragments were also found, along with scattered Incan stones that had been used in earlier versions of the street, under whose base runs the Saphy River. You might be surprised to know that the work will continue, and...

If you take a 1 day tour of Uyuni Salar, you will indeed visit only the salt flats. However, if you take a 3 day tour, you will see much more of the stunning landscape of southwestern Bolivia: the red and green lakes, feeding flamingoes, eroded rock formations, geysers and hotsprings, gigantic cacti, imposing volcanoes, and more.

The little town of Nazca is in the news this week thanks to two fortuitous events: sandstorms which swept up a layer of sand from the desert floor, and an eagle-eyed pilot who spotted newly exposed Nazca lines which include a nearly 200ft long snake, a very long zigzag, a giant bird, and some camelids which appear to be llamas....

Arequipa is currently in the middle of a month-long celebration of the city's 474^th anniversary. During this period, a hundred thousand visitors are expected to visit. As part of the events...

Nazca's arid climate has preserved a range of intriguing artifacts, including textiles and ceramics with intricate, mythical designs & millennia-old mummies. Among these, one finds the subterranean Cantayoc Aqueducts, which, more than a thousand years after their construction, are still providing water to transform parched ground into a fertile valley. A

After an impressive campaign by the 6 countries which it unites, the Incan Qhapaq Ñan (Quechua for Royal Road) has been added to Unesco's list of World Heritage sites. Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador all cooperated to present what's commonly known as the Inca Trail as a candidate.