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Useful tips before Machu Picchu

‘To get to Machu Picchu without walking, tourists must first take a train to Aguas Calientes, which takes from two to three and a half hours. And then transfer to a bus for the final leg.’

Machu Picchu hit by a row over tourist buses Protests have taken place over the coaches that take visitors up to the world heritage site in Peru.

The tiny island’s” fragility has not stopped Peru and Colombia fighting over it. In fact, its shifting shoreline has made matters worse.”

How Santa Rosa, a shape-changing island in the Amazon, became the center of a border dispute between Peru and Colombia | CNN In the heart of the Amazon Basin, where the borders and cultures of Peru, Colombia and Brazil converge, a tiny, shape-shifting island has become the unlikely setting for a diplomatic tug of war.

“On May 31, 1970, at exactly 3:23 p.m., a powerful earthquake struck Peru’s Ancash region, setting off a catastrophic avalanche from snowcapped Mount Huascarán. What followed is considered to be the deadliest landslide in recorded history.”

This Peruvian town was buried under the world’s deadliest landslide. Now it’s a gateway to the Andes’ UNESCO sites | CNN At the foot of Peru’s highest mountain, the town of Yungay was once a thriving regional capital with 20,000 residents. Then in May 1970, disaster struck.

The expedition also found a new species of dwarf squirrel, eight types of fish, three amphibians and 10 types of butterfly.
The "blob-headed" fish is a new discovery to science, but the Indigenous Awajún people who helped with the expedition were already aware of its existence. The fish scientists were particularly shocked by its enlarged head - something they had never seen before.

Swimming mouse among 27 new species discovered in Peru The expedition also found a new species of dwarf squirrel and 10 types of butterfly.

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