RSS Feed https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog-ref/rss-feed.rss en 120 Why Do People Think Machu Picchu Is Overcrowded? https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/06/why-do-people-think-machu-picchu-is-overcrowded/ Is it true that Machu Picchu is now more crowded than ever? See the image I included? See if you can guess when it was taken? I'll post the answer at the bottom. No cheating!

If you read the stories, even in well known and resepctable publications, you would think that Machu Picchu is overrun by travelers all day, every day. I consider myself quite informed about this topic since I have been tracking the total number of tickets available to Machu Picchu every day for over 10 years. And because I have been organizing trips and groups traveling to Machu Picchu for 18 years, I'n in a position…

]]> Sat, 21 Jun 2025 21:43:00 +0000 https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/06/why-do-people-think-machu-picchu-is-overcrowded/ Jacqueline Whitt New Inca Trail Regulation - Entry to Machu Picchu City Not Included https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/06/new-inca-trail-regulation-entry-to-machu-picchu-city-not-included/ When you hear this news, you might want to sit down. I wouldn't blame you at all. I'm practically lying on the floor myself. And I'm not alone down here. My friends from Peru are with me. We're crying giant llama tears. I'm sorry to be delivering ominous news about changes to the permits for the short 2-day Inca Trail hike to Machu Picchu. Over the last year I've been sharing news and updates about the unbelievable changes I'm seeing around Machu Picchu. This one hurts. Someone in Peru thought that the permits for the short 1-day Inca Trail to Machu Picchu should not actually include entry to…

]]> Sun, 08 Jun 2025 14:20:00 +0000 https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/06/new-inca-trail-regulation-entry-to-machu-picchu-city-not-included/ Jacqueline Whitt What You Need to Know About Wyndham Hotel Shuttle Buses from the New Terminal at Lima, Peru Airport https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/05/what-you-need-to-know-about-wyndham-hotel-shuttle-buses-from-the-new-terminal-at-lima,-peru-airport/ Photo Credit: Kelly Entiquez

Beginning Sunday June 1, 2025 Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima, Peru commenced operations at their new terminal. All flights will arrive and depart from the new terminal located on Avenida Morales Duárez. 

The New Terminal at Lima Airport has 3 levels:
(Sorry. Could be 4 levels. Depends on who you ask apparently. I'll be there the last week of June and will have some first hand info to share)

- 1st Floor: Arrivals, immigration, baggage claim
- 2nd Floor: Shops and restaurants.
-…

]]> Sat, 24 May 2025 19:54:00 +0000 https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/05/what-you-need-to-know-about-wyndham-hotel-shuttle-buses-from-the-new-terminal-at-lima,-peru-airport/ Jacqueline Whitt Are Tour Guides Required to Enter Machu Picchu? https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/05/are-tour-guides-required-to-enter-machu-picchu/ Why do I keep seeing articles being published stating that tour guides are required to enter Machu Picchu? My guess is, Clicks baby! Tour guides are not required to enter Machu Picchu at this time. However. the official rules state that tour guides are required to enter Machu Picchu. So what's up with that? It's not being enforced. But! If you make a mistake buying your tickets online, and organizing your own logistics, all mistakes are on you! 

Machu Picchu is a huge ancient city in an outdoor setting with 3 routes divided into 10 circuits spanning 34 acres. Are visitors required to…

]]> Tue, 20 May 2025 16:33:00 +0000 https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/05/are-tour-guides-required-to-enter-machu-picchu/ Jacqueline Whitt Why Is Lima, Peru Airport Closing for 12 Hours on June 1, 2025? https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/05/why-is-lima,-peru-airport-closing-for-12-hours-on-june-1,-2025/ Beginning Sunday June 1, 2025 Jorge Chávez International Airport will commence operations at their new terminal. In order to transfer operators to the new airport terminal, all services at Lima airport will be halted for 12 hours from midnight May 31 to 12N on June 1, 2025. There will be no flights in and out of Peru during this 12 hour period on June 1.  

Why is the Lima airport transferring operations to a new terminal on June 1, 2025?

The suspension of service at Lima, Peru International airport has nothing to do with politics, protests or anything of that nature. The original…

]]> Thu, 15 May 2025 19:31:00 +0000 https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/05/why-is-lima,-peru-airport-closing-for-12-hours-on-june-1,-2025/ Jacqueline Whitt Do Native Peruvians Wear Costumes for the Tourists? https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/05/do-native-peruvians-wear-costumes-for-the-tourists/ One of the first things that travelers to the high altitude city of Cusco, Peru may notice, is the colorful clothing worn by many citizens of the Andes. The first stop on the way to Machu Picchu, is the city of Cusco, which offers an exotic visual contrast between Qechua descendents clothed in the bright colorful handmade clothing of their Inca ancestors, side by side with contemporary Peruvians draped in the latest factory-made fashionable outfits.. Are the local people dressing up in costumes for tourists? Is this their everyday attire? 

Native indigenous Peruvians come from small…

]]> Sun, 04 May 2025 13:44:00 +0000 https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/05/do-native-peruvians-wear-costumes-for-the-tourists/ Jacqueline Whitt Move Over Machu Picchu & Make Room for Choquequirao https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/04/move-over-machu-picchu-make-room-for-choquequirao/ If you knew the existence of Machu Picchu was about to be announced to the world, what would you tell people? The well-known explorer Hiram Bingham, who is responsible for the Machu Picchu shout out, had no idea how the impact of his disclosure would forever affect future generations. Yet here we are, called in from every corner of the planet, treading in Bingham's footsteps on our way to see for ourselves, the mystery and majesty of the ancient Inca ruins of Machu Picchu.  

Did…

]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:58:00 +0000 https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/04/move-over-machu-picchu-make-room-for-choquequirao/ Keenan How Machu Picchu Capacity in 2025 Will Affect Ticket Availability https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/04/how-machu-picchu-capacity-in-2025-will-affect-ticket-availability/ Something strange is happening with Machu Picchu ticket availability in 2025. I think I figured out what is happening. I just don't know why. I've discussed it with my peeps in Peru and they agree that I may be on to something. But none of us are best buds with any of the head haunchos. We're stuck with this information. It's possible a grievous error may have occurred. Or not.

When I'm not chatting to enthusiastic travelers, one of my side gigs is to track trends in Machu Picchu ticket availability. Back in the good ole days around 2018 or so, the official government website would store…

]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2025 17:57:00 +0000 https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/04/how-machu-picchu-capacity-in-2025-will-affect-ticket-availability/ Jacqueline Whitt When Machu Picchu Entry Tickets Are Sold Out https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/04/when-machu-picchu-entry-tickets-are-sold-out/ Tickets to Machu Picchu can sell out from time to time. But something happened in 2025 that has affected Machu Picchu ticket availability on a scale we have never seen before. The change cannot be attributed only to an increase in visitors, or else trains and hotels would be equally affected by a surge in visitors to Peru. Since the Peru government launched the current Machu Picchu ticket website, Tu Boleto, in August 2024, we have noticed a huge shift in ticket availability. Tickets are selling out a month or two in advance at times of the year when ticket availability was never as…

]]> Sat, 12 Apr 2025 19:34:00 +0000 https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/04/when-machu-picchu-entry-tickets-are-sold-out/ Jacqueline Whitt All Inca Trail Hikes to Machu Picchu Closed March 1-15, 2025 https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/03/all-inca-trail-hikes-to-machu-picchu-closed-march-1-15,-2025/ On March 31, the  Peruvian Ministry of Culture announced that Inca Trail hikes will reopen on April 1, 2025.  But this is not for all hikes. This announcement only applies to the Inca Trail. And yes, although the trails are officially re-open, the routes have been modified to avoid risky areas and keep hikers safe. Your tour operators are in charge of explaining it to hikers.

Are other hikes in Peru being suspended?

Yes. Machu Picchu national park authorities temporarily suspended access to the hike to Machu Picchu Mountain (circuit 1A) followed by the closure of Wayna Picchu…

]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:26:00 +0000 https://www.adiosadventuretravel.com/blog/2025/03/all-inca-trail-hikes-to-machu-picchu-closed-march-1-15,-2025/ Jacqueline Whitt