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Peru — One of South America’s top destinations, Peru is best known for its countless Inca ruins, including the magnificent “lost city” of Machu Picchu in the rugged Andean highlands. Epic adventures also unfold in vast deserts, coastal plains, and the lush tropical rainforests in the Amazon River Basin at Manu National Park.

Why Go

For the Inca ruins at Machu Picchu, the bio-diverse Amazon, the pre-Inca Nazca lines, and Lima’s buzzing cultural scene.

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JetBlue Amps Up South American Service: New Flights to Peru & Colombia

April 30, 2013 by Elissa Richard

While exploring charmingCartagena, Colombia, a colonial gem of a city fronting the Caribbean, I bumped into a group of New Yorkers who had just flown in on a ... Read More »

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Inspired Travel: Peru's Desert Oasis

April 29, 2013 by Amanda Black

For me, an oasis only comes to mind in the imaginary sense: The kind that movies depict when the protagonist is lost in the desert and sees a lagoon in the ... Read More »

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Pre-Columbian Peru: The Archaeological Trail Beyond Machu Picchu

April 23, 2013 by Elissa Richard

While Peru’s Machu Picchu – the mystical ruins of a gravity-defying 15th-century Incan citadel, perched high atop the verdant Andes – might get all of the glory, ... Read More »

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40 Sweet Spots for Spring Value

March 20, 2013 by ShermansTravel Editorial Staff

In life, being in the right place at the right time is often due to serendipity, but in travel, it almost always is a result of good planning. To avoid crowds ... Read More »

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Top 10 Oscar Film Locations 2013

February 15, 2013 by Amanda Black

We go to the movies (or sit at home on the couch), in hopes that they will transport us somewhere else. Sometimes they succeed and create a believable 2-D world ... Read More »

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