Machu Picchu named one of '10 incredible new adventures for 2012'

(14 February, 2012)

USA Today named Machu Picchu as part of the ’10 Incredible New Adventures for 2012’

“When Hiram Bingham III discovered the Lost City of the Incas a century ago, he could never have imagined that Machu Picchu would someday become the world's most popular adventure destination,” said the newspaper.

The newspaper also mentions the challenges of Machu Picchu’s Inca Trail and the mysteries of the Temple of the Moon.

“You'll raft alongside pre-Inca cities on the Urubamba River, haggle for treasures at one of the largest traditional markets in Peru, and prepare local cuisine in a Peruvian cooking class, […]”

Other destinations that made the list were Alaska, Burma, Cuba, Egypt, and Greece.

Last December Machu Picchu was voted as the “Ultimate Place to See Before You Die” in a poll conducted by The Huffington Post.

The Huffington Post let readers choose a winner from sixteen destinations collected from "1000 Places to See Before You Die," a travel anthology written by Patricia Schultz.

One reader said Machu Picchu was “definitely the destination that every human being should visit at least once in their lifetime!!! I know of no place in the world which can compare with it."

Fuente: Peru this Week, news of travel.