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Machu Picchu, an Incan citadel and famed monument of Peru. The site was closed for a little over a month in early 2023 due to political protests that broke out in the country in late 2022 over an ousted president.

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Peru: On the comeback trail

Machu Picchu, an Incan citadel and famed monument of Peru. The site was closed for a little over a month in early 2023 due to political protests that broke out in the country in late 2022 over an ousted president. Photo Credit: Nicole Edenedo

Machu Picchu, an Incan citadel and famed monument of Peru. The site was closed for a little over a month in early 2023 due to political protests that broke out in the country in late 2022 over an ousted president.

G Adventures guide Edwar Pacheco talks about the history of Machu Picchu from one of the site's overlook areas. The daily visitor cap for Machu Picchu is expected to rise from 4,044 to 4,500 this year.

The author takes in the sights of Machu Picchu while on a tour with Alexander + Roberts.

The Lares trek hiking trail in Huchuy Qosqo, a trail the author hiked with G Adventures.

Peruvian men play traditional Andean instruments at the G Adventures-supported Parwa Community Restaurant in Huchuy Qosqo.

A woman weaves dyed alpaca yarn into textiles that will be made into clothing to be sold by the Ccaccaccollo Women's Weaving Co-Op.

Women from the weaving co-op in Huchuy Qosqo on a community tourism excursion with G Adventures ahead of the company's GX Summit.

The author learns how the women of the co-op wash alpaca fur to prepare it for weaving at their compound and community center in Cuzco.

Alpacas in a pen at the Ccaccaccollo Women's Weaving Co-Op.

Roasted guinea pig prepared at the Ccaccaccollo Women's Weaving Co-Op.

A potato-based pisco sour at Parque de la Papa, an organization of farming communities that work to preserve the 1,300 varieties of potato grown in the Sacred Valley.

The author and her tour guide, Breytzi Carrion, who works for Alexander + Roberts, perform an energy ceremony to honor Pachamama, Mother Earth in the Andes, in the Rainbow Mountain region.

Local varieties of corn on display at the Mauka restaurant at the Palacio Nazarenas, a Belmond Hotel.