Maintenance work included construction of retaining walls, platforms, riverbank protection, stormwater drainage, and rock removal.

On Sunday, the Cusco Regional Directorate of Culture reported that the Inca Trail network to Machu Picchu reopened to tourism after maintenance work on several sections affected by mudslides and heavy rains.

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More than 400 domestic and international tourists, along with guides and porters, used routes 1, 2, and 3 of the Inca Trail this weekend, following conservation work in areas damaged by ravine activation.

According to the state news agency Andina’s official report, visitors came from countries including the United States, France, Japan, Brazil, Canada, Spain, Colombia, Australia, Mexico, Germany, Russia, Poland, and Chile.

The reopening allowed 25 organized groups, comprising 139 foreign tourists, including three children, as well as 25 official guides and 240 support staff, to begin their trek from Piscacucho, in Ollantaytambo.

A drone flew over the forest across the river from Machu Picchu and found roughly a mile and a half of road nobody had recorded.

More than a million people a year stand on the other bank looking straight at that hillside.

What else is under those trees? pic.twitter.com/JWd5Gmc8Vf

— Megalithic Mysteries (@Megalithic12000) September 1, 2026

The work included construction of retaining walls, platforms, riverbank protection, stormwater drainage, and rock removal in areas such as Unkawayqo and Falsopaso, within the Warmiwanusqa Pass.

Camps and rest areas were also rehabilitated in Llulluchapampa and Paqaymayo Alto, along with water collection systems for sanitation facilities in Ayapata, Llulluchapampa, and Paqaymayo Alto.

Access had been suspended on August 18 due to landslides, rising river levels, flooding, and erosion in areas such as Llulluchapampa, Ayapata, Soqtacocha, Yuncachimpa, Qonchamarka, and Wiñaywayna.

Peru is facing a growing wave of violence, with 166 homicides reported during President Keiko Fujimori’s first month in office. Kidnappings and organized crime are also on the rise.

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