Inkaterra is proud to announce the November 23rd, 2024 opening of the record-breaking international exhibition Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

This extraordinary multi-sensory experience features over 130 stunning artifacts from Lima’s Larco Museum, including exquisite jewelry, funerary objects from royal tombs and one of the most impressive gold collections ever to tour the globe. These priceless treasures illuminate the artistic brilliance and cultural sophistication of ancient Peru, offering fascinating insights into the daily lives, spiritual beliefs and extraordinary achievements of these millenary civilizations.

After being showcased in Boca Raton (Florida), Paris and Milan, Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru now opens in Sydney at the prestigious Australian Museum – the oldest museum in Australia and the fifth oldest natural history museum in the world. This fascinating journey through time spans 3,000 years across the ancient cultures of Peru, rivaled only by Ancient Egypt in longevity, and by the Roman Empire in engineering.

Using a combination of state-of-the-art projections, video and priceless artefacts, this immersive experience brings to life the grandeur of Peru’s fascinating history. Furthermore, the exhibition also features Machu Picchu and the Spirit of the Condor, the first-ever VR showcase of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Peru, winner of the ‘Best Use of VR’ category at the 12th annual Lumière Awards.

“Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru is the most innovative way to encourage travelers from all around the world to explore our many wonders”, says Inkaterra CEO and exhibition partner José Koechlin. In an interview with the New York Times, Chicago Art Institute curator Andrew James Hamilton hailed Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru as “the crème de la crème… the kind of works that museums around the world are trying constantly to get on loan.”

The largest exhibition ever to showcase Peru’s cultural legacy and extraordinary biodiversity, this extraordinary exhibition is produced by Neon Global – makers of Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs and Pompeii: The Exhibition – in partnership with Adventure World, LATAM Airlines, and Promperu.

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Inkaterra Asociación’s initiative, the Madre de Dios Sustainable Landscape (MDSL) Consortium, was featured at the Corporate Investments into Forestry & Biodiversity (CIFB) held on October 1-2 in London, UK.

CIFB helps large scale corporations to develop a strategy for investments into forestry and biodiversity, to offset carbon emissions resulting from their businesses. The event centers on information and methodologies for natural climate solutions, nature-based solutions, and carbon markets.

The MDSL’s engagement at the CIFB event follows USAID’s announcement of a $2.5 million grant over three years to Inkaterra Asociación, to conduct feasibility studies for establishing a conservation corridor aimed at preserving biodiversity and ecosystem services. Following these studies, sustainable business practices will be implemented to drive positive change in the Madre de Dios region of Peru.

Spanning 252,047 acres (102,000 hectares) of high-value biodiversity ecosystems at risk, the MDSL initiative is part of the Vilcabamba-Amboro Conservation Corridor, one of the world’s richest biodiversity hotspots, extending between Peru and Bolivia. The Madre de Dios region is one of the most biologically rich areas in the world, with nearly half of its land protected in national parks and natural reserves. However, the region faces significant challenges from illegal activities, such as illegal gold mining and deforestation, which undermine formal, long-term investments.

The MDSL addresses an area devoted to reforestation, ecotourism and other sustainable activities, driving positive impact over biodiversity and regional economy. The MDSL will act as a hub for green business and is expected to generate over USD 100 million I private investments to enhance a sustainable future for Madre de Dios.

Local communities and key stakeholders engage in value-added economic activities that sustain biodiversity, reduce ecosystem fragmentation, maintain and restore ecosystem services. These agents of change lead to reduced poverty; carbon sequestration capacity; resilient natural habitats; sustainable use of food; water and other natural resources; control of climate and disease; and capacity building in ecotourism and other cultural endeavors.

The MDSL initiative is represented by prominent Peruvian private sector entities, led by Inkaterra Asociación and including AJE Group, Inkaterra, and Tamesis Impact, with contributions from the Smithsonian Institution and the Wyss Academy for Nature. These organizations are committed to promoting conservation and sustainable business practices to protect and manage the extensive rainforest ecosystems of the Madre de Dios region.

On September 20th, Expo Amazonica Madre de Dios 2024 concluded in Puerto Maldonado with record attendance. The event registered over 60,000 visitors and promoted investments of over US$30- million during its 4-day run. The fair, considered the most important in the Amazon region, favored strategic alliances between the participating countries of Peru, Brazil and Bolivia.

José Purisaca, director of Inkaterra Asociación, was invited to the Expo Amazonica 2024 as keynote speaker at a panel discussion on ecotourism. During the event, Inkaterra was characterized as a pioneer of regenerative tourism in Madre de Dios.

Acknowledged by the United Nations as the world’s first-ever Climate Positive hotel brand, Inkaterra has placed scientific research, biodiversity conservation and sustainability at the very core of its business since the establishment in 1975 of Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica in the rainforest of Madre de Dios, within Peru’s first ecological concession with ecotourism purposes.

Moreover, since 1976, Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel has worked on restoring the cloud forest's life cycle at Machu Picchu through the reforestation of native flora, including ferns, bromeliads, and indigenous trees like the queñual and the pisonay. Today, Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel is considered one of the most diverse urban hotspots in the world. Its lush gardens are home to the largest collection of native orchids (372 species) according to the American Orchid Society, while eBird has recorded 307 bird species on the hotel grounds, including the iconic Andean cock-of-the-rock. Now, Inkaterra heads a public-private alliance that allows Machu Picchu to be the First Carbon Neutral Wonder of the World, as well as the first city in Latin America to achieve a circular economy through innovative waste management.

During a morning excursion on September 2nd, while crossing one of the seven hanging bridges of the Inkaterra Canopy Walkway, a group of travelers had a close encounter with a family of red howler monkeys (Alouatta seniculus) quietly resting on a tree branch.

Frequently spotted near Inkaterra Canopy Walkway, red howler monkeys (Alouatta seniculus) are diurnal animals that feed on leaves. Noticeable for their body’s reddish hair and their bare black face, howler monkeys are most notable for their deep, strong roar that can be heard across a radius of two kilometers. It is one of the loudest calls in the animal world, serving mainly to demarcate territory and warn of the presence of predators.

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