Travel company Aracari connects people to incredible experiences in the Galapagos, Bolivia and Peru, celebrating the natural beauty of those destinations with respect for the local culture and environment. To help protect the history of one of their most popular destinations, Peru, Aracari is asking for support in stopping the construction of an international airport in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. A staggering 1.6 million people traveled to Peru’s most famous site, Machu Picchu, in 2018. Right now, the nearest airport to the site is the one in Cusco, but it’s a small, single-terminal airport. To keep up with the demand from tourists and longer-haul flights from places like Miami and Buenos Aires, Chinchero was selected as the site for a new airport. Chinchero is a historic Inca town and the gateway to the Sacred Valley, once the centre of a civilisation running all the way from Argentina to Colombia. In spite of its rich heritage and the strain already present from tourism numbers that reach far beyond the limits Unesco recommends, construction of the new airport has already begun. But, there is still time to save the land. “It breaks my heart to see one of the most monumental and gorgeous landscapes in the Andes being defaced in...