Ecotourism in Machupicchu Cuzco Peru. A great variety for ecotourism in Peru Ecotourism is popular and rewarding all around the great destinations of Peru such as Cuzco and the recently award winner as Best Ecotourism Destination in South America -“Machupicchu”. Peru’s astounding variety of climates and eco-systems ranks the country amongst the world’s top eight nations in terms of biodiversity (ecotourism destination). In Peru one can find 84 of the 104 life zones existing around the planet. Peru is home to more than 400 species of mammals, 300 reptiles, 1,700 birds and more than 50,000 plants registered to date. http://ping.fm/uCZq5