Why Travel to Machu Picchu? Visiting this magical destination in Peru is undoubtedly a must and you should always think about booking the best of our tours and travel packages which might include Machu Picchu. Why? There are lots of reasons to travel to Machu Picchu; but we will specially talk about the historical reasons of travelling to and visiting this great tourist site. Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian Inca site which was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site about 27 years ago and was also voted as One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World in 2007. http://ping.fm/CsrTJ