A British traveller missing in Peru for more than a week is believed to have been spotted by a local.
Harry Greaves told friends he wanted to spend a day by himself on a mountain on 7 April.
They expected to see him on 10 April - but the 29-year-old did not return and a search of the mountain area was not successful.
The Lucie Blackman Trust, which supports Britons in crisis abroad, said on Tuesday: "Overnight we believe that there is a local who has sighted Harry more recently than the last sighting of him - he was heading towards Pisac.
"That is where the search effort is now being concentrated."
The charity added the sighting "is as confirmed as it can be".
"It was a local who came forward to friends over there and said this happened," a spokesman said.
The charity is meeting Mr Greaves' family later and will discuss the possibility of bringing in drones to assist with the search.
A crowdfunding page has raised nearly £21,000 to pay for the quest.
Mr Greaves, from near Oswestry in Shropshire, flew out to Peru on 20 February and had been travelling while visiting friends in Pisac, near Coscou.
The furniture maker's sister said it was "out of character" for him to not be in touch for so long.
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