For four days we’d schlepped over mountain passes in Peru’s Andes, muddy trails and slippery rocks. My head was aching from a collision with a tree branch, my left cheek filled with a wad of coca ...

A Japanese tourist who has had a ticket to visit the world heritage site Machu Picchu in Peru since March finally got to visit the Inca citadel ruins on Saturday. Jesse Takayama got in after he put in ...

This new train consists of six carriages and offers a stand-out observation deck with a bar and outdoor viewing platform as they ride through the Andes and otherwise inaccessible terrain. Passengers ...

Yale Professor Hiram Bingham was on an expedition up the Urubamba River, west of Cusco, Peru, in search of Vitcos, the “lost capital” of the Incas. It was here that the remnants of the once-vast Inca ...

Literally "old mountain" in Quechua, Peru's dominant indigenous language, Machu Picchu is built into peaks more than 2,400 ...

The charm of Machu Picchu has been appreciated by many for years, making it a well-known tourist destination in South America. Many know the destination simply by its most popular inhabitant, the ...

Our hiking group had reached the highest point of our trek through the Andes to Machu Picchu. Now, our guide was leading us in a Quechua ritual. We took turns placing stones in an “apacheta” pyramid ...

Machu Picchu will always be a bucket-list destination, but its popularity comes with drawbacks. Consider this alternative route for a less-crowded experience.

The ruins of Pisac are closer to Cusco, the historic capital of the Inca Empire. Increased awareness of the less-crowded ruins surrounding Cusco could help relieve some of the tourism pressure on ...

A Japanese tourist was the single visitor in a private tour of the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru on Saturday, nearly seven months after the coronavirus pandemic nearly ruined his dream trip.