Thinking of trekking to Machu Picchu? From surviving Dead Woman’s Pass to the Sun Gate, here is the unfiltered reality of hiking the 4-day Classic Inca Trail.

Most Inca people were farmers or herders, looking after alpacas and llamas. Extended families lived together on the same land, making their own clothing and blankets from alpaca and llama wool. Their ...

Rising from obscurity to the heights of power, a succession of Andean rulers subdued kingdoms, sculpted mountains, and forged a mighty empire.

When you think of Machu Picchu, many people likely imagine the magnificent ruins surrounded by the Andes mountains.Before I ...

A century after American adventurer and tomb-looter Hiram Bingham came across Machu Picchu hidden deep in the Andes, thousands of visitors come daily to ponder its mysteries and marvel at Inca ...

Thousands of miles of pathways through some of the most rugged land on earth form this six-country UNESCO World Heritage site. The giant interlocking stones form pathways and staircases over and ...

Four locations of Sacsayhuaman, Q’engo, Puka-Pukara, and Tambomachay are all within 5-10 kms of Cuzco. These sites are less known to tourists focused on the city of Cuzco itself. All of the sites are ...

In 1536, Spaniards drove the Incas from Cuzco, sending rebel chieftain Manco Capac and thousands of his soldiers fleeing northeastward toward Machu Picchu into the vast wilderness of Vilcabamba. There ...

Stone alignments revealed an ancient temple, called Palaspata after the native name for the area. The temple complex is approximately 125 meters long by 145 meters wide — about the size of a city ...

Archaeologists found two 500-year-old quarries in the Cañete mountains and a trail network used during the final stage of the Inca empire, photos show. Photo from Qhapaq Ñan Project Atop some ...

The once-in-a-lifetime discovery of unlooted graves containing ancient weapons, jewelry, and 38 skeletons provides insight into Peru's mysterious pre-Inca Chimú Empire.