Rise of the Beasts” featured Peru extensively, interest in the South American country spiked, particularly in the ancient ...

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

Literally "old mountain" in Quechua, Peru's dominant indigenous language, Machu Picchu is built into peaks more than 2,400 meters above sea level in southern Peru, where the Andes and the Amazon Basin ...

Hidden in the clouds of Peru, Machu Picchu stayed secret for over 400 years. No maps. No records. Not even the Spanish found it. Was this ancient city lost… or hidden on purpose..

Today, Machu Picchu is among South America’s most visited historical sites. Here are amazing things we know about this legacy ...

THE OLDEST LIVING CITY IN THE AMERICAS. THIS IS CUSCO, PERU, THE CAPITAL OF THE INCAN EMPIRE. IT’S ALIVE AND IT’S UP THERE AT 11,000FT. THE ELEVATION IS MORE THAN TWICE AS HIGH AS DENVER. BUT ...

Chachapoyas means “cloud forest” or “people of the clouds.” It refers to a pre-Incan civilization found in northern Peru. And when you’re standing atop the ancient Kuélap Fortress—at an elevation of ...

When I told friends that we were planning a trip to Peru, I almost invariably got from them a two-word response: Machu Picchu. It would be unconscionable, therefore, for me not to include our two-day ...