Hiking to Machu Picchu has long been on my bucket list. That a 600-year-old abandoned town built by the Incans is still ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you take the high road and let others take the low road, you’ll get to Machu Picchu long before anybody else. If you take the ...

Winding through Peru's verdant landscape toward Machu Picchu, this famous four-day hike is not for the faint of heart. That said, recent travelers say the laborious trek pays off with gorgeous scenery ...

There’s a moment in every good heist movie where the plan is working almost too well. The vault unlocks on the first try and no siren alarms. And you just know there will be a comeuppance. There has ...

Hidden away for centuries in the mountainous cloud forests of Peru, the well-preserved Incan ruins of Machu Picchu are a must for any traveler’s bucket list. Though the site’s origins remain ...

“Here in the Andes we believe in reciprocity,” my guide Isao tells me, handing out coca leaves and instructing me to hold the dry stalks together, creating a fan of brittle green from my fingertips.

Throughout February, the Inca Trail to <a href=" Picchu—located in Cusco region and considered one of the world's premier trekking routes—will be closed to tourism as part of comprehensive maintenance ...