In a cloud forest 3,000 metres above sea level, I rest my trekking poles against a wall of tightly packed stones and plop down on a patch of grass, surrounded by Inca ruins. Our hiking guide, Wachi, ...

MACHU PICCHU, Peru — Darwin Camacho, tour guide and denizen of this place for a quarter of a century, gestures toward gaps in the famously precise stonework of an Inca wall. “The stones are separating ...

Members of an expedition led by Lucho Tayori, a member of the indigenous tribe known as the Harakmbut, search for Incan ruins deep in the heart of the Peruvian amazon. Deep in the Peruvian Amazon sits ...

As we neared the end of a long climb up a steep ridge, my guide, John Leivers, shouted at me over his shoulder. “It’s said that the Spaniards never found Machu Picchu, but I disagree,” he said. “It’s ...

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 ...

A trek high in the Peruvian Andes reveals dazzling ancient buildings, stellar views, and mysterious llama art. In the Peruvian Andes, the ruins of the ancient Inca settlement of Choquequirao can only ...

Last year, Tori and I asked our friends and family to sponsor our trek of the Inca Trail. The donations went to the charity Project Peru, a children's refuge where we are due to volunteer. But as we ...