Last week I invited readers to share their outdoor stories. With Peru’s Machu Picchu gracing the latest cover of National Geographic, it seemed fitting to start with the Barauskases’ adventure.

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 ...

Between the Incan capital of Cusco and the mountain citadel of Machu Picchu lies the Sacred Valley. Stretching roughly 60 ...

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 ...

Tourists love the enigmatic Inca citadel of Machu Picchu high in Peru's Andes. They may love it too much. As the country prepares to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the rediscovery of the "Lost ...

New DNA analysis reveals that people from as far as Amazonia once lived and worked in the Inca royal estate. By Laura Baisas Published Jul 26, 2023 2:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

Hiking the Incan Trail to the ancient stronghold of Machu Picchu sits at the top of many travelers’ wish lists. The sacred citadel—which sits perched high up in the Andes Mountains—was “discovered” ...

The high-flying Andean capital of Cuzco is the gateway to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, South America's premier tourist destination. Each year more than a million foreign visitors pass through ...

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The Sacred Valley, drained by the Urubamba River, is home to rich, fertile soil that has made it a cradle of Peruvian ...

The Inca designed Machu Picchu to be hard to reach and, for hundreds of years, the mountaintop citadel has been protected by the spectacular peaks and gorges which encircle its ancient fortifications.

LIMA, Peru — Peru indefinitely shut the tourist site Machu Picchu on Saturday in the latest sign that anti-government protests that began last month are increasingly engulfing the South American ...