Route 3-A: Huayna Picchu Mountain (4 to 5 hours; ages 18 & up; high effort): This add-on follows a switchback path straight ...

Peru’s mountaintop icon has long been a poster child for overtourism, and despite recent measures to limit visitation, travelers still have to deal with, well, other travelers at this sacred space.

Here’s a cool fact to share with children visiting Machu Picchu in Peru—the place probably ... and a royal palace, surrounded in turn by stone terraces where maize and other crops were grown.

A tourist bus has crashed at the famous Machu Picchu site in Peru with dozens of people injured. The bus plunged around 50 feet down a steep bank as the driver lost control of his vehicle while he ...

Machu Picchu, the ancient city high in the Andes mountains, has reopened after nearly eight months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. Peruvian authorities organised an Incan ritual to ...

Guided by local farmer, Melchor Arteaga, and a young boy, Pablito Alvarez, Bingham‘s “discovery” of Machu Picchu would become one of the seminal moments of the century, encapsulating the allure and ...

If you haven’t been to Machu Picchu lately—or are a first-timer ... the bridge and gate are worthy points of interest in their own right.

the bridge and gate are worthy points of interest in their own right. Route 1-B: Upper Terrace only (2.5 hours; medium effort): Get the iconic photo of the site, on a lower (and easier-to-reach) ...