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

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

Hundreds of tourists were stranded at the ancient archeological site of Machu Picchu after Peru’s railway service said protesters sabotaged a portion of the tracking leading back to the capital. The ...

Peru’s Ministry of Culture has said that Machu Picchu is open to the public again. The historic site, which is also the most popular place for tourists to visit in Peru, had been closed for almost a ...

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 ...

Visiting Peru was an 11-day family adventure. After taking a three-night cruise on the Amazon River and embarking on jungle ...

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

Peru indefinitely shut the famed ancient ruins of Machu Picchu on Saturday in the latest sign that anti-government protests that began last month are increasingly engulfing the South American country.

Hundreds of tourists stranded in Peru near Machu Picchu could soon be on their way out of the country after the main railroad into the region began limited operations after being shut down because of ...

(CNN) — Hundreds of tourists stranded in the ancient city of Machu Picchu are being evacuated after Peru was plunged into a state of emergency following the ousting of the country’s president.

Elvis Lexin La Torre Uñaccori knows quite well that a wonder of the world often creates a less-wondrous world of waste — he is the mayor of Machu Picchu Pueblo, the gateway village to the bucket-list ...

Peru’s top destination reopened February 15, 2023 after an almost month-long closure due to political unrest in the South American country. Machu Picchu (Photo by Carlos Garcia Granthon/Fotoholica ...