This stunning aerial view captures the Andes Mountains in Cusco, Peru, where jagged peaks emerge through layers of drifting ...

Archaeologists digging at an Inca site on the arid coast of southern Peru have unearthed two rare, roughly 500-year-old ...

Local cuisine plays an important role, with dishes such as roasted guinea pig, fresh trout from Andean rivers, and pachamanca, a feast cooked in a hot stone oven underground. Ollantaytambo, a historic ...

The 14,000-foot-high plain of the Andes, where the Inca civilization flourished five centuries ago, is as barren a land as the world possesses. With its packs of llamas running across the puna, ...

For centuries, the vanished Inca fortress of Ancocagua existed only in lore. Now, at a mountaintop site in Peru, researchers ...

Bursting with ancient mysteries and rugged Andean culture, the Inca Trail is an unforgettable hike to experience in Peru. Once the main passageway for the Inca to enter Machu Picchu, the Inca Trail is ...

Dozens of mummies dating back more than 500 years have been discovered on the path of a proposed highway on the outskirts of the Peruvian capital, near an Inca graveyard, archaeologists said Friday.

Silver lured the Spanish Empire to South America in the sixteenth century, when conquistadores took on the mighty Incan Empire in present-day Peru. In 1532 at the Battle of Cajamarca, Francisco ...

Often ranked as one of the world's most beautiful treks, the Huayhuash Circuit loops through the Cordillera Blanca, filled with jagged peaks, glacial lakes, and soaring mountain passes. New direct ...

An Australian tourist has died after falling into a ravine whilst hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru.