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

Peru's famous Machu Picchu is an iconic destination in South America. Dubbed "the lost city of the Incas," the 15th-century citadel was discovered in 1911 by American explorer Hiram Bingham and was ...

Two trains taking tourists to Peru’s famed archaeological site of Machu Picchu have crashed, killing at least one person and injuring around 30 passengers.

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 ...

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

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 ...

Ancash region is celebrating. The Huascaran National Park on Thursday received Peru's highest tourism distinction.

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.

Macchu Picchu is to Peru what the Eiffel Tower is to Paris. Making it more available to tourists could reverse its sluggish recovery. Peru is expected to raise the daily visitor cap for Machu Picchu, ...

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 ...