Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Like many of life’s great adventures, our trek into Peru’s Colca Canyon was born not of careful planning but from a spontaneous impulse. It was our first day ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This is one trek you shouldn't miss. kovgabor79/Getty Images While it's true the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu might be the most ...

Reporting from Arequipa, Peru — Some people head to Peru to climb Incan ruins; some go to sip pisco sours. Me, I went for the birds. The very big birds. Peru contains a staggering 10% of the world’s ...

A U.S. tourist visiting Peru’s picturesque Colca Valley was among the at least four people that died after a magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit the area. Some 30 people were injured, authorities said Monday ...

Why look beyond: Machu Picchu draws huge crowds, but Peru’s lesser-known sites offer equally rich history and scenery without the overtourism. What to explore: Highlights include Kuélap’s cloud ...

Hidden gems await: Beyond Machu Picchu, Peru holds wonders like Kuelap Fortress, Colca Canyon, and the Nazca Lines, each offering unique history and scenery. Culture runs deep: Indigenous traditions ...

The colonial square in Tuti was empty, and the church I’d hoped to visit was locked. It was the four-day Festival of the Cross in May — not, apparently, the most pious of holidays — and everyone was ...

Within a bus ride of Machu Picchu is a fissure twice as deep as the Grand Canyon, home to soaring condors, endless trekking routes and little-altered Inca and Pre-Inca traditions. Most first-time ...

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck late Sunday in the Colca Valley of southern Peru, killing four people and injuring 68, the government said. More than 600 homes collapsed and hundreds more were ...