When I decided to visit Machu Picchu, I was so focused on getting to Peru that I kept delaying another important decision: Which route would I take to access the sacred site? Should I walk along the ...

Only an hour into a one-day trek on the Inca Trail and I’m already doubting myself. The 12 kilometres to Machu Picchu started out flat but I’ve been climbing what feels like an endless set of stairs ...

The train slowly came to a stop just as the sun was rising over the mountains in the Sacred Valley. “Anyone getting off at kilometer 104, this is it,” said a voice over the Vistadome loudspeaker.

Machu Picchu may be the bait that lures most visitors to the Cusco Region of Peru, but it’s by no means the only Inca ruin to astound them once they arrive. The high Andean plateau surrounding the ...

Several Poway residents were among 29 hikers who travel to Peru in October to hike Machu Picchu to raise awareness and funds for Parkinson’s disease and stem-cell therapy research. The hikers, nine of ...