Before departure for Peru I practiced what I like to call a “priming of the self,” opening the senses and imagination without ...
Machu Picchu is nearly surrounded by the Urubamba River, which is revered by people in the region still today. The mountains that cradle the site also are important sacred landforms. "Taken ...
Here, at this off-the-beaten-path archaeological site about 120 miles north of Peru’s modern-day capital of Lima, my own ...
Human resources professionals say Canadian companies are seeing more employees asking to take absences from work that are ...
The site is perched high in the Andes, surrounded by verdant cloud forest, with the river Urubamba running through the gorge far below. Hidden away on a ridge, Machu Picchu is invisible from below ...
Peru’s mountaintop icon has long been a poster child for overtourism, and despite recent measures to limit visitation, travelers still have to deal with, well, other travelers at this sacred space.
In an attempt to acclimatise, we headed to the lower level of the Sacred Valley, which follows the course of the Urubamba river from the town of Pisac, just north of Cusco, to Machu Picchu itself ...
Here’s a cool fact to share with children visiting Machu Picchu in Peru—the place probably would never have been discovered without the help of a kid just like them. You see, after two years ...
Machu Picchu, the ancient city high in the Andes mountains, has reopened after nearly eight months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. Peruvian authorities organised an Incan ritual to ...
Britis should be making sure they are vaccinated against a potentially severe disease when visiting Peru, the Foreign Office ...
This city was once the capital of the Inca Empire and remains the gateway to Machu Picchu, Peru’s main tourist ... a cruise on the Amazon River, an expedition through the Inca trail or a luxury ...