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 famous trek in Peru, Cañon del Colca (or Colca Canyon) is another you need ...

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 in Cabanaconde, a small town nestled in a ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's mid-afternoon, and our small group is catching its breath after slowly scaling the steep, winding trails of Peru's Colca Canyon. We sit in silence as we look over an ancient landscape of sheer ...

The condor's longevity may explain why the Incas believed the birds to be immortal. One popular legend tells that when a condor starts to feel old, it will commit suicide by launching into flight from ...

Ruins didn’t interest me. I’d happily leave Machu Picchu to its thousands of daily visitors. What piqued my interest about hiking in Peru was raw geology. The country sits on the collision line of two ...