Five students from Magdalena recently returned from the experience of a lifetime: a 12-day educational tour through the ...

A group of Forestville students experienced the trip of a lifetime earlier this spring, as the district’s Spanish Club visited Peru on a 10-day journey. Forestville High School Spanish Teacher Laurie ...

Drawn by the ancient Incan citadel, a growing number of travellers are waking up to the wealth of attractions that Peru has to offer.

The road to Machu Picchu, which morphs into a railway for its most spectacular sector, begins in the Valle Sagrado, or Sacred Valley of the Incas, a place of cultural reverie for Peruvians. The ...

Alpacas on the highway. Treacherous stream crossings. Rain. Fog. Fresh rockslides. And lots of mud. We felt like we earned our Peru badges, for sure. Along the way to Machu Picchu we met kind ...

In a way he was right, with Machu Picchu being the nation’s hottest tourist hot spot. Too much so: In 2008, it was deemed an endangered site, and access was reduced to 2,500 visitors per day.

This story is part of the March 1 edition of Good Weekend.See all 13 stories. If, for whatever reason, you wanted to slide into anonymity, to lie low by the sea, swimming and eating ceviche, you ...

As you climb the ancient trail of the Incas and catch glimpses of Machu Picchu, situated on a mountaintop in the Sacred Valley of Peru, you begin to prepare yourself for what lies ahead as it ...

This article was authored by George Alvarez. The heart of the ancient Inca kingdom, Cusco is already well-known by travelers ...

Machu Picchu, with the peak of Huayna Picchu behind it. Collin Hughes Another short boat ride took us to Taquile, a large island with a community of around 2,200, most of whom are weavers.

Half-finished and abandoned after 100 years, quarried on-site by hand, aided by nothing but a few truculent alpacas. Returning to work from an epic trip is never a happy time, but seeing the Stirling ...

A well-wishing sacred ceremony is performed next to the Hiram Bingham train before it departs for Machu Picchu. (Photo by Norma Meyer) ...