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 ...

This stunning aerial view of Colca Canyon in Peru reveals dramatic cliffs and beautifully carved agricultural terraces that ...

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 ...

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 ...