Hiking to Machu Picchu has long been on my bucket list. That a 600-year-old abandoned town built by the Incans is still ...

Peru’s Ministry of Culture has said that Machu Picchu is open to the public again. The historic site, which is also the most popular place for tourists to visit in Peru, had been closed for almost a ...

Flipping through my history book in elementary school, I’d stop on the page with photos of Machu Picchu thinking, “I HAVE to see this with my own eyes one day,” without even knowing exactly where ...

Winter (and the dry season) is on approach in the Southern Hemisphere. That brings peak tourist numbers and some famous festivals, as well. The nine-day festival recreates the traditional Incan god of ...

What's old is new again. That was the message heard loud and clear from tourism officials at last month's Peru Travel Mart, the annual confab showcasing the tourism offerings found across this ...

The early bus to Machu Picchu doesn’t leave until six a.m., but the line for this coveted early ride starts forming soon after midnight. Determined visitors line up with good reason: By mid-morning, ...

Machu Picchu’s Inca and Salkantay trails closed all of February due to risk of landslides, plus what Canadians need to know ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...