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 ...

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 ...

Everyone knows about Machu Picchu. It's iconic, it's breathtaking, and it's the reason most people buy a plane ticket to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “Comrades on the Colca: A Race for Adventure and Incan Treasure in One of the World’s Last Unexplored Canyons,” by Eugene Buchanan (Independent Publishers ...

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 ...

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 ...