Since 2002, the Peruvian government has required tourists to have a permit and a guide to hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu ...

Located on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains, nearly 8,000 feet above sea level, Machu Picchu is Peru's most famous archeological treasure.

A team of Peruvian archaeologists has found a new trail leading to the Machu Picchu complex in Cusco, Peru — even if much of the road is still heavily covered by thick vegetation.

Let Terry Crews take you on a journey a thousand miles away to the Peruvian Andes this September onwards. The Machu Picchu: ...

By Saturday night, Peru’s tourism ministry, MINCETUR, thanked the Tourism Protection Network for coordinating the transport of 418 national and foreign visitors from Machu Picchu’s town to Cusco.

Peru’s Ministry of Transport said on Friday that the airport in Cuzco, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Machu Picchu, had resumed flights after operations were temporarily suspended amid protests ...

The UNESCO World Heritage site, which attracts more than 1.5 million visitors per year, was recently deemed 'no longer worth it' by a leading global tourism platform.

Takayama had a ticket to enter Machu Picchu in March and had only planned to stay in Peru for a few days when he became stranded in Aguas Calientes, a town located near the tourist attraction ...

In early 1916, the legendary Yale University archaeologist Hiram Bingham III completed his third and final expedition in southern Peru. He shipped home 74 boxes of artifacts from Machu Picchu, a ...

October 14, 2015 / 7:00 AM CDT / CBS Minnesota Located on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains, nearly 8,000 feet above sea level, Machu Picchu is Peru's most famous archeological treasure.