Espíritu Pampa, forgotten for centuries, was cleared, and the latest findings, a planned site museum and fieldwork are bringing attention to the last stronghold of the Incas Jorge Cobos follows the ...

When Machu Picchu is overrun with tour buses, Choquequirao just twenty-five miles away and accessible only on foot is deserted. Jonathan Levi sets off on a five-day trek and discovers the secret of ...

People in Iquitos, Peru, refer to their city as "una isla," an island, even though it's not an island. Iquitos is a port city of roughly 400,000 people on the Amazon River in northeastern Peru.

The Sacred City of Caral-Supe in Peru is undoubtedly worth a visit, but there are no signs that it is about to be overrun with tourists. In fact, there are few signs on the Pan-American Highway to ...

In northern Peru, workers are fortifying the ancient site of Chan Chan, once the largest city in the Americas and the largest adobe city on the world. Earlier this year climatologists predicted strong ...

An American explorer says an ancient, pre-Incan metropolis discovered by his father in Peru's remote cloud forest on an earlier expedition has been plundered by tomb robbers. Sean Savoy, 32, urged the ...

Iquitos, in the Amazon rainforest, is the world's largest city without road access. Fascinating for its geographical location in the Amazon rainforest, Iquitos can only be reached by boat or plane.