The condor's longevity may explain why the Incas believed the birds to be immortal. One popular legend tells that when a condor starts to feel old, it will commit suicide by launching into flight from ...
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 famous trek in Peru, Cañon del Colca (or Colca Canyon) is another you need ...
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 ...
The volcano is exploding again. Out of the van window, a mighty plume of smoke and ash billows not too far in the distance. I’m from Melbourne — no volcanoes there — and I’m slightly unsettled. I’m in ...
The road from Arequipa to Chivay takes your breath away. Quite literally. As the bus carrying my tour group inches up this lonely highway in the southern Peruvian Andes, I can feel the air thinning ...
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For those who like the unconfined outdoors, Peru's Colca Canyon is a wonderland, finds Taryn Stenvei. The volcano is exploding again. Out of the van window, a mighty plume of smoke and ash billows not ...