Standing above Machu Picchu in the golden morning light, looking down at that iconic view, I nearly cried. Not just because it was beautiful, but because I had actually done it. I had hiked four days ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Inca Trail is approximately 26 miles long and leads to one of the most iconic sites in the world: Machu Picchu. Millions of ...

Machu Picchu remains at the top of almost every traveler's bucket list for good reason. The 600-year-old Incan citadel is breathtaking, exploding from the Peruvian cloud forest to lure in 1.6 million ...

Peru’s leading Indigenous-owned trekking specialist, Alpaca Expeditions, urges travel advisors to start planning 2027 Peru ...

This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference in our community, reported by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage. What does it take to climb a mountain? A ...

There’s a photograph of Laura and Adrian on the day they met. It’s a group shot, taken on the outset of an Inca Trail trek in the autumn of 2010. Laura’s on one side of the group of hikers, Adrian’s ...