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 ...

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 ...

As an alternative to visiting Machu Picchu, travelers can opt to explore other places in Peru, like Arequipa, surrounded by five volcanoes and home to the Monastery of Santa Catalina. Gabby Salazar, ...

The colonial square in Tuti was empty, and the church I’d hoped to visit was locked. It was the four-day Festival of the Cross in May, apparently not the most pious of holidays, and everyone was ...

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck late Sunday in the Colca Valley of southern Peru, killing four people and injuring 68, the government said. More than 600 homes collapsed and hundreds more were ...

International Journal of Historical Archaeology, Vol. 11, No. 2 (June 2007), pp. 152-182 (31 pages) This paper examines the tension between the Spanish evangelical ideal of religious conversion ...