When his army suffered defeat, he fled Cusco for the jungle city of Vilcabamba ... and estates began slowly falling into ruin. As the empire crumbled, the Inca and their descendants made a ...

The road to Machu Picchu, which morphs into a railway for its most spectacular sector, begins in the Valle Sagrado, or Sacred ...

You'll likely start your journey near KM 82 along the Cusco-Aguas Calientes railway and then follow the trail's zigzagging path toward the "lost city." The three-night journey pays off with the ...

the Sapa Inca who defeated the Chancay tribe and expanded the kingdom of Cusco into the vast Inca empire. For more than a century, researchers, archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians have ...

Around 1500, the Inca Empire ran for over three thousand miles (5,000 km) down the Andes, and ruled over 12 million people from the Pacific Coast to the Amazonian jungle. In 1532 the Spanish would ...

"A thousand years ago we were once part of the magnificent Inca Empire, which also suffered climate change. They planted millions of trees to manage the weather," says Cusco-based Aucca.

Around 1500, the Inca Empire ran for over three thousand miles (5,000 km) down the Andes, and ruled over 12 million people from the Pacific Coast to the Amazonian jungle. In 1532 the Spanish would ...