FILE - This Oct. 1, 2003 file photo shows the Choquequirao ruins in Cusco, Peru. Choquequirao, which means “cradle of gold” in Quechua, is believed to be the last refuge of Incan rulers who fled Cuzco ...

CHOQUEQUIRAO, PERU — I’m seated cross-legged on a narrow terrace thousands of feet above the raging Apurimac River, the jagged silhouettes of the Peruvian Andes before me, the glowing stones of a 15th ...

LIMA, Peru – Currently only a handful of tourists visit Peru's ruined city known as the "cradle of gold" each day, those willing to make a two-day hike to reach its majestic solitude that was once a ...

LIMA, Peru - The former mountaintop refuge of Incan royalty has elegant halls and plazas much like those of fabled Macchu Picchu just 30 miles (50 kilometres away). Yet only a handful of tourists ...

This traveller took the less touristy trail in Peru to find the ruins of a lost Incan city that's more remote and more mysterious than Machu Picchu. The catch? You can only reach this city by trekking ...

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