(The National Geographic Society helped fund Bingham on excursions to Machu Picchu in 1912 and 1915.) Bingham believed he had found Vilcabamba, the so-called Lost City of the Inca where the last ...

That’s why Machu Picchu is “one of those places that overdelivers,” says National Geographic Traveler contributing editor Barton Lewis, who has been visiting there since the 1960s.

Throughout the 1910s, Bingham, with support from Yale University and the National Geographic Society, would return to Machu Picchu, mapping, excavating, and photographing the stunning city.

Bingham's real fame didn't come until two years later, after he had had returned to Machu Picchu at the behest of National Geographic editor Gilbert Grosvenor. Grosvenor urged Bingham to take a ...

Built high in the Peruvian Andes on the western edge of the Amazon Basin, the Inca stronghold of Machu Picchu has astounded and confounded visitors since it was unveiled to the wider world more ...

Viajes National Geographic states on its website that readers and survey participants have singled out the Inca citadel of ...

While Machu Picchu and all-things-Inca deservedly make South America’s third largest country a bucket-list staple, there are a world of Peruvian experiences beyond the ancient that are worth ...

After four days of trekking the Inca Trail, I had just reached a pass where I had my first view of Machu Picchu. I thought I knew what to expect, but Machu Picchu is one of the few places in the ...