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 is one of the most remote Inca ruins in the Peruvian Andes, but plans for a cable car could bring much change to Machu Picchu’s ‘little sister’ Halfway down the track, Nixon stops. He ...

Why look beyond: Machu Picchu draws huge crowds, but Peru’s lesser-known sites offer equally rich history and scenery without the overtourism. What to explore: Highlights include Kuélap’s cloud ...

The former mountaintop refuge of Incan royalty has elegant halls and plazas much like those of the fabled Machu Picchu 30 miles away. Yet only a handful of tourists visit the ruins each day, those ...

Note: Part three of four in a series. Choquequirao is an Inca ruin site located to the southwest of the city of Cuzco. It’s known as the “sister” of Machu Picchu. The crossing of the Apurimac River ...

Larger than Machu Picchu and far less known, Choquequirao still makes you feel as though you’re practically the first to arrive. The trek to the lost Incan city of Choquequirao is one of the most ...

Mountains lie in rumpled splendour as far as the eye can see. Wisps of cloud shift and eddy; at this elevated altitude, I’m sometimes below, sometimes above, sometimes within them. Around me are the ...

The ruined city known as the "cradle of gold" was once a mountaintop refuge of Incan royalty, with elegant halls and plazas much like those of fabled Macchu Picchu just 30 miles (50 kilometers away).

UNTIL now, only a handful of tourists have daily visited the ruined city known as the "cradle of gold'' - once a mountaintop refuge of Incan royalty. Yet only a handful of tourists visit each day, ...