The Qorikancha is the most important Inca temple in Cusco and the best place to see how the Spanish built churches on top of temples.

Here’s your 7-day itinerary for Cusco & the Sacred Valley - without Machu Picchu. You’ll get more than enough Inca history & architecture, plus lots of wildlife, shopping and fantastic food!

The Pisac Inca ruins guard the eastern end of the Sacred Valley. You'll see terraces, fountains, classic Inca construction, a cliff of tombs and an intihuatana surrounded by temples. You need at least two hours to see everything!

Ollantaytambo is the gateway to Machu Picchu and one of the most fascinating Inca sites in Peru. Here’s everything you need to know to visit Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley.

Corpus Christi in Cusco, Peru is a fascinating blend of Catholic and Andean traditions. This blog has everything you need to know about each day of the celebration and where to watch the processions.

Inti Punku is the hardest hike I’ve done in the Sacred Valley but also the most rewarding. Here’s everything you need to know about this spectacular hike.

Pinkuylluna is the best free hike in Ollantaytambo and one of my favorite hikes in the Sacred Valley near Cusco, Peru.

After more than a dozen trips to the Amazon, here’s what I’ve learned about deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon and how we can fight it.

Green House Tambopata, near Puerto Maldonado, is one of the few jungle lodges accessible by both river and road. It has comfortable rooms, great food and a variety of fantastic jungle tours and activities.

The Tambopata Research Center is the most amazing place to see the rainforest. At the lodge you’re surrounded by wildlife, monkeys, macaws and so much more. I loved every minute!

My second Rainforest Expeditions lodge was fabulous, especially the trip to a clay lick. I loved the wildlife, the lodge design and my suite.

Posada Amazonas lodge has amazing wildlife but I wouldn’t go back. Here’s the good, the bad and the ugly of this Peruvian rainforest lodge.

The Unu Raymi Inca Water Festival in Sangarara is equally traditional and modern. It’s an afternoon of Inca ceremonies, theater and dance at the Llanquepata Inca ruins.

Huchuy Qosqo is one of the best hikes in the Sacred Valley near Cusco. It goes to a beautiful Inca city, it’s free and there are four trails to choose from.

For International Women’s Day 2024, I joined the Manu Biological Station team for a day of birding with local Indigenous women.

The Piso de Valle (Valley Floor) trail has been closed to tourism since 2010. I hiked the trail with a group of professionals and we all came to the same conclusion: This is an extraordinary trail with extraordinary Inca archeological sites that should be reopened.

Just two hours from Cusco is the ruins of an Inca temple unlike anything I’ve seen before. Since I started traveling around Peru in 2013, I’ve been to a lot of Inca ruins and a lot of Inca temples. Here’s why Raqchi is so unique.

The Ensifera Ensifera Hummingbird Garden is the best place in the Sacred Valley to see hummingbirds.

My first time staying in a treehouse was so much fun! I especially loved all the wildlife I saw in the surrounding Amazon Rainforest. Treehouse Lodge is near Iquitos, Peru.

Delfín Amazon Cruises was my first ever cruise and I loved it. The boat was beautiful, my room was luxurious, the food was delicious and the Peruvian Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve was amazing.