Some 500 years ago, says Bauer, pilgrims journeyed here to worship at the steep outcrop, once regarded as one of the most sacred places in the empire: the birthplace of the Inca dynasty.

Local cuisine plays an important role, with dishes such as roasted guinea pig, fresh trout from Andean rivers, and pachamanca ...

Very little is known about Capacocha, the sacred Inca ceremony of human sacrifice ... Huge ceremonial feasts would take place in Cuzco where the child would meet the emperor and forever bring ...

At over 6,000 metres, Mt Ampato is one of the highest mountains in Peru, and a place were the Inca used in one of their most dramatic and powerful religious ceremonies: human sacrifice.

The Inca realm was a lost paradise, he lamented, where “all things, from the greatest to the smallest, had their place and order ... we would journey through the Sacred Valley and the ...

DAY 6: THE SACRED VALLEY INCLUDING MARAS SALT PONDS ... occupied dwellings in Peru and was one of the few places where the Incas defeated the Spanish. The ruins of Ollantaytambo include temples ...

I spent several months hiking in Peru's Sacred Valley, and it's easily one of the most incredible places I've ever visited ... but you can also see stunning Incan architecture, including several ...