Advice and destination guides for culture and adventure travelers
During a vacation to the Florida Keys, I took a day trip from Key West to Dry Tortugas National Park on Garden Key, about 70 miles from Key West, Florida. With its white sand beaches and a secluded location, Dry Tortugas feels like a hidden paradise. But by far the...
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Located in the Andes Mountains, Machu Picchu is the ruins of a 15th-century Inca city. The Incas built it around 1450, at the height of their empire, but abandoned it a century later during the Spanish Conquest. UNESCO declared Machu Picchu a World Heritage Site in 1983. It was also chosen...
In November, during Peru's rainy spring season, I hiked the Inca Trail Trek to Machu Picchu with my sister Holly. We did the "classic" 4-day, 3-night version of the trek. By hiking the trail, you enter the park from the "Sun Gate" at dawn and are able to see...
I spent two weeks in Morocco with Intrepid Travel's Best of Morocco Tour. With its dramatic landscapes, fascinating history, and intersection of Berber, Sub-Saharan, Arabian and European culture, it should be on the bucket list of every world traveler.
For solo travelers or couples, assembling...
Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. By hiking the trail, you'll get to see smaller ruin sites and follow the path Incans took for centuries, arriving at Machu Picchu right at sunrise. Because of the high altitude and...
The simple answer is yes! Particularly by following a solid Inca Trail training plan, you will survive the Inca...
