An Active, Low-Cost Lifestyle in Resort Town Máncora, Peru

An Active, Low-Cost Lifestyle in Resort Town Máncora, Peru

If you’re like most people, you don’t picture palm trees, surfboards, and languid sea turtles when you think of Peru. The country’s mysterious Inca ruins, spectacular rain forests, and soaring mountain vistas already draw tourists. But its long Pacific coastline is not as well known abroad. I recently took an exploratory trip to the northern beach resort town of Máncora...

Explore Arequipa’s Colca Canyon, Peru

Explore Arequipa’s Colca Canyon, Peru

Most visitors to Peru make a beeline to Machu Picchu, Cusco, or the Sacred Valley. In doing so, they can overlook a site worth visiting: the Colca Canyon. Located near Arequipa, the canyon cuts a 75-mile gorge through the Andes. Outsiders only began to hear about this area after 1981, when a Polish rafting expedition made the first descent of the Colca River. Since then, the canyon and the small valley villages have become one of Peru’s most popular tourist destinations.