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Explore Peru's famous Inca Trail… in your slippers

Just because we aren’t travelling right now, doesn’t mean we can’t experience our big, beautiful world. Join one of our guides for a virtual walking tour of Peru’s famous Inca Trail.

by G Adventures

Peru's Top 5 Inca Sites

Sure, travellers from all over the world pilgrimage to the glorious Inca citadel of Machu Picchu; however, this feted site is just one of the Empire's many splendid achievements.

by Genevieve Hathaway

Pics of the Week: The Inca Trail

What makes the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu so magical? Is it the feeling that with each step forward, you're actually going a little further back in time? Whatever the reason, it's the type of travel that most of us look for: the "bigger than us" moments.

by Sacha Mlynek

Time-Lapse Tuesday: Machu Picchu Mist

Built around 1450AD, “Machu Picchu” means “Old Mountain” in Quechuan, the language of the Inca Empire. The Incas were some of the best masons in the world and Machu Picchu’s 150 structures were so well built that not even a knife blade can fit between their stones. Let #TimelapseTuesday take you back in time.

by G Adventures

Q&A: The Inca Trail and the Permit Process

Interested in trekking the Inca Trail but have questions about the trail and the permit process? We asked G Adventures Product Innovation Manager Alistair Butchers to address a few of them here

by Daniel Sendecki