In 1911, former U.S. senator and explorer Hiram Bingham rediscovered what would become one the “Seven Wonders of the Modern ...

The outside world first learned of Machu Picchu in 1911, when American explorer Hiram Bingham, guided by local farmers, navigated the dense tropical forests of southern Peru and came across the ...

The road from Cusco to Machu Picchu, first opened in 1948, is called the Hiram Bingham Highway, and a plaque dedicated to Bingham sits outside the entrance to the site. Following his career as a ...

Exact tour prices vary, though you can expect to spend approximately $300 per person (including train tickets ... Calientes to Machu Picchu on their own via the Carretera Hiram Bingham.

Machu Pichu Imagine standing atop an ancient mountain fortress, your entire family’s eyes wide with wonder, mist dancing ...

Hiram Bingham stumbled upon one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century—and what was named in 2007 as one of the new seven wonders of the world: Machu Picchu. What Bingham saw ...

You can hop off the train at the ... women and men. Hiram Bingham thought that he had discovered the Lost City of Vilcabamba, even though we now know it was Machu Picchu. Unbeknownst to him ...