This ancient city in modern-day Bolivia is almost 13,000 feet above sea level. Only a small portion of the ruins have been ...

In the dry, wind-swept highlands of Bolivia, a dusty hill overlooked by archaeologists and tourists alike has revealed one of ...

Many conservationists dedicated to protecting the endangered Andean cat have never seen one in the wild, with the species ...

The Polylepis tree sustains the Andes and the Amazon. To preserve these priceless landscapes, a pioneering biologist has planted millions of them.

To celebrate her 40th birthday, the author wanted to hike a mountain in the Bolivian Andes. Hallucinations and vomiting weren't part of the plan.

Nestled in the Andes mountains, Bolivia's urban hubs of La Paz and El Alto are feats of human tenacity. But beneath the surface lies a fragile balance between nature and human settlement. At an ...

EL ALTO, Bolivia — When they first started climbing the Andes peaks, they could hear the ice crunching under their crampons. These days, it’s the sound of melted water running beneath their ...

The infamously inhospitable route from Chile's Atacama Desert to Bolivia's otherworldly Uyuni salt flats has been upgraded. New lodges and guiding alternatives are reimagining this well-trodden ...

In Bolivia’s Andes, the Indigenous Quechua use the "Tinku" ritual dance and hand-to-hand combat in May as a traditional way of resolving problems, rather than allowing them to fester.

René Barrientos, 45, the air force general who bosses Bolivia’s revolutionary junta, is a sort of Steve Canyon of the Andes — handsome, dashing, and almost too lucky to be true. Since 1962 ...

Destinations A Family Road Trip Through the Wild Andes to Bolivia’s Salt Flats For travelers who have the time to explore Bolivia by road, the Andean landscapes are worth it.