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Trek the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

PERU

Machu Picchu was rediscovered in 1911 by American explorer Hiram Bingham, who initially mistook it for the "Lost City of the Incas."
       
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On 151 lists and 11 people have done it.
Ranked #7 in Man Made Wonders
 
Really proud to have completed the Inca Trail. This is the ubiquitous shot, taken from the Sun Gate on the final morning.

Those who walk the trail arrive in Machu Picchu hours before the train offloads hundreds of tourists, so you can explore a deserted site in peace.
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu – "Old Mountain", pronounced – is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cuzco and through which the Urubamba River flows. Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472).
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