Travel Blog Photos from Machu Picchu (19,090)
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... four years ago and the highlight of the trip was doing a two-day hike to visit spectacular Incan city of Machu Picchu. It remains an absolute must when visiting Peru (or South America!) so of course we put it on our itinerary. The city is deep in the ...
9am and the same driver picked us up at our hotel in Cusco - back thru the Sacred Valley to Ollyantambo to meet up with the group who had done the Lares Trek. Driving thru the valley again was no hardship that's for sure as in the early morning ...
... farming terraces, located on the banks of the Rio Cusichaca river. It was an amazing sight and really got us excited about seeing Machu Picchu. Day two started early at 05:30 with a hot drink for those who wanted one. They drink coca tea here which ...
... the distance. We had seen the famous postcard view so many times; it was really hard to believe we were finally here. Machu Picchu was only discovered accidentally in 1911 by an American archaeologist. What a sight that must have been for him even if ...
Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Peru

On the left bank of the Urubamba river, Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Peru

Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Peru

Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Peru

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need help!
Posted on Oct 6, 2009, 15:53:07
... they just take the tour to machu picchu and they travel to puno by their own and well I recommend you to take a tour because machu picchu it is so popular, you should visit arequipa too and trujillo or some cities from the north of peru. well good luck
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Machu Picchu Info
Posted on Jun 3, 2007, 22:30:02
... , but if you are uneasy with heights, the long ladders may make you turn back. Follow the rail track from Aguas Calientes towards Machu Picchu. About 50 meters past the last building is an obvious trail leading up to the right. Conveniently it has a sign ...
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Machu Picchu, disappearing?
Posted on Mar 4, 2009, 17:34:35
... the famous Machu Picchu, if not, then tourists will trample all over it....says a writer who recently visited. The daily crowds at Machu Picchu during season from June to September (over 400,000 visited in 2003) are pounding the ruins to pulp as the next ...
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The Machu Picchu "face"?
Posted on Apr 26, 2009, 19:20:18
... is it doctored or what? so...i'm peruvian, but i live in florida. and i went to visit my family in peru last summer and we visited machu picchu. while we were there, i bought this poster of machu picchu and put it on my wall. like 10 minutes ...
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