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Skip Peru's crowded Inca Trail to Machu Picchu for this wildly under-the-radar ancient route

Machu Picchu will always be a bucket-list destination, but its popularity comes with drawbacks. Consider this alternative ...
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Step away from Peru’s Inca Trail to these 5 lesser-known wonders

Most first-time travelers to Peru head straight for the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu, perhaps pausing in Lima for fresh ceviche, but rarely venture further. Yet beyond the well-trodden paths lies a ...
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Turn right at Machu Picchu : rediscovering the lost city one step at a time / Mark Adams

Traces the author's recreation of Hiram Bingham III's discovery of the ancient citadel, Machu Picchu, in the Andes Mountains of Peru, describing his struggles with rudimentary survival tools and his ...

Revisiting Peru's Sacred Valley 40 years later

When Kim Pemberton made the journey to Machu Picchu last November, she found that while the ruins themselves remain largely ...