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    The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (also known as Camino Inca or Camino Inka) is a hiking trail in Peru that terminates at Machu Picchu. It consists of three...
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    Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain ridge at 2,430 meters (7,970 ft). Often referred...
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    which the Great Inca Road passes. In modern times some remnant of the roads see heavy use from tourism, such as the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, which is well...
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    District. It rises over Machu Picchu, the so-called Lost City of the Incas. The Incas built a trail up the side of the Huayna Picchu and constructed temples...
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    meters above sea level to tropical rainforests just over 1,700 meters above sea level. To protect the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, a complex of archaeological...
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    Cusco (category 13th-century establishments in the Inca civilization)
    major nearby Inca sites are Pachacuti's presumed winter home, Machu Picchu, which can be reached on foot by the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu or by train;...
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    Lares trek (category Hiking trails in Peru)
    alternatives to the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. It is slightly shorter and higher in altitude than the Inca Trail; it is accessible from Cusco. Unlike the Inca Trail...
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    purposes. In 1450, Machu Picchu was constructed. This date was determined and based on the Carbon 14 test results. The famous lost Inca city is an architectural...
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    Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District. Warmi Wañusqa lies on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, southwest of the archaeological site of Patallaqta. It is situated...
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    secret entrance to Machu Picchu for the Inca army. This Inca Bridge is a part of a mountain trail that heads west from Machu Picchu. The trail is a stone path...
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    Patallacta (category Inca)
    discourage Spanish pursuit. In part due to these efforts, the Spanish never discovered the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu or any of its settlements. Patallacta...
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    of the road system is the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Part of the road network was built by cultures that precede the Inca Empire, notably the Wari culture...
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  • but plans to earn his fortune by finding the legendary gold and jeweled "sunburst", a lost Inca treasure, at the ancient capital of Machu Picchu. He possesses...
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    Hans Rey (category German emigrants to the United States)
    Transalp route, searched for headhunters in Borneo, ridden the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, ridden the Roop Kund trek in the Indian Himalayas, Bike Safari...
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    trek, an alternative route to the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, which passes through the Vilcabamba Range from Mollepata to Santa Teresa. The people in...
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    the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru Pass in Tatras (Ornak, Poland). Zádielska tiesňava Pass in Slovak Karst (Slovakia). Trail from Manang to Mustang...
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    hiking destinations. The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru is very popular and a permit is required. The longest hiking trail in Chile is the informal...
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    media related to: Inca (category) Conquest nts.html Inca Land by Hiram Bingham (published 1912–1922). Inca Artifacts, Peru and Machu Picchu 360-degree movies...
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  • to grueling physical feats," participating in marathons and week-long charity bike rides. Her travels have included climbing the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu...
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    to climb up the steep incline out of Cusco, before it can begin its descent to the Sacred Valley of the Incas and then continue down to Machu Picchu....
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    Wiñay Wayna (category Inca)
    young", Hispanicized spelling Huiñay Huayna) is an Inca ruin along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. It is built into a steep hillside overlooking the Urubamba...
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    hydrographic administration of the Inca Empire, surpasses in importance the citadel of Machu Picchu, according to evidence collected by a group of Peruvian...
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    Vilcabamba, Peru (category 16th-century establishments in the Inca civilization)
    centers at Machu Picchu, Choquequirao, Vitcos, and Vilcabamba. Thus, the Incas were familiar with the region when Inca emperor, Manco Inca Yupanqui, won...
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    Ollantaytambo (category Inca)
    the Incas built roads connecting the site with Machu Picchu to the west and Pisaq to the east. During the Spanish conquest of Peru, emperor Manco Inca fortified...
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  • within the Inca empire were conscripted to maintain and serve in the tambos, as part of the mit'a labor system. Tambos were spaced along Inca roads, generally...
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    Park Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu "Peruvian Yungas". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Media related to Peruvian Yungas at Wikimedia...
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    Agustín Lizárraga (category Machu Picchu)
    discovered Machu Picchu on 14 July 1902, nine years prior to American explorer Hiram Bingham. "Agustín Lizárraga is the discoverer of Machu Picchu, and lived...
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    del mundo andino, Juan M. Ossio Acuña, Edicion de Ignacio Prado Pastor Camino Inca: Inca Trail to Machu Picchu Camino Inca: Camino Inca a Machu Picchu...
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    The Temple of the Moon is an Incan ceremonial temple on Huayna Picchu near Machu Picchu, in Peru. The site is made up of stone masonry and an open-face...
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    fresh running water. List of archaeological sites in Peru "Inca Trail to Machu Picchu". www.alienadv.com. Retrieved 2017-01-26.[dead link‍] British Museum...
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