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  1. Alpacas above the famous Lost City of the Incas, Machu Picchu with Huayna Picchu beyond.

    Alpacas, Machu Picchu

    by Grant Dixon

  2. Overview of terraced royal Inca ruins.
  3. Trekking up Warmiwanusca Pass on day two of Inca Trail trek to Machu Picchu.

    Warmiwanusca Pass, Machu Picchu

    by Anthony Pidgeon

  4. Ruins of Machu Picchu with Huayna Picchu in background, seen from end of Inca Trail.

    Ruins, Machu Picchu

    by Anthony Pidgeon

  5. People walk down the street in Sacred Valley of the Incas, between Cusco and Machu Picchu.

    Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu

    by Ralph Hopkins

  6. Machu Picchu from Intipunku (the Sun Gate) on the Inca Trail.

    Inca Trail, Machu Picchu

    by Karl Lehmann

  7. Recovering from Machu Picchu experience on tourist train to Cusco.

    Recovering, Machu Picchu

    by Brent Winebrenner

  8. Restoration of the Inca ruins, Machu Picchu, Cuzco

    Inca ruins, Machu Picchu

    by Shannon Nace

  9. Aguas Calientes, or Machu Picchu Village, tourist train waiting for return trip to Cusco.

    Aguas Calientes, Machu Picchu

    by Brent Winebrenner

  10. Woman sitting under framed picture of Machu Picchu and calendar in the living room of a Peruvian house.
  11. Architectural stone structures for buildings in the famous Lost City of the Incas, Machu Picchu.
  12. Temple of the Sun overlooking the sacred Urubamba Valley is a circular tower with the best stonework in Machu Picchu.

    Circular tower, Machu Picchu

    by Donald C. & Priscilla Alexander Eastman

  13. Machu Picchu overlooking the sacred Urubamba River Valley. The site was abandoned after the Spanish conquest of Peru by Pizarro in 1532.
  14. Machu Picchu overlooking the sacred Urubamba River Valley.
  15. Fountain caretakers house at the ruins of Machu Picchu.

    Ruins, Machu Picchu

    by Bruce Bi

  16. Rainbow over the remaining stone structures in the city sector of Machu Picchu.
  17. Hikers campsite below the pass of Runkuracay (3850m) on the Inca trail to the lost city of Machu Picchu.

    Runkuracay, Machu Picchu

    by Mark Daffey

  18. Hikers at the 4200m high Warmiwanusqa (Dead Woman's Pass) on the Inca Trail to the lost city of Machu Picchu.
  19. Food vendor on the Ollantaytambo station platform with the Cusco-Aguas Calientes train bound for the lost Inca city of Machu Picchu.
  20. Tourists rest on the grounds of the 500 year old Inca city of Machu Picchu, discovered in 1911 by American Hiram Bingham (with a lot of help from local farmer Melchior Artega).

    Inca city, Machu Picchu

    by Mark Daffey

  21. Ruins at Machu Picchu

    Ruins, Machu Picchu

    by Woods Wheatcroft

  22. Llama and clearing mist along Inca Trail.

    Llama, Machu Picchu

    by Ralph Hopkins

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