Machu Picchu

Machu Pichu, one of the wonders of the world, has the world's most dramatic ruins.

This Inca civilization sits boldly perched on a steep sided mountain saddle far above the partially encircling Urubamba River gorge. What remains of the precision stonework of the pre-Colombian Inca temples and palaces clearly reveals how exalted Machu Picchu was in its glory days.

Nearly all tourists reach Machu Picchu by flying from Lima to the city of Cuzco (1 hour 15 minutes), staying overnight, then catching an early morning train to a village at the base of the ruins (several hours). They then transfer to a bus that zig-zags up a steep 2,000 foot high mountain slope to reach the Macchu Picchu site (30 minutes).

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