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Patallacta viewed from above. Trekkers normally take four or five days to complete the "Classic Inca Trail" [3] but a two-day trek from Km 104 is also possible. [4]It starts from one of two points: 88 km (55 miles) or 82 km (51 miles) from Cusco on the Urubamba River at approximately 2,800 metres (9,200 ft) or 2,600 metres (8,500 ft) elevation, respectively.
This hike has been recommended by many tour guides as giving a great view of the city of Machu Picchu. In order to get to Inti Punku, the Inca Trail must be trekked, [13] which takes about three to four hours round trip to complete. There are visible signs throughout the Inca Trail indicating directions of the Sun Gate. [14]
Hiram Bingham III at his tent door near Machu Picchu in 1912. Bingham was a lecturer at Yale University, although not a trained archaeologist. In 1909, returning from the Pan-American Scientific Congress in Santiago, he travelled through Peru and was invited to explore the Inca ruins at Choqquequirau in the Apurímac Valley.
[1] The Sacred Valley is a major tourist destination. In 2019, 1.6 million people, the majority non-Peruvians, visited Machu Picchu, [2] its most famous archaeological site. Many of the same tourists also visited other archaeological sites and modern towns in the Sacred Valley.
The Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu [2] is a protected area in Peru covering over 35,000 hectares. It includes the natural environment surrounding the Machu Picchu archaeological site, located in the rugged cloud forest of the Yungas on the eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes and along both banks of the Urubamba River, which flows northwest in this section.
The similar site of Naupa Iglesia near Ollantaytambo is also called Temple of the Moon occasionally. The original name of the site of Naupa Iglesia is Choquequilla (commonly translated as "Golden Moon" [4]) and like the Temple of the Moon near Machu Picchu it is also located in a cave that forms an inverted "V" and as well has a stepped sculpture and a false doorway in front of it.
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