If time permits, take a few days to acclimatize to the trail’s altitude that ranges between 6,700 and 12,000 feet above sea level. “When one sees Machu Picchu for the first time you have to ...

Machu Picchu, the royal retreat of the Incan emperor ... The site also boasts Huayna Picchu Mountain, which looms nearly 1,000 feet above terraces, plazas and stone ruins as mists swirl up from ...