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MACHU PICCHU

100 YEARS OF MAGIC
As I look at the images on my computer screen I find it hard to believe that just a few days ago on our way to Machu Picchu, we went through the Llaqtapata cloud forests, which are always covered in moss and populated with wild orchids. We covered almost 43 miles of cobbled paths defying deep abysms and narrow paths, feeling at times belittled at the foothills of giant snow-peaked mountains,...
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THE DISCOVERY OF MACHU PICCHU
Machu Picchu is a true architectural gem. The beauty and mystery of its stone palaces is enhanced by the magnificent, almost virgin and abrupt geography colored green by exhuberant jungle flora.

The constructions were built harmoniously on the narrow and uneven surface of a cliff surrounded by the precipices of the imposing Urubamba Canyon, where 400 meters below, the river roars and...
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EXPLORING THE CITADEL
Located at 120 kms to the northwest of Cuzco on the valley of the Urubamba River (name given to the Vilcanota River in this area), within the mountains of Vilcabamba, the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu constitutes one of the most important archaeological sites in the world, and Peru's main tourist destination. Few things made by humans maintain such harmony with its natural surroundings...
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A SANCTUARY IN THE MOUNTAINS
Established in 1981 in more than 35 thousand hectares, the Machu Picchu Sanctuary is much more that a group of archaeological sites nestled in the abrupt cloud forest. Its strategic location on the eastern slope of the Andes and on both banks of the Urubamba River -which runs with a northwest direction in this section-, allows this singular protected area to cover what could be considered as...
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