Machu Picchu - the Village on Top of the World



Machu Picchu is a well-preserved Inca city in the Urubamba Valley, 112 km from Cuzco (that helped you place it, didn't it?), built at an altitude of 2,450 metres. That's about the height that 747's fly at, if you're unsure. The ruins were discovered in 1911.

Alby describes a half day climb up to Mount Machu Picchu, and some of the most magnificent views he had ever seen. It is indeed curious that the Spanish never discovered this lost city, but when the route up to it is described, you can understand why.

Auf wiedersehn (that's the Spanish spelling)