Or take the easy route - the train from Cusco. Staying over near the site is a must-do,...

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...either at the next-door hotel or a bit of a hike down to Aguas Calientes...

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...so you can get into the Inca's ' lost city' before the morning train disgorges...

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...another vast horde of neo-invaders and digital warriors...

...into Peru's magical,...

...magnificent Machu Picchu.

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Pictures left side: The train from Cuzco running beside the Urubamba River [white water rafting or kayaking also possible!; The Inca terraces; Machu Picchu's jailhouse rocks; Right side: Aguas Calientes, the only alternative to the pricey hotel next to Machu Picchu, but quite a walk; the guard alpaca watching for trouble; the classic Machu Picchu [aka Pichu] image, with Winay Picchu towering behind it - a last must-climb event after the magical Inca Trail.

Machu Picchu is a place to hang out, write diaries, climb every viewpoint, wander in wonder, contemplate the universe, catch some sun, torment llamas, what you will - but it needs more than a few hours, and needs them early in the morning before the train arrives and the video-toting Italians hit the ticket gate. There is one expensive hotel, the Sanctuary Lodge, next to the site, giving excellent and less crowded early morning access to the site [opens at 6.am, first train tourists arrive at 9.30am], and guest houses, restaurants, and hot springs not far from the rail station, at Aguas Calientes, about six kms away.

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