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The Inca Trail Climbs Over 13,000 Feet and Crosses Ancient Ruins—Here’s What It’s Like to Trek It in 4 Days

Late afternoon sun shines down on a teenage girl hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

Share The Article Standing at Kilometer 82, staring down the churning brown water of the Urubamba River, the numbers on the topographical map finally became a reality. Ahead of my dad and me lay 26 miles of jagged Andean trail, three high-altitude mountain passes, and thousands of uneven stone steps laid down by the Inca […]