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Trekking to Machu Picchu (the Cool Way)

No crowds. Plush lodges. Jungles, glaciers, and high Andean peaks. The Camino
Salcantay is the savvy traveler's alternative to the Inca Trail. Never before has
the road to ruins been so much fun.   Photograph and text by Brent Stirton
Photo: taking a break in the Andes


Lounging on Apacheta Pass, in view of the 20,574-foot (TK-meter) Nevado Salcantay

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The air in the Andes is so thin, you get this whole polarized phenomenon which is a condition of the altitude. I tried to use the sky, which looked unbelievable, as much as possible.
—Photographer Brent Stirton


See the feature story "Machu Picchu the Cool Way" in the November 2007 issue of National Geographic Adventure.

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