Name: Inca Trail: Sun Gate to Machu Picchu
Rating: 4.7

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This requires either a guide to get you onto the Inca Trail or ticket entry into Machu Picchu.

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This is the descent from the Sun Gate to Machu Picchu. The trail is clearly marked via the Inca Create Stone Trail. No turns are available off the trail.

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4.7 from 3 votes

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Mar 7, 2016 near Santa T…, PE

A side trail when in the Machu Picchu park goes out to the "Inca Bridge". You can't get all the way down to the bridge, but it's a fun walk atop steep walls down to the viewing point.

Feb 9, 2016 near Santa T…, PE

The Inca Bridge, at the lower left of the photo. It's actually planks over a collapsed section of the a pathway along a sheer wall. You can't get all the way down to it (too dangerous), but it illustrates the ingenuity of the people who built these trails.

Feb 9, 2016 near Santa T…, PE

View towards the Machu Picchu site and Huayna Picchu from the junction of the Inca Trail and the Machu Picchu Mountain Trail.

Nov 6, 2022 near Santa T…, PE

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Oct 10, 2021

Shammy S

Last bit to macchu pichu

Oct 9, 2021

Shammy S

Jun 6, 2019

C Ross

Intermediate trail that can be difficult if you're not acclimated to the altitude.

Sep 28, 2018

A Hopkins

May 18, 2018

Jan More

We arrived at the Sun Gate before the sun rose. Machu Picchu was covered by clouds, which then burned away leaving an awesome view.

Dec 5, 2016

Rachel Solorio

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Oct 2, 2015

Greg Tempel

Apr 14, 2014

Laura P

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Inca Trail: Sun Gate to Machu Picchu

“The last section of the Inca Trail. ”

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Point to Point

8,703' 2,653 m

8,092' 2,466 m

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718' 219 m

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