Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time

by Mark Adams

the mountaintop citadel of Choquequirao, now considered by many to be Machu Picchu’s twin city; Vitcos, site of one of the holiest shrines

Espiritu Pampa, the long-lost jungle city where the Incas made their last stand against the Spaniards.

“Now, let’s see. You’ll need three days in Cusco to acclimatize

Aguas Calientes”—he looked at me over his notebook—“that’s the town at the base of Machu Picchu. Or

Capac Ñan,

El Dorado—the

Choquequirao,

how much Choquequirao resembles Machu Picchu.