The Seven Wonders of the Modern World: Machu Picchu
You have been hiking the Inca Trail for days This path through the mountains of Peru reaches heights of more than 10,000 feet 3,048 meters It passes through a high cloud forest At this altitude there is less oxygen in the air than you are used to It is hard to catch your breath 4 CITY IN THE CLOUDS
The path begins to wind around the mountain You step on wide stone slabs Suddenly a wonderful sight appears before you It is a green meadow filled with stone buildings It is surrounded by nearby peaks and clouds You are looking at Machu Picchu 5
SPECIAL NAME The Urubamba River is also called the Vilcamayu River which means sacred river URUBAMBA RIVER Machu Picchu is a ruin in Peru It is almost 600 years old The ruins lie high in the Andes Mountains These peaks run along Peru’s coastline The mountains are so high that their tops are in the clouds Machu Picchu is close to the mountaintop 6 MYSTERIES OF STONE
A mountain called Huayna Picchu rises above the ruins Far below the Urubamba River bends around the mountain In the distance other mountain peaks are visible HUAYNA PICCHU W N S E MACHU PICCHU PERU 7 WHERE IS MACHU PICCHU
