The panoramic platforms plus the walk out to the Sun Gate, with 4 hours inside.
Circuit 1C is the Sun Gate route. On the official map it goes from the entrance up to the Lower and Upper panoramic platforms and then follows the signposted trail east to Intipunku, the gateway through which the Inca Trail reaches Machu Picchu, before returning to the exit. Maximum stay: 4 hours. It does not walk the Inka city sectors.
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Photo viewpointThe viewpoint above the agricultural terraces: the whole citadel opens below you with Huayna Picchu behind — the frame on every postcard of Machu Picchu.
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Photo viewpointA few terraces higher, the widest angle of the sanctuary: the citadel, the terraces and the Urubamba valley in a single frame. Only Circuit 1 routes come up here.
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The stone gateway on the eastern ridge through which the Inca Trail reaches the sanctuary. About an hour each way from the platforms, on a gentle but exposed path, for the arrival view that trekkers get.
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