The panoramic platforms plus the cliff-edge walk to the Inka Bridge, with 3 hours inside.
Circuit 1D is the Inka Bridge route. On the official map it goes from the entrance up to the Lower and Upper panoramic platforms and then west along the signposted trail to the Inka Bridge viewpoint, returning to the exit. Maximum stay: 3 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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A short signposted walk west from the platforms to the Inka Bridge: a stone path cut into a vertical cliff with a removable timber section that once controlled access to the city. You look at it from a viewpoint — crossing is not allowed.
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