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The Lares Valley Trek: Off the Beaten Track

It's been a long-held ambition of mine to follow in the footsteps of the ancient Incas on an adventure of Peru, and visit the mountain ruins of Machu Picchu. However, when I went online to research my options it was revealed that the famous Inca Trail has become so busy with tourists that UNESCO requested the Peruvian government to require permits - 500 released per day - to prevent its overuse and degradation. I

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