Hiking to Peru's 'other' lost city

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We sit in a line along the hilltop’s encircling wall, overlooking the whole of the lost city of Choquequirao, and no one says a word. The travel industry doesn’t, as a rule, attract quiet and retiring types.

That is certainly true of this year’s G for Good charity trek team, a group drawn from across the industry to take on G Adventures’ annual fundraising initiative.

We’ve all been chattering cheerfully as we hike the route, crossing streams, clambering down steep descents through thick jungle and puffing our way up stony slopes.

But as we gather on this lofty, level-topped summit once used for spiritual ceremonies, wisps of cloud billow mystically across the ancient Inca site hewn into the hillside before us. There’s a collective sense of wonder here that renders us all speechless.

What is Choquequirao?