By Luke Cooper and Andi Yu, ABC
The 15th century Inca citadel Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountains in Peru.
An Australian man has died in Peru after falling from an embankment while walking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
Matthew Cameron Paton was walking in a group of tourists about 2pm on Wednesday, local time, when he tripped and fell through a damaged security barrier, local police told the ABC.
The 52-year-old Victorian Police officer is believed to have fallen up to 400 metres in a difficult-to-access area near the Intipunku entrance to the Inca Trail, police say.
