Round trip from Cusco, by train along the Urubamba valley
Leave Cusco before dawn, tour the citadel with a guide and sleep in your own hotel that night. Train, bus, ticket and guide included. From US$320.
For travellers with only a few days in Cusco who don't want to leave without seeing Machu Picchu. It's a long day but not a physically hard one: almost all of it is by road and rail, and the only walking is the guided tour inside the citadel.
Families, older travellers and first-time visitors to Cusco. If you'd rather go up without the early start and at a slower pace, see the two-day version with a night in Aguas Calientes.
Hotel pickup between 4:00 and 5:00 am.
Drive through the Sacred Valley to Ollantaytambo station (about 1 h 45 min).
Train to Aguas Calientes along the Urubamba river (around 1 h 30 min).
Official bus to the Machu Picchu entrance and guided tour of the citadel.
Bus down to Aguas Calientes, free time for lunch and the return train.
Transfer from Ollantaytambo to your hotel in Cusco in the evening.
In the evening. It depends on the return train; we confirm it together with your pickup time.
Your original passport. It's required to board the train and to enter the citadel; a photo or copy is not accepted.
No. You're back in Cusco at night, so book your flight for the next day.
Yes, at an extra cost and only if permits are available for your date. Tell us when you book, as they sell out weeks ahead.
One day if you're short on time. Two days if you want to go up rested, with more entry-time options and a chance to see Aguas Calientes.
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From
USD 320 per person
