Start with pickup from your hotel in Cusco and travel to Ollantaytambo Station to board the train to Aguas Calientes. The train has ample seats with large windows allowing for grand views of the surrounding jungle and mountains. Board a coach for a 25-minute ride to Machu Picchu. The city of Machu Pichu is believed to have been built in the 1450s by the Inca emperor Pachacuti as a holiday retreat. Within a century the city would be abandoned following the Spanish conquest. Instead, it was slowly swallowed up by the jungle and hidden from harm. Take a guided tour of the site which explains the origins behind this awe-inspiring citadel and its most prominent landmarks such as the monumental Main Square, the Royal Quarters. After the tour, be returned to Aguas Calientes where you can take some free time to explore the city. Then, return to Aguas Calientes station to take the train back to the Ollantaytambo Station, from there you will be taken back to your hotel.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Professional Tour Guide (English, Spanish and Portuguese)
✔ Round-trip train ticket from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes
✔ 2.5-hour guided tour of Machu Picchu
✔ Round-trip bus ticket from Agua Calientes to Machu Picchu
✔ Admission to Machu Picchu
✔ Contemporary Peruvian lunch at Cafe Inkaterra Restaurant (only for the option "with lunch")
✔ Hotel pickup and drop-off from Cusco's historic city center to Ollantaytambo Station
✔ Lima Tours office facilities at Aguas Calientes for tourist information and support.
✖ Other visits or items not specified in the itinerary
✖ Gratuities
Pickup Locations
1. Inka Club Hostel
2. Mosoq Killa
3. San Agustin Plaza
4. San Agustin International Hotel
5. Casa Hanna Colonial
6. Casa Andina Standard Cusco Plaza
7. Atoq San Blas Hotel
8. Mister Inkas Hotels Inn
9. Hotel Arqueologo - Casa Peralta - Exclusive Selection
10. Tecte Guest House
11. Hotel Marqueses
12. Andean Wings Boutique Hotel
13. Hostal Inka San Blas
14. Hotel Taypikala Cusco
15. Qorikoyllur Hostal
16. Tupac Yupanqui Hotel
17. Imperial Golden House
18. Hotel Royal Qosqo
19. Jw Marriott El Convento Cusco
20. Hotel Cusco Plaza III
Additional Info: Pick-up from hotels located at Cusco Historic Center.
Itinerary
1
Ollantaytambo
Start with a pickup in a minivan or bus from your hotel in Cusco (starting at approximately 5:30 a.m.) and travel to Ollantaytambo station on a 1 hour and a half ride to board the train to Aguas Calientes. This train station is located in the town of Ollantaytambo, in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Here you will board your train to the next train Station (Aguas Calientes). If you book in the Tourist category, you can travel on the Expedition or Voyager train and if you book in the Superior category, you can travel on the Vistadome or 360° train, depending on availability.
The train has ample seats with large windows allowing for grand views of the surrounding jungle and mountains
2
Aguas Calientes
Known as Machu Picchu town, it is the closest town to the Machu Picchu National Park and the site of the last train station.
This town is pedestrian and after arriving you will cross the local Indian market where you can appreciate peruvian handicrafts. If you need to go to the bathrooms, recharge your cell phone, store your things and carry what you need, you can go to the Lima Tours office in Aguas Calientes and our staff will assist you.
Then, our guide will contact you and the other passengers, to take you to the bus station and board the bus that will take you to Machu Picchu in a 25-minute trip.
Duration: 20 minutes
3
Santuario Historico de Machu Picchu
The "lost city of the Incas" is the reason why thousands of people arrive in Peru. Hidden among the vegetation, get closer to our past through its rooms, temples, bridges, and religious sites, built in communion with the surrounding landscape.
Take a 2.5-hour guided tour of the site which explains the origins behind this awe-inspiring citadel and its most prominent landmarks. Consider that to preserve the Historical Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, as well as its condition as World Heritage, the Ministry of Culture has established a maximum of 4 hours per person to stay in the Sanctuary. After the guided tour, you can stay on your own until completing the maximum time established or return to Aguas Calientes.
Depending on the time of entry of your ticket, you can have lunch before or after the tour. Our staff will inform you before the tour.
Duration: 2.5 hours
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Additional info
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Tickets to Machu Picchu are subject to availability. We remind you that you must send immediately your data (name and surname as it appears on your passport, document number, date of birth and nationality) to issue the tickets. Once the information is obtained, your reservation will be approved. Please note that, after your entry is issued, changes to personal data or date of entry are not allowed.
• IMPORTANT: Do not schedule activities or return flights on the same day of your tour to Machu Picchu as this tour ends between 8 and 10 at night approximately.
• To preserve the Historical Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, as well as its condition as World Heritage, the Ministry of Culture has established different circuits to visit it. We will make sure that your visit to the archaeological site is a memorable experience. However, please keep in mind, that either Circuit 2 or 3 will be assigned upon availability.
• Upon confirmation, please advise us of your arrival date in Cusco and the name and address of your accommodation to organize your pickup
• The guided tour lasts about 2 hours and a half accompanied by a guide.
• Lima Tours offers tourist support at their local office in Aguas Calientes: customers may use the restrooms and use lockers for keeping volumes while taking the tour
• It is recommended to bring local currency as some sites do not accept credit cards.
• This activity is done in a small group (not private)
• Children must be accompanied by an adult.
• Rates do not apply for Peruvians or foreign passengers whose stay exceeded 60 days in Peru because sales taxes are not included in the above total and, if applicable, will be collected by the local operator.
• For your return to the city of Cusco, please note that the waiting time at Ollantaytambo station is up to 30 minutes from the arrival of your train, before departing to Cusco.
• Hotel pickup times are between 4:00 AM and 8:00 AM. The exact time will be confirmed a day before. Please wait in your hotel lobby 15 minutes before your scheduled pickup time.
