Machu Picchu Day Tour

A transfer from the Machu Picchu reservations company will pick you up from your hotel at 4:00 AM. Please wait at the reception of your hotel or Airbnb, ready to go. The car will drive you for approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes to the train station in Ollantaytambo, where our driver will drop you off to take the train at either 6:10 AM or 6:40 AM to Aguas Calientes town. The train journey takes approximately 1.5 hours. Once you arrive at the train station in Aguas Calientes town, the base town of Machu Picchu, our guide will be waiting for you with a sign that says “MACHU PICCHU RESERVATIONS” or with your names. After meeting the guide and receiving some instructions, you will have 20 to 40 minutes of free time (to have coffee, buy some snacks, water, or use the restroom). Afterwards, you will join the line to take the bus from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu, which takes a 30-minute drive. Once you arrive at the main gate of Machu Picchu around 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM, you will enter Machu Picchu with the tour guide.

Machu Picchu Guided Tour: We have included a Machu Picchu ticket in the program, and the first choice for the type of circuit included is either circuit 02 or 01. However, if there are no available spaces for the first option, we will include circuit 04 or 03 as a second option. This will depend on the availability of Machu Picchu tickets, and if you prefer to get the first option, it is better to book in advance. (Check more details here.)

Once you arrive at Machu Picchu, our tour guide will take you on a guided tour of the Inca city along the circuit included in your ticket. The tour guide will provide explanations about Machu Picchu, and give you time to take pictures and enjoy the views of the Inca city. The guide will also take you to visit the most important places of Machu Picchu. The tour lasts around 2.5 hours in Machu Picchu. After the tour, you will take the bus back to Aguas Calientes Town for 30 minutes. Once back in Aguas Calientes, you will have some time to buy lunch or explore the town a bit before going to the train station to take the train back to Cusco. The train departs around 14:30 or 14:55 pm from Aguas Calientes back to Ollantaytambo, which takes 1.5 hours. The train takes you back to Ollantaytambo train station, where our transfer will be waiting for you with your names to board you in the car and drive you back to Cusco for 1.45 hours. You will be dropped off at your hotel in Cusco around 6:30 pm