Machu Picchu Full Day Tour

Macchu Picchu Tour Overview

• Tour Start: We will pick you up from your hotel in Cusco at 5:00 AM. (The schedule is relative and will depend on the availability of train schedules and entry tickets to Machu Picchu.)
• Train Departure Time: 5:40 am (The departure time is determined by the train schedule).
• Maximum Height: 2 400 m.s.n.m. / 7 874 feet
• Minimum Height: 2 040 m.s.n.m. / 6 692 feet
• Location: To the Northwest of the city of Cusco
• Distance from Cusco to Machu Picchu: The distance is approximately 120 kilometers.
• Visiting Season: All year.
• Tour Difficulty Level: Easy
• End of Tour: We will return to Cusco between 8:30 PM and 9:30 PM.

Macchu Picchu Full Day Itinerary

Machu Picchu Tour is a trip designed for a tourists who want to visit Machu Picchu in one day, Our departure will be early in the morning, We will take a car from Cusco to train station (Ollantaytambo or Poroy), with respect to the train you will find 3 train services, The Hiram Bingham train is expensive but it has a the best service on train, Vistadome train is slightly faster and incluides extra services and panoramic views, and The Expedition train is less expensive and leaves half an hour later.

After train trip, We will arrive to Aguas Calientes, most of the services to be found in town are clustered around its main street, there are numerous restaurants with a peruvian food where when you can back after you tour to Machu Picchu you can take some restaurant.

We go ahead with our tour, after to arrive to Aguas Calientes, our staff will assist you and He show you a place where you can take a bus from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu and you will find you guide.

Once there you will enjoy a guided tour for two hours where you will explore the most important and interesting places in Machu Picchu, When you stay in Machu Picchu you will find many cultivation terraces, interwoven with irrigation canals, aloowed multiple harvest throughout the year, The Machu picchu city was made up of more than 200 houses, squares, graneries, palaces, temples, and observatories.

The most significant building however are; the sun temple, the main square, the temple of the tree windows, and the condor temple. Other attractions incluide the funerary rock, the main door, the Inti huatana, the Acllahuasi, the royal mausoleum and the princess's house amongst many other marvels.

In afternoon we take again a train back from Aguas Calientes town to Ollantaytambo or Poroy then We will back to Cusco city.

Included

• Pick up from your hotel in Cusco to the train station (Wanchaq or Poroy Train Station).
• Train Ticket from Wanchaq or Poroy to Aguas Calientes (Expeditions Train Service).
• Bus Ticket from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu.
• Professional Guide.
• Entrance ticket to Machu Picchu.
• Guided tour in Machu Picchu between 2 hours to 3 hours.
• Bus Ticket from Machu Picchu to Aguas Calientes.
• Train ticket from Aguas Calientes to Cusco (Expeditions Train Service).
• Transportation from the train station in Cusco to your hotel in Cusco.

Not Included

• Meals.
• Entrance to Huayna Picchu Mountain.
• Services not mentioned.

What to Bring?

• A Day Pack.
• Good Shoes.
• A Rain Jacket or a Poncho.
• A Water Bottle.
• A Hat or Cap to protect you from the sun or the cold.
• Sun Block.
• Insect Repellent.
• Camera.
• Swimsuit (if you decide to stay the night in Aguas Calientes you can visit the hot springs).
• Original passport.