A visit of Machu Picchu by Train or Machu Picchu Day trip is an enigmatic way on how to reach lost city of the Incas!. Machu Picchu is one of the 7 wonders of the world most visited by tourists, has beautiful constructions based on stones, which were carved with much precision and detail, is the most important work for the Incas for having been built on a rugged mountain and Inaccessible.
On the route, you can appreciate the landspaces of the Sacred Valley of the Incas, subtropical flora and fauna as well as lovely sceneries closer to Machu Picchu! Upon arrival to Aguas Calientes (a small town just below Machu Picchu), you get on a tourist shuttle bus taking you just in front of the entrance of this unique Incan citadel! There, you receive a guided tour of the so called “Lost City of the Incas”. Afterwards, take some panoramic pictures of the antique Incan citadal with all the splendid landscape that surrounds it!! Then you can return to Machu Picchu and explore this overwhelming citadel on your own!
If you’re short on time, the Machu Picchu day trip from Cusco is for you. Although a lot of time is spent on transfers (van and trains), the experience is definitely worth it. In retrospect, you will say that it was worth booking this tour than regretting for a lifetime that the tour turned out differently than expected.
Sustainable Tourism: At Tierras Vivas, we are happy to promote and practice sustainable tourism by being eco-friendly and supporting local communities
Service Level: Comfortable private transport, activities and professional guided tour English or Spanish.
Physical Rating: Easy walking and hiking suitable for most fitness levels. Not too challenging
Age requirement: 2+ / All travellers under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Type of Trip: Independent trips are either entire trips you take privately to a group tour. Local staff are available on 24/7
1 Day Machu Picchu Operator: Tierras Vivas Travel
Crew: A Tierras Vivas Representative in Cusco and a professional bilingual Tour Guide at Machu Picchu.
Transportation: Transportation by private vehicle, a train round trip.
2 Day Inca Trail Train (VISTADOME Perurail or 360° Inca Rail)
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In the morning, we pick you up from your hotel and transfer your to a railway station (either at Poroy, which is 30 minutes far away from Cusco or at Ollantaytambo which takes 1 hour and 40 minutes from Cusco). There you board a train and travel for about 1 hour 45 minutes experiencing spectacular changeable landscapes passing through lush fields and colourful villages placed on the foothill of the Andes. The highlight of the way are wonderful views of mountains and the marvellous Urubamba River that runs through the Sacred Valley of the Incas. In the end, you reach Aguas Calientes, a town just below Machu Picchu, where our Representative welcomes you at the railway station to accompany you to a bus stop. There you get on a shuttle bus taking you up to the archaeological complex of Machu Picchu following a zigzag path for about 25 minutes.
Once in Machu Picchu, your Tour Guide introduces you the most important attractions of this antique Incan site such as its main square, the Sun Temple, Intiwatana (Sun Clock), the Royal Rooms, the Temple of the Three Windows and the Royal Incas Cemetery. This guided tour takes about 2 and half an hour and then you are given time off to explore around the complex and to climb Huayna Picchu (or Machu Picchu Mountain) to take some amazing panoramic photos of Machu Picchu. So please do not forget your camera and enjoy the visit of the “One of the New 7 Wonders of the World” !!
When you have enjoy the site enough, you take a shuttle bus down to Aguas Calientes where you can have lunch (not included in the package) in one of many lovely restaurants offering traditional Andean as well as international cuisine. Afterwards, you can visit the thermal baths of Aguas Calientes or the Museum of the Site (neither entrance of these is included in the package).
In the afternoon, we take a train back to Ollantaytambo (alternatively to Poroy) where our driver expects us in front of the railway station to transfer us to Cusco.
Located at the foot of the Andes, the valley that surrounds Cusco was of great importance to the Incas, who planted it with palaces, temples and fortresses that are now World Heritage. The name of Sacred Valley is applied to the section of the valley of the Urubamba river that includes the towns of Pisac, Calca, Yucay, Urubamba and Ollantaytambo. Here, the river runs between cultivation canchones and hillsides with steep platforms (the cultivation terraces of the area). Sacred Valley Tour
In the days of the Incas, Cusco had been a city with squares bordered by solid stone facades. With the layout of the streets, the colonial preserved the base of the buildings of the masonry, and the numerous narrow and paved streets appear, between two walls of the Inca masonry (topped with colonial buildings), as stone corridors. The churches with domes, mixed baroque and mestizo styles, are imposed in the various squares. Some low houses, with whitewashed facades, integrate the areas furthest from the center.
Discover this magical city with us in a cultural, historical and architectural tour.City Tour in Cusco
There are many trips to Machu Picchu and the most popular are the Inca Trail tours, and Machu Picchu tours. This last trip involves the Machu Picchu tour from Cusco. One cannot say the best at the end because there are also countless highlights in Cusco Peru, but for many, a visit here is something very special after all Machu Picchu is the most important and most visited sight in South America and it is one of the seven wonders of the world on our planet. Even the trip there with one of the many tourist trains is spectacular.
