DETAILED ITINERARY.
Pick up at your hotel in Cusco around 4:00 am. Then we take you to Ollantaytambo train station (This trip lasts 1 and a half hours on a minibus), from here you will take the train to Aguas Calientes the town of Machu Picchu, on the way, you will find beautiful landscapes of the Andes, as well as typical villages with local people who carry out their daily life, After one and a half hours trip we will arrive in Aguas Calientes (Town of Machu Picchu), right there, our transfer staff will be waiting for you to take you to the bus station, there, you will take a bus to go up to the archaeological site (25 minutes trip), When you arrive, you will have free time to use the toilet and get ready for the magnificent visit, then you will start the tour, First you will be walking receiving important information from our tour guide for approximately 2 and a half hours, this guided tour will be around the main places of the citadel, starting at the highest point (the guardian’s house) this is the place where you can take the classic picture that appears on the postcards and magazines, then we will walk around the agricultural area, the Llaqta Punku (The main entry or the main gate), Store houses, Sun temple, water fountains, The Inca house, Principal plaza, temple of the Three windows, Intiwatana, Wayranas Zone, the gate of Wayna Picchu, industrial Zone, water mirror, The Condor temple; once you finish the guided tour you will have free time inside the park to enjoy this wonderful piece work of human engineering, recharge yourself with energy of the Mother earth and have time to take picture and explore Machu picchu by your own; then you will take a bus to go back in 25 minutes to Aguas Calientes, where you will have free time to have lunch and visit the small village of “Machu Picchu pueblo”; in the afternoon around 18:30 hrs. you must be at the train station to take the train is going to bring you back to Ollantaytambo (one and a half hours trip); once you arrive our driver will be waiting for you with your names to bring you back by bus to Cusco, approximately arrival 22:30 hrs. (You can request an earlier train with an extra cost).
- Briefing: A day before the tour or the same day we give you detailed information about your itinerary, where we also give you all the tickets that you will need on the trip, maps and all the relevant information that you have to know, this can be at your hotel or in our office INKA TIME.
- Tourist transportation: Minibusses in the City Tour and Hotel (Cusco) – Train Station – Hotel (Cusco), these services are provided with minibusses of 15 or 20 people (Renault Master or Sprinter Mercedes Benz).
- Train Tickets (Round Trip): We will book and get ready your ticket to go and back (VOYAGER TRAIN – INCARAIL or EXPEDITION TRAIN- PERURAIL).
- Bus Tickets: We will have ready your ticket to go up and down from Machu Picchu.
- Entrance Fee to Machu Picchu: You will have reserved the most important “your Machu Picchu entrance ticket”.
- Professional Guide: Our tour guides will give you the most updated information you must know and they will show you the best places you have to see and pass by this beautiful and unforgettable day in Machu Picchu.
- Permanent Assistance: Our staff will be monitoring your step by step on your trip all the time, we are checking that everything is running well with you.
- Meals: There is a great variety of restaurants from US$ 8.
- Tips (this is optional, our staff is well remunerated, this is why, it is not something indispensable or expectant, any amount will be well received).
- US$ 25.00 Discount for people belong to Andean Comunity group (Perú, Colombia, Ecuador y Bolivia).
- US$ 20.00 Off for those students with Under graduated student card, (this ID must be made in PVC material and it must have the next requirements: university information, personal student information, student picture, and expiration date valid only for one year, it year must coincide with the year that student visit Machu Picchu, the discount until 25 years old.), the ISIC cards are not valid any more.
- US$ 20.00 Discount for under 18 years old.
- US$ 115.00 Discount for under 8 years old childrens; childrens under 3 years old do not pay if they don’t occupy seats in the train and buses.
- According to the new regulation of Sustainable Use and Tourist Visit for the conservation of the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu 2019, the entrance ticket to Machu Picchu is valid only for a single entry to the park (this means: The passenger enter, walk around, go out and can not re-enter again), usually all people stay between 4 to 5 hours into Machu Picchu, if you would like to stay a longer time, you must buy another ticket (US$ 50.00 Extra), the park is open until 17:30 hrs.Prices are for tours in shared service (group tour), groups of 10 to 15 people, inquire for prices in private tour.
- The price is for a group tour (share service), groups of 16 people in Machu Picchu.
- Departure every day.
What you need to take:
TOUR IN SHARED SERVICE
This service in a GROUP TOUR means that you will do the tour with other people, This standard service has 15 to 19 participants, that doesn’t mean you have to get that quantity of people to do the tour, we have confirmed departures every day, so, If you are only one or two people do not worry, you can join some of our groups.
“BEST VALUE PER PERSON: US$ 285.00”
TOUR IN A PRIVATE SERVICE
This service is an exclusive way to make this trip, where the service is very much where the service is much more personalized, Prices vary according to the number of people in your group:
2 PEOPLE: US$ 339 PER PERSON
3 PEOPLE: US$ 325 PER PERSON
4 PEOPLE: US$ 315 PER PERSON
5 PEOPLE: US$ 305 PER PERSON
6 PEOPLE AND MORE: US$ 299 PER PERSON
Upgrade:
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- Train to return at 16:12 hrs. TRAIN 360° Inca Rail (From Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo) US$ 30.00 (Per Person); This is another class of train with Taller and wider panoramic windows and an outdoor observatory wagon with bar, this has an excellent schedule, you will arrive in Cusco around 20:20 hrs.
- Train to Return at 16:43 hrs. TRAIN VISTADOME – Peru Rail (From Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo) US$ 35.00 (Per Person); This is another class of train with panoramic windows located beside and above your seat will bring you close to nature unlike anything you’ve experienced before, this has an excellent schedule, you will arrive in Cusco around 21:00 hrs.
STEP 1: SEND YOUR INFORMATION“
Complete the booking form or send data of all the travellers to info@inkatimetours.com as Full name, passport number, nationality, date of birth, or a copy of passports (in the case of Peruvians is necessary a copy of a current ID, the same for those students, a copy of the current Valid Student card, this to get the discount); and the information about arrival and departure flights; Our privacy policies are strict, INKA TIME will use this information exclusively to nominate the reservation tickets, we never share this information with third parties.
STEP 2: MAKE A DEPOSIT“
Choose the best way to pay and make a deposit, for this one day trip by train to Machu Picchu deposit must be US$ 200.00 per person; There are 03 ways to pay: Wire money by Western Union, payments via “PAYPAL” and with debit or credit card VISA or MASTER CARD (these last two options have an 8% fee), any extra commissions or fees charged must be assumed by the customer; when you send your information you have to specify the payment method you would like to use, then when we mail you back we’ll send you a payment request, the balance should be paid in our office in Cusco at most a day before your tour, this can be by cash or by credit or debit card (if you choose this second option of payment, you must add 8% of the total amount to pay).
STEP 3: TOUR CONFIRMATION“
Upon receipt of all passenger(S) data and once we received information of your payment, we will send you your receipt (VOUCHER OF RESERVATION), at this moment your reservation will be guaranteed in a 100%. (this will be sent at most in the next 8 hours considering our business hours GMT – 5).
CUSCO 4:00 am (Hotel)
BUS TO OLLANTAYTAMBO (1 and 1/2 hours trip)
TRAIN TO AGUAS CALIENTES (1 and 1/2 hours trip)
BUS TO MACHU PICCHU (25 Minutes)
MACHU PICCHU
