This excellent tour “MachuPicchu by bus”, is aimed at people who want to make short walks of 2 to 3 hours and want to save money in making the dream of knowing MACHU PICCHU come true. The whole trip is economical without taking expensive services from individuals or trains that often raise their costs for visitors.
There are three ways to arrive in Machu Picchu:
Option 1: Making an adventure tour as the Inca Trail, Salkantay Trekking, Inca Jungle Trail, Lares Valley, these are 4 or 5 days tours.
Option 2: A tour by train to Machu Picchu, where you need one or two days, this depends on your preference.
Option 3: The well-known for few people and unknown for many ones, TOUR MACHU PICCHU BY CAR, where you need at least two days.
If you don’t have a chance to stay several days in Cusco, if you may not be prepared to do 4 or 5 days long walks, or you are planning to visit other places in Cusco without spending your money on the expensive trains to get to this wonder. You’re in the right place!! We will instruct you and organize your trip to Machupicchu by bus in the best way, and with the best price, as if YOU organized it on your own, only with many more facilities.
SHORT ITINERARY:
Day 1: Cusco – Hidroelectrica – Aguas Calientes.
Day 2: Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu – Hidroeléctrica – Cusco.
The first day of the tour machupicchu by bus begins with pick up between 7:00 to 7:30 a.m. then we depart from Cusco for a trip of 6 hours and a half to arrive at Hidroeléctrica, During the trip one stop will be made in Ollantaytambo (from 10 to 15 minutes), where you will have the option to buy water and/or other snacks or use toilet. Then you will ascend to Abra Malaga where you can observe a beautiful landscape of the high Andean area with snowy peaks and then descend into the high jungle, passing through villages such as Santa Maria and Santa Teresa, once you arrive at Hidroeléctrica you will have time for Lunch, then we begin a walk of two and a half hours (mostly flat) to get to Aguas Calientes (town of Machupicchu).
From Hidroeléctrica, you also have the option to take a train (25 minutes) if you don’t want to walk, but this has an extra cost of US$ 35 (95% of people go walking), once you arrive in Aguas Calientes you will go straight to the accommodation, then you will have a short free time, you can visit the Hot Springs if you want (entrance fee S/15). Then you will have a dinner, in the end, the tour guide will give you instructions about the visit for the next day (Night in Aguas Calientes)
Second and last day of the tour Machupicchu by bus that starts very early (around 4:30 to 5:00 am.).
We prepare to begin our ascent to Machupicchu, this will be a walk of one hour and 40 minutes to reach Machupicchu, you also have the option of taking a bus to get to the archaeological center of Machupicchu (25 minutes cost US$ 12), the first bus leaves at 5:30 a.m. Upon arrival at the gate of Machupicchu, we will meet the guide and the group to start the tour, we will be walking receiving information from our guide for approximately two hours, this guided tour in Machu Picchu will be around the main parts of the citadel, places of great importance as the temple of the sun, the Inca’s house, Water Mirrors Zone, Temple of the condor, Plaza Mayor, Intiwatana and others, then, you will have free time to take pictures and explore Machu Picchu on your own until 11:30 hrs. (total stay in the park 4 to 5 hours).
Then we will have to walk back to the Hydroelectric (3 hours) where we will take our bus (departure 15:00 hrs) to return again to Cusco (arrival approx. 21:30 hrs.)
STEP 1: SEND YOUR INFORMATION
Complete the booking form down here or send data of all the travelers to info@inkatimetours.com as Full name, passport number, nationality, date of birth, or a copy of passports, indicating the exact date of travel; 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, as this tour cost less than US$ 150 per person, the payment is in full amount; There are 03 ways to pay: Payments via “PAYPAL”, with any debit or credit card VISA, MASTER CARD, AMEX (these last two options have an 8% fee), and Wire money by Western Union, 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.
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 100%. (this will be sent at most in the next 8 hours considering our business hours GMT – 5).
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