Machu Picchu Day Trip by Train from Cusco
From €282 per person
See availability →A Machu Picchu day trip by train from Cusco: a hotel pickup, a ride on the Expedition or Voyager train through the Andes and a guided visit of the citadel, all in one long day.
This Machu Picchu day trip by train from Cusco packs the whole journey into about 12 hours: a ride out of the city, a rail line that follows mountains, rivers and streams, and a walk through the citadel with a guide. Everything fits into a single day, with no night in Aguas Calientes.
A vehicle collects you at your hotel in Cusco and drives to the Ollantaytambo station, or to Poroy when the train leaves from there. The Expedition or Voyager train then carries you to Aguas Calientes, the town below the ruins, with the Andean landscape moving past the window. Agency staff meet you on arrival, explain the next steps and send you to the bus, which climbs the mountain in zigzags for about 30 minutes.
At the gate you show your ticket and identification, and the guide takes over for roughly 2 hours among the main sites of Machu Picchu, telling the history of the Incas and their architecture. The tour is run in a small group.
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in Cusco
- Return train between Ollantaytambo and Aguas Calientes
- Bus up and down to the citadel
- Machu Picchu entrance ticket and a professional guide
Back in Aguas Calientes there is time for lunch and, if you like, the thermo-medicinal baths; both are at your own expense. The afternoon train returns to Ollantaytambo, where the transfer to Cusco is waiting. The route is circuit 1, 2 or 3 depending on availability, and the agency asks for a passport copy of every traveller to reserve the tickets.