Itinerary of Machu Picchu day tour:
Day 1. – Cusco – Ollantaytambo – Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu – Cusco
In the morning of Machu Picchu day tour, we will pick you up from your hotel in Cusco 2 hours before the departure of your train and take you to the train station in the town of Ollantaytambo. We will board a train of one of the two companies operating in Peru – Peru Rail or Inca Rail. We will begin the journey from Ollantaytambo to the town of Aguas Calientes. The views out your train windows will be absolutely spectacular as we travel beside the roaring Urubamba River and the towering mountains surrounding it!
In Aguas Calientes, our tour guide will be waiting for us and will accompany us to the bus station where we will board the bus to take us to the Royal citadel of Machu Picchu! There we will have our 2-hour guided tour, visiting the Main Plaza, the Sun temple, the impressive sundial, the Royal Quarters, the main Temple, the Temple of the Three Windows, etc. We will be amazed by the lost city of the Incas,
Then we will descend to the town of Aguas Calientes by bus, where you can have lunch at one of the various restaurants in Aguas Calientes or at Sanctuary Lodge (lunch is on you).
At 16:22 hrs (subject to availability), we will take the train back to Ollantaytambo. This trip takes about two hours. At 20:00 hrs, we will board a private bus which will take us back to Cusco. We arrive in Cusco at approximately 22:30 hrs.
