Transfers from/to the airport:

• We will coordinate them before the event according to your flight schedules.
• Consider that you have to be at the airport 2 hours before your flight departure for domestic flights.

Group tours:

• Day 1: City tour
  • All pick up times and tour ending times are approximate.
  • We will pick you up as long as you are in the historic center; otherwise, we will coordinate another meeting place.
  • If your hotel doesn’t have a car access, the streets are one-way only or there is a lot of car traffic, then you will walk some blocks to get in the bus.
  • We may not pick you up for some tours due to schedules, festivals and strikes.
  • When being picked up, we will call for your name, lastname and tour destination; otherwise, don’t get on the bus.
  • We will coordinate all pick-up time details one day prior your tour.
• Day 2: Full day classic Machu Picchu
  • The pick-up time from your hotel is punctual.
  • The ending time of this tour is approx.
  • We will pick you up as long as you are in the historic center; otherwise, there will be an additional cost.
  • When being picked up, we will call you by your first and last name; otherwise, don’t board the vehicle.
  • We will coordinate all the pick-up details one day prior your excursion.
• Day 3: Walking tour
  • The tour ending times are approx.

Private tours:

• If you book private tours, many of the inconveniences mentioned above can be avoided.

• It’s a train carriage owned by PeruRail.
• Capacity of the train carriage: 52 pax.
• Spacious train carriages with comfortable seats and ambient music onboard.
• Luggage spaces are shared.

• Means tren + bus
  • Cusco-Ollantaytambo: Round trip by bus.
  • Cusco a Ollantaytambo: 2 hours aprox. by bus.
• Years ago, 90% of the trains departed from the city of Cusco.
• Due to landslides and other factors, nowadays, 80% of the trains depart from Ollantaytambo city.
• To reach Ollantaytambo, the train companies offer buses that depart from their offices in Cusco city.
• You will transfer to the train in Ollantaytambo to embark towards Aguas Calientes.
• The journey from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes takes approx. 2 hours by train.
• For returning to Cusco, you will use the same system: Train + Bus.
• The bus will drop you off at the train company’s office, and we will pick you up there to take you to your hotel.
• Important: Don’t confuse these buses with the buses from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu ruins.

• This bus ride lasts 30 minutes approx.
• The buses leave every 10 minutes approx.
• The buses have a capacity of up to 30 passengers.

• Aguas Calientes is the colloquial and popular name for the contemporary city of Machu Picchu Pueblo (official name). This city is the closest to the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu.

• Aguas Calientes = AC.
• Machu Picchu Pueblo = MP Pueblo.

• Machu Picchu = MP.
• Machu Picchu Pueblo is:
  • A super small city from the middle of the 20th century.
  • The closest city to the ruins of Machu Picchu.
  • Also known colloquially as the city of Aguas Calientes.
• Machu Picchu ruins is the Inca citadel.

80% of tourists visit Circuit 2. The Ruta 2-A and Ruta 2-B are 99% similar:

• Circuit 2 – Circuito clásico:
  • Ruta 2-A: Ruta clásico diseñada — 2 hours.
  • Ruta 2-B: Ruta terraza inferior — 2 hours.

If you want to include other Machu Picchu circuits, you can do but the price might increase:

• Circuit 1 – Panorámico:
  • Ruta 1-A: Ruta Montaña Machu Picchu — 4 hours.
  • Ruta 1-B: Ruta terraza superior — 2 hours.
  • Ruta 1-C: Ruta Portada Intipunku (available only in high season) — 4 hours.
  • Ruta 1-D: Ruta Puente Inka (available only in high season) — 4 hours.
• Circuit 3 – Machu Picchu realeza: 
  • Ruta 3-A: Ruta Montaña Wayna Picchu — 4 hours.
  • Ruta 3-B: Ruta realeza diseñada — 2 hours.
  • Ruta 3-C: Ruta Gran Caverna (available only in high season) — 4 hours.
  • Ruta 3-D: Ruta Huchuy Picchu (available only in high season) — 4 hours.

• All vehicles are:
  • 100% tourist, super comfortable.
  • Authorized by the Ministry of Transportation of Peru.
• You reserve a seat on the bus; not necessarily a specific seat number, applies for:
  • The City tour of Cusco (unless you book private tour)
  • Bus: Cusco-Ollantay
  • Bus: Aguas Calientes-MP ruins
• Travel companions or couples sit together to 99%, very rarely the other way and if it happens, it’s part of the dynamics of this excursion.