Peru · 1 Day
Private Machu Picchu
The Inca citadel appears through clouds and stone terraces, as if time stopped 500 years ago. We take you round trip to Ollantaytambo; entrance to the sanctuary is booked separately.
- ✓ Includes: transport + local guide.
- – Does not include lodging or flights.
Itinerary
04:30 · Hotel pickup in Cusco
We leave well before sunrise — it's the only way to make the first train and beat the clouds that often roll over the citadel later in the day.
✓ Includes: transport + local guide.
06:00 · Private transfer to Ollantaytambo
The private drive to Ollantaytambo cuts through the still-sleeping Sacred Valley, first light falling over the Inca terraces on the hillsides.
✓ Includes: transport + local guide.
07:00 · Train to Aguas Calientes
The train winds alongside the Urubamba River, easing into cloud forest — the vegetation thickens and the air warms as Machu Picchu gets closer.
✓ Includes: transport + local guide.
09:00 · Bus up + entrance to the citadel
The bus climbs a road of tight switchbacks carved into the mountainside — the same route that was already astonishing visitors a century ago.
✓ Includes: transport + local guide.
09:30 · Guided tour of Machu Picchu
The citadel appears through clouds and stone terraces, much as the Inca left it 500 years ago — few places on Earth leave you speechless twice.
✓ Includes: transport + local guide.
12:30 · Free time / lunch (not included)
Free time in Aguas Calientes, the town at the foot of Machu Picchu, its streets full of craft stalls and restaurants, the Urubamba River a constant backdrop.
✓ Includes: transport + local guide.
15:00 · Train + transfer back to Cusco
The return train retraces the same canyon in reverse, this time with afternoon light pouring in through the panoramic windows.
✓ Includes: transport + local guide.
20:00 · Arrival in Cusco
Arrival back in Cusco after dark, the city already lighting up hillside by hillside.
✓ Includes: transport + local guide.
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