Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Santuario Historico de Machu Picchu, Machu Picchu Peru
From Cusco, you'll be transferred to the railway station to enjoy your 1.5-hour scenic rail tour to Aguas Calientes. We arrive at the Aguas Calientes station where our staff will assist on boarding the bus to go up the winding road to Machu Picchu.
The Lost City of the Incas, Machu Picchu, will astonish us with its terraces, ceremonial shrines, steps and urban areas.
Choose between 4 different types of train to go to Machu Picchu.
Expedition option; for adventurous passengers seeking comfort and security without extras.
Vistadome option; enjoy beautiful panoramic windows to make the most of the spectacular scenery and allow for fantastic photo opportunities.
Executive Class 360 Train option; enjoy 360 panoramic views from the train, where you'll be seated in comfortable, with a fold-out table for your convenience.
Voyager service aboard elegant carriage with comfortable seats. Its coaches feature panoramic windows that enable full appreciation of the scenery.
Duration: 13 hours
Stop At: Aguas Calientes, Aguas Calientes, Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Cusco Region
Upon arrival at Aguas Calientes station, you'll board a small bus and head up to the ruins of the “sacred city”, Machu Picchu.
Your expert guide will walk with you through the main streets of these amazing ruins. There will be time to be alone and fully embrace this magnificent wonder of the world, letting this once in a lifetime experience set in.
In the afternoon you'll return to the train station in Aguas Calientes for the trip back to Cusco.
Duration: 1 hour
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Traveler pickup is offered
This activity includes roundtrip transfer from your hotel, apartment or your house.
14 hours(approx.)
Not wheelchair accessible
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
MANDATORY: The Authority of Machu Picchu asks full name, passport number, date of birth, nationality details to issue the admission ticket.
Cancellation Policy: if you cancel your booking up to 21 days before your tour departure, we will refund 80% of total ammount. If you cancel with less than 20 days prior your tour departure, 100% penalty apply.
The admission ticket of Machu Picchu is not refundable and date changes or amendments are not accepted. If you need to change your visit date, you will need to purchase a new entrance ticket.
Due to high demand and limited entrances to the citadel, VIPAC will issue your admission ticket on trails 1 or 2 as a priority. If they are not available, trail 3 or 4 will be provided, after prior coordination with the passenger before issuance. Supplement apply for Wayna Picchu mountain (trail 4) and Machu Picchu peak mountain (trail 3).
Machu Picchu Admission ticket and train tickets are included in this tour. Our sales team will send them 72 hour after paid.
Shifts entry by hours from 6 am to 2 pm. Our shared tour considers 9 am, 10 am and 11 am shifts. If the shifts are not available, we will open a new shared tour in the next hour available. Our staff will inform you for acceptance.
Travelers must arrive to Cusco city at least one day before Machu Picchu day tour. The authority of Machu Picchu do not accept travel date ammends of admission ticket.
This shared tour could has a waiting time of up to 40 minutes to start the tour, depending on Machu Picchu shift time and train timetable avaliability.
One day before the company's staff will contact the travelers to send the pick-up time through Viator or Tripadvisor experiences extranet or his whatsapp 24 hours before. Up to 12 hours before starting the excursion, only communicate with us directly through 3 channels: - Whatsapp (text only) +51 957 760 00, - Via email 24h@vipac.travel or - Call us directly: +01 6101911 To attend your inquiries or emergencies.
For weather reasons, from January to March, all excursions departs on bimodal service (Bus from Cusco to Ollantaytambo & train from Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu.
The guided tour inside Machu Picchu takes around 2h 30m following a delimited trail.
Machu Picchu has two seasons. Rainy season from December to March. Dry season, the rest of the year.
What to bring: sunglasses, comfortable clothes and shoes, hat, repelent, sunscreen, water bottle, energy power bank, coat, small backpack, raincoat on rainy season from December to March.
VIPAC is not responsible for flight cancellations or delays. We recommend arriving in Cusco one day before the scheduled tour date."
A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : francis j
Great experience. Realized that doing all the bookings by myself would have been overwhelminng. Experienced guides, great planning and organizing. Guide Gheon was great. Highly recommended
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Posted On : 2024-05-15
Posted By : Shane_B
It was an absolutely trip/experience. We had hotel pickup/drop off, full round trip ticket via train, bus ride up/down Machu Picchu, and entrance ticket.
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Posted On : 2024-05-14
Posted By : Tauhidah M
Everyone was was kind and helpful. From Danny picking us up on time and ensuring we had all our ticket to our guide Paul being super knowledgeable and making sure we understood the humanity of the people. Even Arturo went above in making sure we got back on time to catch our flight. The train and bus ride went smoothly and comfortably. Will be recommending.
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Posted On : 2024-05-14
Posted By : 152amirahm
This was a wonderful experience seeing this historical wonder of the world for the first time. I just hate tour was changed from circuit 1 to 4 but I enjoyed the tour. The guide and staff was very good and informative.
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Posted On : 2024-05-13
Posted By : Kaminskilisa
This was a once in a lifetime tour . Great information & plenty of time for pics . Our tour guide was personal , patient & full of fascinating fun facts
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Posted On : 2024-05-13
Posted By : GeorgeFlorin
Pros: the logistics and organisation was top notch. They really took care of everything from one end to the other, which was amazing and allowed us to not worry about a lot of things, especially since we decided short notice that we want to go here and tickets were sold out.
Cons: our guide in Machu Picchu hurried us like mad through the city. To his defense, he was very professional and explained a lot of things very well. We stayed there for 2 hours, but then towards the end he would mostly run towards the exit without many breaks for explanations or any of that stuff, which is quite a shame, because when we got back to Aguas Calientes, we had to wait for more than 2 hours doing nothing. We could have spent 15-30 mins more in Machu Picchu taking photos or getting more details on the sanctuary, especially since it's one of the wonders of the world.
If I were to come back here, I would not choose the same company, but rather do this on my own and maybe book a guide at the entrance, since there are plenty there. They're good if you need an entrance ticket and there aren't any available on the official website or if you don't want to do any research and want the logistics taken care of.
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Posted On : 2024-05-13
Posted By : Holger_K
Machu Picchu was magical - an unforgettable experience, but you'll have read this about a dozen times already reading through reviews here :)
What made this operator (Vipac) really stand out to me is how organized they are. Perfect, ample communication (proactive and in reaction to questions), and yes everyone speaks great English. No missing a tour or stop because something goes wrong. They even had name signs for everyone at every pickup (which is charming and impressive if you consider what a numbers game with tons of visitors Machu Picchu is)
If you are planning to go to Macchu Picchu, this is it, period. (Tour operators in Peru operate on a range from horrible to great, and at least for me they set the gold standard for a worry-free experience)
On a sidenote: Many people here mention a bus to get to the train station. We were taken there directly by shuttle each way, which made things easier. There also just opened a new train station in the middle of Cusco that goes to Machu Picchu - I wouldn't be surprised if they change over to that station in the future to make things even easier for them and customers.
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Posted On : 2024-05-04
Posted By : Destiny_X
Love Marco as our tour guide!! He was very knowledgeable and knew the best spots for photos. Wish I could experience again! You’re in good hands if you have him!!!
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Posted On : 2024-05-02
Posted By : Nassim_B
Well organised day trip, all documents booked correctly, team were responsive on the chat app when I had questions.
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Posted On : 2024-05-02
Posted By : Anthony_N
Just an absolutely amazing excursion. The pick up time was accurate and even though there was some initial concern about the transfers from to bus and train, the company staff was great about making sure the group collectively stayed together. Franklin was our guide and he's very knowledgeable regarding the history of Machu Picchu and the Inca civilization. The views in Machu Picchu are so beautiful that any photos/videos just don't do it justice.
Bring a few snacks & water to hold you over during the travel day and eat a quick meal prior to heading back for the night in Aguas Calientes. Layers that are easy to take off/put on is a good idea. Between the weather, humidity and elevation levels I took my raincoat off/on probably 10 times. It's a long day and night of travel, but very much so worth it.
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Posted On : 2024-05-01
