Machu Picchu tour by train is the shortest tour option to reach out the marvelous lost city of the Incas. Travelers will have a mystical train ride to the town of Aguas Calientes and then ascend by bus to the gate of the archaeological complex; you will take part of a guided Machu Picchu tour and afterwards, you will travel back the same way you arrived there.
Machu Picchu is the most spectacular Inca site set up on the mountain top and it is considered as Peru´s most important tourist destination. A must do place, which forms part of the seven new wonders of the world. Declared by UNESCO as a world heritage site located in the cloud-forest.
Day 1. – Cusco – Ollantaytambo – Machu Picchu- Cusco
In the morning of your Machu Picchu day tour, the transfer will meet you at you hotel and then you will be transported to the station of Poroy/Ollantaytambo in a private van. Here you will catch the train to Aguas Calientes. The journey by train goes on the last part of the Sacred Valley and you will experience the changing from highlands to cloud forests along the way.
At your arrival in Aguas Calientes, you will take the bus to Machu Picchu citadel. At the scheduled time you will access to the wonder of the world. Where your guide will give you a detailed tour on the culture and history of the city. You will visit the main temple, the Temple of the Condor, Inca king palace, the stone quarry and the three windows temple.
After the guided tour, there will be some free time to admire this amazing Inca site. In the afternoon at the appropriate time you will take the bus down to Aguas Calientes, and then have the Train ride back to Ollantaytambo. Where our transfer will meet you and transfer back to Cusco hotel.
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