Machu Picchu Day Trip

Before you go

What to take on the Machu Picchu Day Tour

Important recommendations

• Passport Original and copies
• Travel insurance(+ copies for a case of lost),
• Cash in USD or credit cards,
• Day pack (to carry your personal items during daily travels),
• Rain gear (a rain-jacket and a waterproof trousers or a rain poncho – this can be purchased in Cusco),
• Resistible footwear, waterproof trekking shoes are recommended,
• Sandals (for a higher comfort while at a hotspring in Aguas Calientes),
• Hat or a cap (to protect you against the Sun, rain as well as cold),
• Sun cream or sun block,
• After-sun cream or hydrating cream for face and body,
• Insect repellent– recommended minimum is 20% DEET (please note that no malaria has been reported during this trip!),
• Camera and its charger/batteries (please note that batteries are consumed quickly under cold conditions),
• Small towel and toiletries,
• Sufficient reserve of underwear,
• Swimsuit (to visit the thermal baths of Aguas Calientes),
• Snacks (biscuits, energy bars, chocolate, raw fruits, muesli, etc.)
  Please note: we do provide a daily morning snack and our meal service is very complete and well supplied. The recommendation of taken own snack applies only for customers who like a specific snack that might not be in our menu.
• Bottled water for the first morning and a water bottle.

Machu Picchu Entrance Hours

• During the validity of the health emergency, the daily schedule of tourist visits to Machu Picchu starts at 6:00 am and ends at 4:00 pm.
• There are 9 time ranges for visitors to enter the Machu Picchu citadel, the first time range is from 6:00 am to 7:00 am and the last from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm.
• Visitors must board a shuttle bus from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu, no later than 30 minutes before the time indicated on the relevant tickets.

Machu Picchu Tour Guide

The circuits for a tourist visit to the Inca Citadel are one-way and there are four defined circuits, the Machu Picchu guide will help you to give you more information:

1. Short High Circuit.
2. Long High
3. Short Low.
4. Long Low.

• From reopening until further notice, visiting hours will not be held at the Inti Huatana (Solar Clock) and Templo del Cóndor (Condor Temple) complexes, while the Temple of the Sun will not be available at all for tourist visits.
• Similarly, the alternative routes of the Machu Picchu citadel (Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu mountains, Puente Inka and Inti Punku – Sun Gate) will not be available for tourists visits until further notice!

Prices

Price of the 1 day tour to Machu Picchu

Discounts:

Children: We have special rates for children:

• Students between 13 and 17 (Discount of USD $ 25.00 per person)
• Kids between 8 and 12 (Discount of USD $ 80.00 per person)
• Kids between 4 and 7 (Discount of USD $ 90.00 per person)
• University Students: To claim this discount it is mandatory to have a valid student card.(Discount of USD $ 10.00 per person)
• For the Andean Community: You must be from any of the following countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia. (Discount of USD $ 25.00 per person)
• For Peruvians: Have a Peruvian nationality (Discount of USD $ 50.00 per person)

Please write us directly to the email: info@machupicchutravel.org, you can also write to us at WhatsApp: +51 968 685 277, communication by this means is immediate.