Machupicchu Expedition Train Tour

Description Tour by tourist train to Machu Picchu

Discover the ancient magic on the 2-day tour of Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley, an unforgettable experience filled with history, culture, and breathtaking landscapes.

With the “Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu Expedition tour”, you will enjoy the valley most treasured by the Incas due to its special geographical and climatic qualities. It was one of the main production points because of the richness of its lands and the place where the best corn grain in Peru is produced. It is comprised of numerous rivers that flow down gorges and small valleys and boasts numerous archaeological monuments and indigenous villages.

On our tour, we will visit PISAQ, or P’isaqa, which means partridge (a type of bird abundant in this area). It is known that the architecture of this Inca enclosure combines mystical Inca constructions with the natural wealth of the Urubamba Valley. For the Incas, cities were built based on the figurative designs of animals.

THE PISAQ MARKET OR PISAQ CRAFTS FAIR is one of the most renowned on the continent and is open every day in the main square of Pisaq. You can find all kinds of textile, ceramic, goldsmith, agricultural products, and medicinal plants as souvenirs. URUBAMBA, after an emotion-filled morning here, we will enjoy a buffet lunch in one of the restaurants that offers the best presentations of typical dishes from the Cusco region.

OLLANTAYTAMBO, in the time of the Incas, was a Tambo or accommodation city. It was a key point to reach the Machu Picchu Sanctuary through the Inca Trail. Today, it is one of the most monumental architectural complexes of our ancestors, built over two mountains in a strategic position overlooking the entire valley. It served as a military, religious, administrative, and agricultural complex. Entrance is through a door called Punku-punku, made of stone with a double imperial jamb. It is the entrance to a city with a prestigious legend. You begin by climbing meticulously well-drawn stairs, and at the top is the masterpiece of the Inca architects and stonemasons.

Ollantaytambo is the only living Inca city, which remains almost intact, and its houses still serve as homes where their descendants live. The design of the city, its axes, its urban structure, the beauty of its volumes, and the play of light and shadow attract everyone. The main temple has a facade with six pink granite monoliths brought from elsewhere and perfectly assembled into the rock.

The Sacred Valley tour is one of the most popular activities when one visits the city of Cusco. Also, in the Sacred Valley is the town of Ollantaytambo. Ollantaytambo is an Inca town and is where the train station that takes us to Machu Picchu is located. Everyone who comes to Cusco and the Sacred Valley does so with the intention of touring Machu Picchu.

We will embark on an adventure from Cusco to Machu Picchu at a lower cost. The Expedition train is a tourist service equipped with all the comforts on board and decorated with inspiration from Inca culture – the perfect prelude to visiting the citadel of Machu Picchu. Additionally, we will have highly trained staff taking care of us during the journey. Additionally, we’ll enjoy the Onboard Sale service, offering a wide variety of top-quality products.

MACHU PICCHU, an ancient Andean Inca town, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru, in the Andes mountain range at 2,430 meters above sea level; it is located in the Cusco region, Urubamba province, Machupicchu district. Machu Picchu would have been one of the resting residences of Pachacutec, the ninth Inca of Tahuantinsuyo between 1438 and 1470.

It is considered, at the same time, a masterpiece of architecture and engineering. Its unique architectural and landscape features and the veil of mystery that much of the literature published about the site has woven around it have made it one of the most popular tourist destinations on the planet, as well as one of the 7 wonders of the modern world.

MAIN POINTS OF VISIT

• Pisaq (3,762 masl)
• Pisaq Handicrafts Market (2,950 masl / 2,950 fasl)
• Urubamba (2,860 masl / 9,860 fasl)
• Ollantaytambo (2,792 masl)
• Aguas Calientes (2,040 masl)
• Machupicchu (2,430 masl)

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DAY 01: CUSCO – PISAQ – CRAFT MARKET – URUBAMBA – OLLANTAYTAMBO – AGUAS CALIENTES

• 00 hrs Pickup from your hotel to begin the Sacred Valley of the Incas tour, the first place to visit is the archaeological group of Pisaq and the craft market.
• Then we will head by bus to Urubamba for the buffet lunch at TUNUPA Restaurant.
• After lunch, we will proceed to the living town of Ollantaytambo, a town that still maintains its splendor from when the Incas left it. The visit to the Ollantaytambo archaeological group will give us an idea of what this religious, military, and cultural center was like.
• At the top of the OLLANTAYTAMBO archaeological complex, six huge monoliths stand out, assembled with amazing precision, which have mysterious motifs of Inca iconography engraved. The current town of Ollantaytambo has many houses built on the foundations of the ancient Inca town, inhabited by natives with deep-rooted ancestral customs. Ollantaytambo is located 97 km from Cusco, 2,846 masl. One of the train stations to Machu Picchu is there.
• 50 hrs After this beautiful journey, we will walk from this archaeological complex to the Ollantaytambo train station, which is 5 minutes away. We must be there 30 minutes earlier to board the train on time.
• 16:36 hrs We will board the Expedition Train that will take us for 1h 40 min. to the town of Aguas Calientes.
• 18:10 hrs Arrival in the town of Aguas Calientes, hotel staff will be waiting for us at the station. We will check-in and wait for the guide who will visit to coordinate the tour to
• Machupicchu the next day.
• Machupicchu town, also called Aguas Calientes (2,040 masl), is the main access route to the Machu Picchu Historic Sanctuary. Its climate is temperate with a high percentage of humidity, the average temperature is 16°C. You can walk around the small town which has various restaurants and shops and return early to the hotel to rest well.

Hotel: INKASLAND

BREAKFAST – HOTEL / LUNCH – AGENCY / DINNER – TRAVELER

DAY 02: AGUAS CALIENTES – MACHUPICCHU – CUSCO

• At the indicated time, we will head to the bus station to reach the citadel of Machupicchu (35 min.)
• 00 hrs Our Guide will be waiting for us at the entrance to the Machupicchu Sanctuary.
• 10 hrs We will present the Machupicchu entrance tickets and start the guided tour for 2h 30 min. By booking this tour to Machupicchu, we will be able to know the most important archaeological center in South America and all its different tourist attractions.
• After finishing the tour, we can continue visiting the beautiful citadel of Machupicchu on our own, then we will board the buses again that will take us back to the town of Aguas Calientes.
• 00 hrs We will head to the Restaurant to enjoy a delicious lunch. Free time to visit the Machupicchu Craft Market or relax in the Aguas Caliente Thermal Baths (AT THE TRAVELER’S EXPENSE). Don’t forget to be at the train station 30 minutes earlier.
• 43 hrs We will board the Expedition tourist train at any of the schedules, according to availability with an arrival in Cusco (1h 30 min). REMEMBER, in high tourist season, train schedules may vary.
• 23 hrs We arrive at the San Pedro Train Station, Cusco, our transfer will be attentive to the arrival to take us to the hotel in Cusco. Travel time 4h 40 min.
• 35 hrs Arrival at the hotel in Cusco.

BREAKFAST – HOTEL / LUNCH – AGENCY / DINNER – TRAVELER