Overview
Discover Cusco with this 4 Day Machu Picchu Tour, visiting one of the new 7 wonders in the world “Machu Picchu”. Unforgettable 4 days exploring the millenarian Culture of the Incas. A comfortable and unique experience delighting the Inca construction in the Inca City, the Sacred Valley, and Machu Picchu. Visit Sacsayhuaman the megalithic fortress, the temple of the Sun, called Koricanca, Pisac, Ollantaytambo, and many more.
Machu Picchu in 4 days will be the best option for you to discover new highlands, mountains, and landscapes in the Peruvian Andes.
4 DAY MACHU PICCHU TOUR
DAY 1: ARRIVAL AND CUSCO CITY TOUR
Transfer from Cusco airport to the hotel and At 1:30 pm the Cusco City tour, visiting Sacsayhuaman, the temple of the sun, Q’enqo, Tambomachay, and Puca Pucara.
End of the tour Aat 6:30 pm
overnight in Cusco city
DAY 2: SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS / AGUAS CALIENTES
At 08:00 am. you start the Sacred Valley Tours of the Incas, delighting Pisac Inca site, Sacred Valley, Ollantaytambo.
At 07 pm, Machu Picchu by train to Aguas Calientes
Overnight in Aguas Calientes town
DAY 3: MACHU PICCHU
In the Morning Tour in Machu Picchu, in the afternoon you take the train to Ollantaytambo – Transport to Cusco city
Overnight in Cusco city
DAY 4: CUSCO – TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT
Transfer from the hotel to the airport, according to your flight departure.
End of Machu Picchu Vacations 04 days.
This Tour is available in Group or Private Service.
itinerary
4 Day Machu Picchu Tour Itinerary
DAY 1: ARRIVAL – CUSCO CITY TOUR
The 4 Day tour to Machu Picchu will start since you land in Cusco city. A representative FROM KANTU PERU TOURS will be waiting for you at the Cusco international airport, to bring you to your chosen hotel. He will give you general information about Peru, Cusco until you arrive at the hotel. Afterward, you make the check-in in the hotel, where you have time to rest and have a light lunch before Cusco City Tour.
Following the first day, in the afternoon, around 1:30 pm you start the Cusco city tour, our tour leader will pick you up from your hotel and take you to visit stunning Inca sites. for instance, The cathedral of Cusco, the temple of the sun that is called also Koricancha, the amazing fortress of Sacsayhuaman, Q’enqo, Tambomachay, and Puca Pucara. Finally, the tour will finish around 06:30 pm in the afternoon, therefore, the transport and the tour leader will drop you at your hotel.
Overnight in Cusco city
DAY 2: SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS – AGUAS CALIENTES TOWN
Following the 4 Day Machu Picchu tour before leaving the hotel you check out in the hotel and store the big luggage. Afterward, the tour leader will meet you at the hotel and take you to The Sacred Valley of the Incas. After 30 minutes, you stop in Taray View Point to have a short stop to get a wonderful view of all the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
Subsequently, you arrive at the first archeological Inca Place Called Pisac where you visit the most important sectors with the tour leader. Subsequently, the transport will take you through all the Sacred Valley until you arrive at Urubambamba town, here is located our restaurant where you will enjoy an incredible Buffet Lunch.
After lunch, you continue exploring the Sacred Valley until you arrive at the next Tourist place located in Ollantaytambo town. Afterward, In the afternoon, after you explore this stunning Inca place of Ollantaytambo, you are going to board the train to continue the 4 day Machu Picchu tour. Important to carry your passport. Along the journey by the train, you will delight in some Inca construction and the beginning of the classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Finally, you arrive in Aguas Calientes town and our transfer will assist you.
It is important to carry just the necessary things for one night and store the big luggage at the Cusco hotel.
Overnight in Aguas Calientes town.
DAY 3: MACHU PICCHU TOUR
This day the tour firstly starts picking you up early in the morning after breakfast in the hotel. You and the tour leader will take the transport to Machu Picchu called CONSETUR BUS. After 30 minutes finally, you arrive to see one of the new seven wonders in the world: Machu Picchu. It is important to carry your passport to pass Machu Picchu’s control, Otherwise, you don’t visit Machu Picchu.
Before you start the tour our tour leader will take you to the Classic view of Machu Picchu. Try to delight in these stunning views because according to Macchu Picchu Policies nobody is allow to comeback the classic view after you start the tour. Unless you book Huaynapicchu or Machu Picchu Mountains included. Following the program, the tour leader starts the tour once you feel ready for it. He will show you the most important Inca places, like the Agricultural sector, the quarry, the temple of the sun, the temple of the window, the sundial, etc.
After this amazing tour, you will have the chance to explore the last part of Machu Picchu on your own unless you decided to leave Machu Picchu. Before the tour leader leaves you at Machu Picchu Inca Site, he will recommend to you what time you have to take the bus to Aguas Calientes according to your train departure. In the afternoon you have the chance to have a delicious lunch in the town and don’t forget to be 30 minutes before at the Train Station.
In the afternoon you board the train to come back to Ollantaytambo town, subsequently, our representative will assist you and bring you to Cusco city. Finally, you arrive in Cusco city at night.
Overnight in Cusco city
TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT:
- In the high season bus queue from Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes is huge. Hence you have to line up like 30 minutes before to board the bus.
- To visit Machu Picchu the Inca city, the Peruvian government set up some regulations since January 1, 2019, to avoid overpopulation and collapse of Machu Picchu.
- Re-entry is only possible if your ticket includes Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu mountain. For this reason, it is recommended to go to the Intipunku or Inca Bridge before starting your tour of Machu Picchu with prior coordination with the KANTU PERU TOURS Reserve Area.
- Trains are subject to availability according to the schedule or prior to which your reservation was made.
- If you want to climb Machu Picchu or Huayna Picchu mountain you must book in advance and add an extra fee of USD 65. there is a limit of people climbing eighter mountains.
DAY 4: CUSCO – TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT
Unfortunately, the 4 Day tour to Machu Picchu ends today. According to your flight departure, we will pick you up from the hotel 2 to 3 hours before your flight departure to avoid any delays.
Once we get to the airport our service will be finished.
End of 4 Day Machu Picchu Tour.
Include
4 Day Machu Picchu Tour Inclusions
IT INCLUDES:
- Permanent telephone assistance.
- Transfers from Airport – Hotel – Airport.
- Cusco City Tour: Transportation, guide, and entrance tickets.
- Sacred Valley: Transportation, guide, entrance tickets, and lunch
- Transfers Hotel in Cusco – Ollantaytambo/Poroy train station – Hotel in Cusco.
- Train Tickets Ollantaytambo/Poroy – Aguas Calientes – Ollantaytambo/Poroy
- Bus ticket Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes.
- Entrance ticket to Machu Picchu Inca city.
- Professional Guide (English or Spanish).
- Guided of 2h30m in Machu Picchu (English or Spanish)
- 02 hotel night in Cusco (based on double room).
- 01 hotel night in Aguas Calientes (based on double room).
- 03 Breakfast at the hotel
NOT INCLUDED
- Meals not mentioned in the inclusions
- Water and snack
- Phone calls
- Any other service not mentioned
- Travel insurance
- Tips
OPTIONAL
- Entrance ticket for Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain: an additional USD 65.00 per person (Needs to be booked several months in advance).
packing list
What you have to bring for the 4 Day tour to Machu Picchu
- Passport
- warm clothes
- Wear suitable shoes for walking in Machu Picchu.
- Small backpack, your camera, hat, sunscreen, and mosquito repellent.
- It is only allowed to carry 7 kilos of luggage on the train to Machu Picchu
- Book your tickets to Machu Picchu in advance.
- Personal medications
- Snack and water
- Extra Money, especially Peruvian SOL
FAQS
FAQS
ABOUT THE PAYMENT AND CANCELLATIONS FOR MACHU PICCHU VACATIONS 4 DAYS TOUR
You can get more information in our link TERMS AND CONDITIONS
IS IT IMPORTANT TO CARRY PASSPORT FOR 4 DAY MACHU PICCHU VACATIONS TOUR?
It is important that you carry the original passport that you used for the preservation of the Machu Picchu tour 4 days tour. Especially to visit Machu Picchu. If you update your passport, don’t forget to bring both of them.
WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT ALTITUDE SICKNESS?
Cusco city is located at a considerable elevation, many people who land in Cusco, they start feeling some altitude sickness. Therefore, we advise you to visit your doctor to prescribe medicine for the altitude.
CAN I CLIMB HUAYNAPICCHU AND MACHU PICCHU MOUNTAIN?
Yes, you can. To climb Huayna Picchu and Machu Picchu mountains there is a limit, only 400 hundred people can climb Huaynapicchu and 800 hundred people can climb Machu Picchu mountain. Therefore, when you book the tour, you have to be sure about it. Because the reservations for either mountain must be several months in advance. There is an extra fee of 65 dollars to book one mountain.
You can’t get the ticket for either mountain in Aguas Calientes town.
Another important chance that you have with this ticket is to re-enter again to Machu Picchu city. Hence, you have one chance more to explore Machu Picchu on your own.
WHERE CAN I STAY IN CUSCO?
Remember that our tour start in Cusco city, in the morning we pick you up from the airport to start the journey. All the accommodations are included. You can choose the hotels that we offer you.
WHAT CAN I DO WITH MY LUGGAGE BEFORE WE START MACHU PICCHU VACATIONS 4 DAYS?
It is important to know that you don’t need to carry all your suitcases during these two days, therefore, you can leave your big suitcases in the hotel in Cusco or we can store for you in our office as long as you show us what important things you are leaving with us.
WHAT KIND OF EXTRA ACTIVITIES CAN I DO IN CUSCO?
If you want to add any other extra activities to Machu Picchu Vacations 4 days tour, we can offer you someday day tours, CLICK HERE. please.
If you want to visit Cusco city by yourself, we can recommend you to Visit San Pedro Local Market, a traditional neighborhood of San Blas.
WHY BOOK WITH KANTU PERU TOURS?
- Kantu Peru Tours is a Cusco travel agency that operates all the packages directly. We don’t give commissions to travel agencies or any other thirds parties that inflate the costs.
- The staff that works with us are professional and responsible. Before they start working with Katu Peru Tours, we have a training course about customer service.
- We have all the tourist permissions and certificates, granted by the Municipality of Cusco, and the Minister of Peru (DICETUR – MINCETUR), which guarantees us to operate in Cusco and the sacred valley Machu Picchu.
- Our Customers are our best guarantee. You can see and read our customer’s reviews. Click HERE
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Type Train
TYPES OF TRAIN
EXPEDITION TRAIN
The regular train service to Macchu Picchu, called Expedition is a basic tourist train, with all the comfort and view of incredible landscapes to make your trip an unforgettable experience. It has bathrooms and attention onboard by a highly trained staff.
VISTADOME TRAIN
Vistadome train service is a good alternative if you are looking to enjoy the incredible landscapes on the way to Machu Picchu to the fullest, with panoramic windows that will make sure you do not miss any detail of the beautiful surrounding ecosystem, along with a mix of snacks, drinks included and a show on board, they make the perfect complement to enjoy an incredible trip.
HIRAM BINGHAM TRAIN
It is the most luxurious train in Peru, with which you can have a luxury experience, all included. Enjoy the multiple wagons of Hiram Bingham, where you can find a restaurant wagon, bar with an open bar, a van with beautiful balconies, musicians on board, and tourist guides that will make you not miss a single detail.
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Tour Price
4 Day Machu Picchu Tour Prices
Please ask for a personalized quote. The price is customized depending on the final accommodation options, travel dates, and other preferences.
TOUR IN GROUP |
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| Price per person in Doble Room – Minimum 2 persons |
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| The Voyage or Expedition Train + Basic Hotel
Cusco: Villa San Blas Hotel. In Aguas Calientes: Luz Garden. Basic
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Before: $501.00 USDNow: $483.00 USD |
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| The Voyage or Expedition Train + Hotel 2 stars Cusco: Fray Bartolome Hotel. Single Supplement: 22 USD (Extra Cost–Per night)In Aguas Calientes: Raices Machu Picchu. Single Supplement : 25 USD (Extra Cost) Economic
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Before: $559.00 USD
Now: $539.00 USD |
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| The Voyage or Expedition Train + Hotel 3 stars Cusco: Yawar Inka. Single Supplement : 35 USD (Extra Cost–Per night).In Aguas Calientes: Intipunku Machupicchu. Single Supplement : 55 USD (Extra Cost) Tourist
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Before: $579.00 USD
Now: $558.00 USD |
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| The Voyage or Expedition Train + Hotel 4 stars Cusco: Sonesta. Single Supplement : 58 USD (Extra Cost–Per night)In Aguas Calientes: Tierra Viva Machu Picchu. Single Supplement : 65 USD (Extra Cost) Superior
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Before: $621.00 USD
Now: $599.00 USD |
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| The service is with Expedition or the Voyage Train but, if you prefer the service with Vistadome Train (panoramic windows) add US$ 40.00 per person. | ||
PRIVATE TOUR |
PRICE |
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| Price per person in Doble Room – Minimum 2 persons |
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| Train Vistadome+ Hotel 3 stars Cusco: Yawar Inka. Single Supplement : 35 USD (Extra Cost-Per night).In Aguas Calientes: Intipunku Machupicchu. Single Supplement : 55 USD (Extra Cost) Tourist
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Before: $808.00 USD
Now: $779.00 USD |
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| Train Vistadome+ Hotel 4 stars
Cusco: Sonesta. In Aguas Calientes: Tierra Viva Machu Picchu. Superior
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Before: $862.00 USD
Now: $931.00 USD |
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The service is with Vistadome Train but, if you prefer the service with Hiram Bingham Train add US$ 750.00 per person.
