This is indeed The Machu Picchu Traveller, famous for its armchair comfort and friendly, luxury service at mainstream prices.
Our passengers have the unique experience of watching the breathtaking combination of the torrential Rio Urubamba just yards away while above them they watch through our exclusive UV-protected wrap-around windows the wild, forested ridges that lead almost vertically to snow peaks thousands of feet above.
Our passengers have the unique experience of watching the breathtaking combination of the torrential Rio Urubamba just yards away while above them they watch through our exclusive UV-protected wrap-around windows the wild, forested ridges that lead almost vertically to snow peaks thousands of feet above.
The three-foot-wide narrow-gauge Machu Picchu track was built in the 1930s not for tourists but as a commercial line to exploit the lumber, cacao and coffee of the Amazon valleys beyond the ruins. The Vilcanota gorge is often so narrow that there was and is no room for a motor road. Machu Picchu travellers today have a choice between a four-day walk along the Inca Trail, or The Machu Picchu Train. The track winds steeply down this dramatic canyon which the BBC put at the top of its Great Train Journeys of the World series.
The Machu Picchu Train's service leaves the ancient stone-built Inca village of Ollantaytambo (Oh-yan-tee-TAM-bo), 2,700 m.a.s.l., in the crisp early morning air of 0720 every day of the year with alternative schedules if you don’t want to wake up so early 11:48 or for visiting the Sacred valley at 12:36.
The trip down takes an hour-and-a-half to cover the 28 miles to the feisty little town of Aguas Calientes, 2,000 m.a.s.l, huddled along the riverbank beneath towering jungle cliffs often wreathed in wisps of mist during the early morning.
During the trip, our cabin staff serve a carefully chosen catering service such as light breakfast, snacks and desserts prepared -among others- with typical Peruvian ingredients specially combined. You will have a taste of the more and more recognized Peruvian cuisine.
The trip down takes an hour-and-a-half to cover the 28 miles to the feisty little town of Aguas Calientes, 2,000 m.a.s.l, huddled along the riverbank beneath towering jungle cliffs often wreathed in wisps of mist during the early morning.
During the trip, our cabin staff serve a carefully chosen catering service such as light breakfast, snacks and desserts prepared -among others- with typical Peruvian ingredients specially combined. You will have a taste of the more and more recognized Peruvian cuisine.
The Machu Picchu Train arrives back in Ollantaytambo in the cool dusk of 17:50, the warmth of 12:36 or the typical sierra cold weather of 20:38. From here passengers are bussed either to their local hotel in the Sacred Valley or up the hour-and-a-half 50-mile road trip to Cuzco (11,500ft a.s.l.).
