At 6:20 AM, we pick up our passengers to begin the tour. Our guide will explain the new regulations so we can enjoy our experience at the archaeological sites. We will board our transportation and make our first stop in the community of:

• CHINCHEROS: A very traditional and typical place for its colorful handicrafts and textiles. The main attraction is the archaeological complex and the Sunday market, where bartering or exchanging products is still practiced. These traditions date back to the Inca era.
•  MORAY: Here we find a kind of amphitheater, where each of the different terraces has a different microclimate, which varies the cultivation depending on the altitude.
• SALINERAS: These are salt ponds exploited from the Inca era to the present day. The salt water flows out of a small mountain and reaches small terraces in The use of terraces or wells by the locals is hereditary, but it is commonly cultivated.
• URUBAMBA: A great place with Inca crops, most importantly corn, and today a beautiful countryside with a large fruit production. An excellent place to enjoy our typical buffet lunch. Afterward, we continue the journey to:
• OLLANTAYTAMBO: This is a military fortress that protected this area of the valley, strategically located between two mountains. Today, you can visit this fortress, as well as the rich archaeological sites, including the temple to Inti (the sun god), the baths of the Ñustas (princesses), and the Cachiccata chullpas, a group of symmetrically stepped and very steep terraces on the side of a hill.

03:00 – 13:00: Pick up from hotel – Transport to Ollantaytambo – Aguas Calientes

•  By having booked the tour with Waka Explorers, we will make the arrangements to buy the train tickets and the entrance tickets to Machu Picchu, taking into consideration your needs and appropriate, as far as possible, to the availability of services. The starting time of the tour depends on the coordination that takes place and the availability of tickets by the time the trip is booked. On this shared tour, there’s a bus service from the train company who will take you to the train station round way (in the morning and afternoon when you come back from the tour).
• The exciting train trip lasts 1.5 hours until you reach the tourist town of Aguas Calientes, where our transfer awaits you at the train station. Once the time arrives, you will queue at the Aguas Calientes bus station to board the tourist transport to the entrance gate of Machu Picchu. With the tour guide, you will have the opportunity to explore the best of Circuit 2, including fountains, temples, stairways, and architectural spaces of this enigmatic archaeological site and much more!
• The tour guide will explain the history and all the interesting details of Machu Picchu during a tour that lasts approximately 2.5 hours, and you will also have time to take the best photographs.

13:00 – 21:00 : Free Time – Return to Cusco

•  After connecting with the natural, mythological, and architectural magic of Machu Picchu, the return journey begins to the tourist town of Aguas Calientes, where you will have free time to have lunch or enjoy the hot springs on your own until the time of your return train to Ollantaytambo. After this train journey, you will board shared transport to the central station in Cusco, where our private transport will be waiting to take you to your hotel. You can request private and direct transport from the Ollantaytambo train station to your hotel in Cusco for an additional cost.

NOTE: For reservations made less than 3 months in advance, we recommend contacting us to confirm the availability of entry to Machu Picchu (Circuit 2). If Circuit 2 is not available, there may be an additional charge for alternative entry types and a private guide, as applicable