Machu Picchu

We sleep directly unter the Machu Picchu Mountain in the village called Machu Picchu Pueblo or Aquas Calientes. To get to the archeological site you need to walk steep hill up for 1,5 hour or pay super expensive bus 24 USD go and back 😅. We were first thinking to hike up or down but we book the circuit 2 + Inka Bridge Trail which takes at least 3 hours. Very popular is the circuit 4 which includes the Wayana Picchu mountain but in that case people doesn’t really visit the town and don’t get the postcard view. To see both you would need to buy 2 tickets. Entrance ticket costs at the moment 150 soles which is almost 40€. After expensive bus ride we organized the local guide and walked around with her for 3,5 hours. The weather was amazing and the place wasn’t packed. There were quite some tourists but still it was very easy to take pictures without people. Graciera was explaining us a lot of things about the history of this place, energy, old Inka routes and astrology. Machu Picchu ist until today sacred place for local. In the past it was built as a scientific center for Inka culture. In this place noble people were living, mostly scientists which were making here important decisions regarding harvest for the whole Inka empire. The left part of the archeological site are the temples and right site the village. Machu Picchu is a unique place standing right in the middle between two different climate zone. It’s on the border between central Andean mountains characteristic for glaciers and brown hills and eastern Andean mountains which are characterized by very green vegetation and wild rivers. The tour was really cool and we definitely recommend you to go. It is quite expensive but definitely worth it. After delicious lunch and afternoon in the town we departed by train and bus back to Cusco to spent there our last day of this trip.Read more