Top Things to do in Aguas Calientes
Top Restaurants in Aguas Calientes
What to do and see in Aguas Calientes, Cusco Region: The Best Tours
Discover the best top things to do in Aguas Calientes, Peru including Machupicchu Mountain Hike, 1-day Machu Picchu Tour, 4-Day || All Included || - City Tour - Sacred Valley & MachuPicchu - Group, Salkantay Treking to Machu Picchu 4D / 3N (Camping), Cusco & Manu (8 Days Package Tour), Machu Picchu and Mountain of Colors, Lares Trek to Machu Picchu (6 Days), Private Full-Day Tour To Machu Picchu with Lunch, Inca Jungle Trail to Machu Picchu in 4 Days, Salkantay Trek 5 Days / 4 Nights.
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1. Machupicchu Mountain Hike
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
Hike one of the most spectacular views in the Andes, the Machupicchu Mountain hike will take you to the Summit around about 3,082 m.a.s.l in about where you will enjoy the view not only of the Inca Citadel of Machupicchu also of the whole Landscape that surrounds this magic area. The tour starts with your pickup transfer from your hotel in Cusco and we take the train to Aguas Calientes. After going into the Citadel of Machupicchu, we will to the gate of the famous Machu Picchu Mountain to start climbing where we will enjoy the view. Then we will have our guided tour of the most important places of the Machu Picchu Inca City. After the tour, we will take the bus down to Aguas Calientes where we can find a place to eat (not include lunch). In the afternoon, we will take the train back to Ollantaytambo and then transfer back to your hotel in Cusco.
Inclusions: Hotel pickup and drop-off, Spanish - English professional guide up to Machu Picchu Mountain, Entry/Admission to Machu Picchu Mountain, Round trip train tickets Peru Rail or Inca Rail, Round trip bus tickets to Machupicchu
Exclusions: Food and drinks, Gratuities, Hotel Night in Cusco
Reviewed By Loves2GoPlaces
Incredible experience!!! Our family of 2 out-of-shape parents and 2 teenage kids went to Peru for Spring Break. We booked a 2-day tour of the Sacred Valley, Pisac, Ollyantaytambo, Machu Picchu, and Huayna Picchu. Kevin met us the night before at our hotel, exactly on time. He carefully walked us through all the events of the trip - their timing, the tickets (he’d already purchased all of it), the items we’d need (passports & a backpack with a change of clothes, some snacks, camera, drinks). We met the following morning & had a HUGE minivan and driver just for our family!! We took a wonderful drive to Pisac, stopping at a llama, alpaca, and vicuña preserve, some beautiful photo stops, and then Pisac. The whole time we got a comprehensive overview of the region & it’s history. We climbed Pisac and took a bunch of photos. Kevin was super engaging with our teenagers, which was so nice! We further had lunch in Pisac and walked through their incredible market (hint!! Get your souvenirs here!). We continued on to Ollyantaytambo and our kids climbed those ruins with Kevin while we chilled down below. He was so darn flexible about what we did and where we went, it was amazing! We took the train to Machu Picchu - note, you can upgrade to the VistaDome train. Your guide would take a separate train if you do this, which scared us, but he informed us we’d be met on the other end by a representative, and sure enough a young lady had a sign with our names at the other end. It’s a tiny train station, you cannot get lost! The entry/exit points are about 10 feet wide and the waiting rooms for the trains only hold about 15-30 people! The city is in the jungle, the train takes about 90 minutes to get there & runs along a river all the way there. You’ll get a little snack & drink on the train & a small cultural presentation that was a lot of fun (not going to ruin it but it’ll make you laugh!) The hotel in Machu Picchu initially worried us as the city is clearly not well off and I’m used to the Ritz, but it was clean, very quiet, and very safe! There are no cars in Machu Picchu Pueblo, there’s a river that runs through town just outside the train station and maybe 3 streets about 1/4 mile long each. Most hotels are on the same street, right on the river, and another parallel street behind the hotels is where all the restaurants are. It is on a long slope, think of a San Francisco street but in the middle of the jungle. We wandered around for the evening, had our dinner, and felt quite safe. The next morning Kevin met us at 7am and we lined up for the buses up the mountain. We were in Machu Picchu by about 8:30am. We walked around the site with Kevin for some time before we headed to the check in for Huayna Picchu. Sole important thoughts here - firstly, I had in my mind we’d climb Huayna Picchu first but Kevin had booked our tickets to do Machu Picchu first. LISTEN TO HIM AND DO MACHU PICCHU FIRST!!! Yes there was fog at Machu Picchu initially, but we were patient and just as Kevin predicted, all the fog lifted while we were there and we got amazing pictures. We took a fog one just for fun and one about 7 minutes later that you’ll see below - that’s how quickly the weather changes! Climbing Huayna Picchu in the second group is smart because you are passing people as they’re coming down the mountain and once they clear you have the whole mountain to yourselves. It was incredible!! It isn’t for the faint hearted - my husband had to quit about 30% of the way up the mountain, and I had to take breaks all the time, but Kevin was so amazingly encouraging and patient we couldn’t have asked for a better experience! Tip: take 2L of water per person. We ran out of water coming down and were parched at the end! A few thoughts about the climb - when you begin the trek you actually have to climb DOWN first. You must get from Machu Picchu to the next mountain over, so you go down into the valley to cross over to the other mountain. Just remember when you’re aching and tired at the end of your trek, you have to climb back up out of the valley to leave....it’s a bit of torture :) When you near the summit you’ll arrive at some terraces. Stop here & just enjoy for 10 minutes, because next you climb the “stairs of death” - steep, small depth stairs to get to the elevation check point. These stairs are no joke in how scary they are if you actually stop & turn and look while you’re on the stairs...essentially you can drop right into the valley from them in you slip. My 13 year-old daughter had a bit of a panic attack here, but Kevin stayed right with her and soothes her and encouraged her up those steps!! So, after this you’ll hit the elevation check point where you can sit & chill a while. Take some photos, etc. Climb up further to the very summit where there’s only room for 3-4 people to take a photo on a rock with Machu Picchu behind you, and then you start your descent. Here’s where our hero guide again cane to the rescue - there’s a cave you have to maneuver coming down the mountain. It is VERY tight & for a claustrophobic person, I found it terrifying. Kevin coached me through it, and even scrambled down into the cave with me to stop me from hitting my head as I panicked & tried to stand up! After you’re out of the cave, you’re pretty much following the same path down as you took up, so not much more to say here other than Kevin is so conscientious about your safety that he warned us and even jumped ahead of the kids in steep sections to point to the rocks they needed to walk on for the most stable descent. Now folks, this is a huge mountain for our family, we’ve never experienced ANYTHING like this before. We felt in such capable hands. It took us 3 hours and 7 minutes from start to finish. Kevin has made a round trip of the entire mountain in under 40 minutes, so we could only imagine how he must have felt with slow people in tow, but he was positive the entire time!! On the return from the region, Kevin’s train was about an hour ahead of ours because we again chose the VistaDome train, so we did a little shopping & picked up our backpacks we’d stored at the hotel while we climbed. He met us back in Ollantaytambo and back we went to Cusco! This was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for us. We were nervous storing bags in Cusco (when we left for Machu Picchu), and Machu Picchu while we climbed, but Kevin and our driver made it all so darn easy, safe, and enjoyable! Kevin even made sure to get Machu Picchu stamps in our passports, which we’d have never thought to do. He made sure we kept change for the bathrooms, and that we had emergency electrolytes in case of dehydration. He really thinks of everything! Couldn’t be happier with our experience, our children have memories that they’ll cherish their whole lives because of Kevin!
2. 1-day Machu Picchu Tour
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
The citadel of Machu picchu a masterpiece of Civil Engineering and Architecture of the Inca Empire, built in the heart of the Andes of the center and Amazon rainforest under the protection of the sacred mountains Huayna Picchu and Machu Picchu.
Inclusions: Lunch, Guided tour of Machu Picchu, Local guide who speaks English or Spanish, Pick-up and pick-up at the hotel, Private transfer to Ollantaytambo train station., Viaje de ida y vuelta en autobús a Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu - Aguas Calientes, Round trip on the Expedition Train to Ollantaytambo - Aguas Calientes - Ollantaytambo, Impuestos municipales
Exclusions: Optional hike to Huayna Picchu: 15 USD (per person)
Reviewed By jessicacH8240VA
We had a great day, without rain !! We did the short trail, it was a tough climb but it was worth the effort, the Laguna is very beautiful and the view you have from the highest point is spectacular, it is very cold and the height of the place if you feel when you walk The best thing is to drink a coca tea to avoid altitude sickness. If you don't want to walk, you can rent a horse, although you have to do the last section on foot anyway. The tour with South America Exploor is highly recommended !!
3. 4-Day || All Included || - City Tour - Sacred Valley & MachuPicchu - Group
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
The tour of Cusco, Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu takes you through all the most important sites of Cusco such as: Qoricancha also known as the Temple of the Sun, we will also visit Sacsayhuaman, one of the most emblematic places of the Inca Empire built by the Inca Pachacuteq in the 15th century. We will continue the tour of the Sacred Valley which is one of the most popular routes in the Cusco region. Finally we will take you to one of the most incredible train trips in the world and we will go to Machu Picchu "One of the seven wonders of the modern world".
Inclusions: Lunch, Breakfast, Breakfast, Lunch, All entrance, tour guide, train tickets
Exclusions: meals not mentioned
Reviewed By 318mar_aguadalupej
I loved the Rainbow Mountain tour. Good food, beautiful places, easy than we expected, I loved it, I would do it again !.
4. Salkantay Treking to Machu Picchu 4D / 3N (Camping)
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 8 reviews
We are a company specialized in adventure and we guarantee 100% happiness with you, book and be part of this great adventure.
Inclusions: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Lunch, Lunch, Pick up from your hotel in Cusco., Private transportation to Mollepata and Soraypampa, starting point of the trek., Professional Guide English and Spanish., Entrance to Salkantay road., Entrance to the citadel of Machu Picchu., Horsemen and horses,ents, food, kitchen equipment, restaurants, equipment (7 kilos maximum per pax)., Food 3 breakfasts, 3 appetizers, 3 lunches and 3 dinners. All these meals are prepared by our chef., Boiled water after breakfast, to refill your water bottles., Lunch with hot drinks such as tea and coffee., Oxygen and first aid kit., All camping equipment, including tents for staff., 01 night hotel in Aguas Calientes, Train Ollantaytambo - Aguas Calientes., Return train to Ollantaytambo and then a private transport to Cusco., Transfer to your hotel in Cusco at the end of the tour.
Exclusions: Sleeping Bag, you can rent in our office ($ 25.00 USD for the entire trip)., Trekking poles, you can rent in our office (the $ 15.00 USD for the entire trip)., Lunch on the last day and breakfast on the first day.
Reviewed By David T
My wife and I have just finished the 2 day tour with our guide, Domingo. From the night before the tour to stepping off the bus after Machu Picchu Domingo was excellent. As was, Jesus, our driver on Day 1. The scenery was unbelievable throughout and we never felt rushed at any stage - we were at Machu Picchu for 4.5 hours. Domingo also helped us take photos which we will cherish forever. I cant recommend this company and tour enough. Thank you, Domingo.
5. Cusco & Manu (8 Days Package Tour)
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
This is an excellent 8 days trip of Cusco and Amazon Rainforest. We offer this complete tour package where our guests can get the most of the Southern Peru in 8 days.
Inclusions: Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast, Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Lunch, Breakfast, Breakfast, Lunch, Airport Transfer, All entrance fees
Exclusions: Meals as not mentioned in itienerary, Accommodation in Cusco
Reviewed By Leocadia1111
Really well organised - absolutely loved it. Good people and an amazing tour, saw loads of animals and is very pleased.
6. Machu Picchu and Mountain of Colors
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
We are one of the best Cusco agencies for a long time in the region, considering us one of the classic companies of Cusco. The weather has allowed us to take thousands of tourists to Machu Picchu and all corners of the region, they are our best recommendation letter, with all our support experience, you and your companions can enjoy a very pleasant travel experience. .
Inclusions: Breakfast, Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch, Tourist vehicle for transportation to Vinicunca mountain (round trip), Transfer and pick up at Ollantaytambo train station., Train ticket to Machu Picchu category Voyager or Expedition (round trip), Bus up and down to Machu Picchu., Guided tour in the citadel of Machu Picchu by a certified guide., Permanent assistance and guidance 24/7 by an assigned travel agent.
Exclusions: Entrance ticket to the mountain of Colors Vinicunca - Cost US $ 3.50 per person., Entrance ticket to Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu mountain optional USD 35.00 book in advance, Horse rental to climb the mountain - US $ 30.00 (Optional)
Reviewed By Mira S
Amazing ! The whole tour was very organized the tour guides were very passionate. Would recommend them
7. Lares Trek to Machu Picchu (6 Days)
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
Perfect for those looking to experience the region’s archaeological and cultural treasures in a short amount of time, this adventure includes 1 day in Cusco, 1 day in the sacred valley and 4 day hike along the Pre - Inca Trail. This is one of the world’s best-known hikes and will reward those willing to break a sweat with a stunning combination of mountainscapes, cloud forests, and high jungle. We run our own treks, which ensures the fair treatment of our team, quality equipment and organic Peruvian food.
Inclusions: Breakfast, Breakfast, Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Dinner, 3 nights hotel (Cusco, Sacred valley and Aguas Calientes)., Machu Picchu entrance ticket, tent, foam mattress and a duffel bag to carry 8 kilos of your personal belongings, Emergency horse and first aid kit
Exclusions: Tips for your Lares trek TEAM, Huayna Picchu and Machu Picchu mountain tickets, Walking stick & sleeping back (Can be rented from us).
Reviewed By TerryHam1
Super full day hike to Rainbow mountain. Finally the tour was done with amazing people from many countries. LITERALLY EVERYTHING WAS VERY WELL ORGANIZED. The food, guide, chef and driver made good job.
8. Private Full-Day Tour To Machu Picchu with Lunch
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 54 reviews
Visit one of the seven wonders of the world with a unique service and a local Tour guide 100 % expert and with very good English domain, Enjoy the magic, the landscape, food, people and the great history of this place. This experience is private and personalized with lunch included, so you can make a dream come true.
Inclusions: Private guided tour in Machu Picchu (from 2 to 2:30 hrs), Local English- or Spanish-speaking guide, Lunch (appetizer and main course)., Private transfer to Ollantaytambo Train Station (Round Trip), Hotel pickup and drop-off. Note: Some hotels are in areas where the access by vehicle is not permitted. Send hotel details in order to arrange your pickup and drop-off in a nearby place if necessary., Conssetur Bus for go up and down to Machu Picchu
Exclusions: Gratuities, Food and drinks, unless specified
Reviewed By gaving1234
This was a fantastic tour led by a guide named Eddie. Eddie was incredible! He was very knowledgeable, his English was fantastic, and he really made sure everyone could go at a pace they wanted to. We took our time, took many photos, and really enjoyed the experience.
9. Inca Jungle Trail to Machu Picchu in 4 Days
Overall Ratings
4.8 based on 221 reviews
The Inca jungle Trail is a new route offered to Machu Picchu which involves biking, walking and just being. This multiple terrain trip includes recently discovered real Inca paths, archaeological ruins and a 60 kilometer bike downhill. This is done on brand new mountain bikes through the mountains from Abra Malaga to the green valleys below and the jungle base of Santa Maria. The four day, three night trip ends with a dawn view of the valleys below Machu Picchu.
Inclusions: Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Dinner, Lunch, Adventure and cultural guide English & Spanish, Entrance to Machu Picchu and Hotspring in Cocalmayo, Bike Equipment
Exclusions: Last lunch, Extra activities
Reviewed By onurbrun
With 3 friends, we did the rainbow mountain, the agency, guide were very punctual, and they picked us 4.00am at the hotel. We had a briefing, and on the way we had breakfast, which was buffet, that was delicious with varieties. Everything was incredible, modern and comfortable transportation. Another friend rented a mule with the help of our guide. The guide was attentive, explained the whole history of the mountain to us. Arriving there, we took amazing photos and videos. Back we had a delicious buffet lunch and then, we went back to Cusco, they left us at our hotel. Thank you very much Mr. Arturo !!!! we recommend Reserv Cusco !!!
10. Salkantay Trek 5 Days / 4 Nights
Overall Ratings
4.7 based on 175 reviews
There are three main routes to Machu Picchu. There's the popular Inca Trail, the lesser traveled Lares Trek, and the one we chose, The Salkantay Trek. Each of these has a variation of days and you basically just start further up in the trail, or make a shortcut to trim off one day.
Inclusions: Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Dinner, Lunch, Lunch, Breakfast, Breakfast, Dinner, Pre-departure briefing, One sleeping pad per person, Pack animals to carry personal gear up to a maximum of 5kg per person days 1 to 4, Filtered boiled water from lunch time on 1st day onwards, Bio-degradable dishwashing detergents used by our kitchen staff, First-aid kit including emergency oxygen bottle, Machupicchu entrance fee
Exclusions: Lunch on the last day after the guided tour at Machu Picchu, Walking Sticks $15 usd one pair the all trip., Sleeping bag, Train ticket from Aguas Calientes to ollantaytambo Then bus to cusco.
Reviewed By E5759VQchristines
Great tourist company very organized and efficient unlike some of the other ones around Cusco. Highly recommend to go with marvelous Peru, they are easy and have great tour guides who are understanding and helpful to anybody’s needs.
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