The tours below cover the Cusco, Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu part of such a trip and the Rapa Nui part, booked separately and run by different operators.
Updated 9 October 2026
For travellers who want a night in a private room in Aguas Calientes, lunch and breakfast, all round-trip transport from a Cusco hotel and a fluent English-speaking local guide for both the valley and the citadel.
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For a tight schedule in Peru: citadel admission, round-trip train or bimodal bus-and-train, the shuttle bus up and down from Machu Picchu town, a local expert guide in Spanish or English and pickup at your Cusco lodging.
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For anyone with a single free day on the island: six hours with guide and transportation taking in Orongo, Rano Kau, Ana Te Pahu, Puna Pau, Ahu Akivi and Ahu Vinapu, with the national park ticket and meals paid separately.
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For couples and anyone who wants their own driver/guide and their own pace: 13 hours of touring across two days with hotel pickup, bottled water and an air-conditioned minivan, covering Rano Raraku, Ahu Tongariki, Anakena Beach, Orongo and Ahu Te Pito Kura.
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No tour on sale puts Machu Picchu and Easter Island in one booking. The four tours on this page come from different operators working in different countries: two start and finish in Cusco, two run on the island. Rapa Nui, the island's own name, is Chilean territory reached by flights from mainland Chile, so this kind of trip is a Peru segment and a Chile segment that you join together with your own flight dates.
Do Peru first. Cusco stands at 3,399 m while the citadel is at 2,340 m, so the order that works is to land in Cusco, give yourself a couple of nights to adjust, then drop into the Sacred Valley and continue to Machu Picchu. Leave the island for the second half of the trip.
For the days, add the two segments rather than overlapping them. The Peru part needs acclimatisation nights in Cusco plus either one long day or the two-day tour, and the standard routing of Lima to Cusco by air takes about 1 hour 15 minutes, Cusco to Ollantaytambo about 1 hour 30 minutes by road and Ollantaytambo to Machupicchu about 2 hours by train. The island part needs one day for the 6-hour tour or two for the private tour, plus the flights in and out from the Chilean mainland.
Fix the Machu Picchu date before you touch anything else. The entry ticket carries your full name and ID document number and an entry hour printed on it, date and name changes are not allowed, and an unused ticket loses validity with no refund outside documented force majeure. Book the island days around that fixed date.
Travellers with one free day from Cusco should take the 14-hour day trip at $336. It covers citadel admission, the round-trip train or bimodal bus-and-train service, the shuttle bus to go up and down from Machu Picchu town, a local expert guide in Spanish or English, and pickup and drop-off at your lodging in Cusco.
If 14 hours in a single stretch sounds like too much, the 2-day version at $449 splits the load: the lower Sacred Valley and a buffet lunch on day one, a night in a private room in Aguas Calientes, then the citadel on day two with a fluent English-speaking local guide. Entry is priority allocation for Circuit 2, subject to Ministry availability, so book early.
One day is enough for the island's headline sites when the calendar is tight. The 6-hour Rapa Nui tour at $70 includes guide and transportation and stops at Orongo, Rano Kau, Ana Te Pahu, Puna Pau, Ahu Akivi and Ahu Vinapu; the national park ticket and meals are not part of it.
Anyone who wants to set the pace, ask questions and reach the sites in better light should look at the 2-day private tour at $560. Thirteen hours of touring over two days with a driver/guide, hotel pickup and drop-off, bottled water and an air-conditioned minivan, adding Rano Raraku, Ahu Tongariki, Anakena Beach, Ahu Vaihu, Ahu Akahanga and Ahu Tahai. It is not available to cruise ship passengers.
| Tour | Length | From | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu, 2 days | 2 days | $449 | ★ 4.8 (1294) |
| Machu Picchu day trip from Cusco | 14 h | $336 | ★ 4.5 (1716) |
| Full day in Rapa Nui | 6 h | $70 | ★ 4.4 (138) |
| Easter Island highlights, 2 days private | 13 h | $560 | ★ 4.9 (115) |
Tour details from the operator's listing, checked 9 October 2026. Prices and times can change; the booking page has the current ones.
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Set the Machu Picchu date first, then fit the Rapa Nui days around it; each tour is booked on its own page, with the operator who runs it.
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