Machu Picchu tours from Lima: the 7-day Lima, Cusco and Sacred Valley trip

What Machu Picchu tours from Lima cover over seven days

The trip runs seven days from Lima and back to Lima, with six nights of accommodation and breakfast every morning, airport pickups and ground transfers for all the included excursions. The citadel day uses the Voyager train in both directions, and entrance fees to the scheduled tours and attractions are already paid, so the one substantial cost left in your hands is the domestic airfare Lima-Cusco-Lima, which is not included. Prices start at $1070 per adult, groups are capped at 12 people, and the listing carries a rating of ★ 4.9 from 321 reviews.

A professional bilingual guide works in English and Spanish, which matters on a route that mixes city sightseeing with archaeology. Lunch and breakfast appear in the inclusions; meals and drinks that the itinerary does not name are on you, as are gratuities for guides and drivers. Child pricing applies from 4 to 11 years, adult from 12.

Building the trip around Lima has one practical advantage worth knowing. The flight to Cusco takes about 1 hour 15 minutes, and Cusco sits at 3,399 m while the citadel stands at 2,340 m, so the thin air is a Cusco issue rather than a Machu Picchu one. Spending the first nights in the city and the Sacred Valley before the train day is the sensible order, and it is the order this itinerary follows.

Entry tickets are nominal. Each one carries the visitor's full name and ID document number, names and dates cannot be changed afterwards, and you must show the same valid passport, DNI or carne de extranjeria at the gate, so give the operator your details exactly as they appear on the document you will travel with. Inside the citadel you walk a set route on one of the three circuits, groups are limited to sixteen visitors with the guide staying with them throughout, and entry happens at the hour printed on the ticket.

Meeting point, pickup and cancellation

• Pickup: the staff wear VIPAC uniforms. Your guide waits for you outside customs; use the left exit door. A 24/7 operations department monitors your flight for delays and cancellations.
• Cancellation: for a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
• Ages: child 4-11, adult 12+.

What is included

Other Machu Picchu tours from Lima compared

Two alternatives start in Lima as well. The 7-day Lima and Cusco tour at $974 is fully escorted end to end, with transfers from airports, hotels and the railway station, Voyager train tickets and early admission to Machu Picchu with a private guide; air fares, most meals and gratuities sit outside the price. The 10-day trip adds the Amazon jungle and Lake Titicaca to the same core and costs $2325, which is the one to look at if you want a single booking covering the jungle and the altiplano too.

Compare the tours on duration first, then on what the price absorbs: none of the three includes the Lima-Cusco flight, and that figure changes the real total.

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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