Of the three ways to reach Machu Picchu — the Inca Trail, a long drive via Hidroeléctrica or the train — the train is the one most travellers settle on, and PeruRail is the operator with the widest range of services. Peruways books all three PeruRail trains out of Cusco and Ollantaytambo: Expedition, Vistadome and the Belmond Hiram Bingham.
Peruways handles the pieces that are easy to miss on your own: the taxi or shuttle from your Cusco hotel to the station, the train leg through the Sacred Valley to Aguas Calientes, and the Consettur bus up to the ruins. Vistadome adds panoramic side windows and an onboard dance performance on the way back; the Hiram Bingham is a four-course dining experience with live music and lounge access at the station.
Guides who travel on request add context to the stonework — why the Temple of the Sun is oriented to the June solstice, how the terraces drain, which structures the Spanish never reached — that is easy to miss on a self-guided visit.
Book the train and the ground transfers in one go at Peruways and plan the rest of your Peru trip from there.
