Peruways’ train service to Machu Picchu runs the full stack — PeruRail Expedition, Vistadome and Belmond Hiram Bingham, plus Inca Rail’s Voyager, 360 and First Class — from either Poroy or Ollantaytambo.
Vistadome and 360 are the mid-tier upgrades: oversized windows and open-air viewing balconies that earn their fee once the train drops into the Urubamba gorge after Ollantaytambo. The Hiram Bingham is the top-end 1920s-style Pullman with four-course lunch.
The route climbs through the Sacred Valley, passes Ollantaytambo’s fortress on the way out and the Veronica glacier on the way in, then follows the Urubamba River into cloud forest at Aguas Calientes.
Peruways’ guides pick up at the station and walk the citadel with you the next morning — Temple of the Sun, Intihuatana, Three Windows, agricultural terraces.
Book the Cusco-Machu Picchu train chain through Peruways once your citadel entry date is set.
