At about 2,430 metres (7,970 feet) above sea level, Machu Picchu is a mid-altitude site — lower than Cusco at 3,400m, which is why most visitors feel the altitude more in Cusco than at the ruins. Peruways runs trips there with licensed guides, train and shuttle transfers, and entry tickets bundled in one booking.
Peruways’ guides cover the Inca urban plan — agricultural zone, urban zone, royal residences — and the key spots that have no signage inside the site: Temple of the Sun, Intihuatana stone, Royal Tomb, Temple of the Three Windows.
Peruways plans Machu Picchu trips with acclimatisation worked in — a Cusco stop, Sacred Valley stop, then the ruins — in the right order for the body’s altitude curve. The Inca Trail option takes four days; the standard train version takes a day.
From the upper agricultural terraces you look across to Huayna Picchu and down into the Vilcanota gorge, usually with cloud moving through below. Peruways runs the day end to end.
