The Consettur bus from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu is a required piece of most citadel visits — a 25-minute switchback climb through cloud forest to the gate. PeruWays sells the ticket online so you aren’t queuing at the Aguas Calientes bus office the morning of your visit.
The ride itself is a highlight: fourteen hairpins and almost 400 meters of climb, with glimpses of the Urubamba gorge dropping away below. PeruWays’ buses are standard air-conditioned coaches, and the drivers run the route multiple times a day.
Booking ahead also solves the capacity problem — in June through September the first-wave morning buses fill, and the Aguas Calientes queue stretches into the main street. The e-ticket skips that entirely.
Book PeruWays Machu Picchu bus tickets at Peruways and lock in the last mile up to the citadel.
