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Machu Picchu last minute tickets (2-day tour)

Machu Picchu last minute tickets (2-day tour)

A wonderful excursion to Machu Picchu in 2 days

Price
$340

Machu Picchu last minute tickets (2-day tour)

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A wonderful excursion to Machu Picchu in 2 days

This 2-day Machu Picchu tour is specially designed for those who waited to the last minute to purchase their Machu Picchu Circuit 2 tickets only to find out that all tickets are sold out for your travel dates. Do not worry, this 2-day tour will allow you to visit Machu Picchu and enter circuit 2 Classic Route or Circuit 2 Lower Terrace, these are the best circuits of Machu Picchu and although there is very little difference between these 2 routes, you will most likely get Circuit 2 Classic 95% of the time. You will get Machu Picchu circuit 2 tickets even if sold out at the official site. But it will require you to make a queue of about 15 minutes to 1 hour to pick up your tickets in person. No one can pick up the tickets for you, so each participant must do this in person.

What to expect: You will be picked up from your hotel in Cusco at around 03:40am and arrive at Machu Picchu village by 08:01am. Upon arrival you will be met by our staff and taken to the office to submit your passports and you will receive a registration number so you can pick up your Circuit 2 entrance tickets in the afternoon. You will spend the night at the Machu Picchu village. You are responsible to book your own hotel in Machupicchu. The next day, you will board the bus to the entrance to Machupicchu and your guide will do a 2.5hr private tour of Circuit 2 of Machu Picchu citadel. After the tour, you will board the train and bus back to Cusco. And finally, you will be transported to your hotel in Cusco.

Tour Photos

  • Machu Picchu circuit 2 Classic
  • Machu Picchu circuit 2 Lower Terrace Classic Photo
  • Machu Picchu circuit 2 Lower Terrace Classic Photo
  • Machu Picchu circuit 2 Lower Terrace Classic Photo
  • machupicchu circuito2 temple area
  • intihuatana
  • sacred rock
  • machupicchu-circuit1-main-gate.webp
  • Machu Picchu sun temple /li>

Price

$310 USD per person if 4 travlers
$320 USD per person if 3 travelers
$340 USD per person if 2 travelers
$385 USD per person for solo travelers

What Is Included?

DAY 1: CUSCO TO MACHUPICCHU

  • 03:40am pick up from your hotel in Cusco
  • 04:00am check-in at bus station
  • 04:20am Bus departure Cusco > Ollantaytambo
  • 06:40am Voyager Train from Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu.
  • 08:01am Register passports: You will be met by our staff at the train station exit. They will take you to the registration office to obtain a registration number. You must bring a printed copy of your passport or pay for photocopy on site. You have free time on your own after registration.
  • 14:30pm approximately: Pickup your entrance tickets: Your registration number will have a specified time to pickup your entrance tickets, typically between 2pm to 5pm. You have free time on your own after picking up your tickets.
  • 19:00pm Briefing with your guide at your hotel in Machu Picchu. (You are responsible to book your own hotel in Machu Picchu)
DAY 2: MACHU PICCHU TOUR
  • Bus Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu entrance.
  • Machu Picchu entrance ticket. Note: the entrance time of this ticket could be from 6am to 3pm. We have no control what entry time you will get as it is based on demand. You will have to accept whatever time is assigned to you. However, the 9am entry time is usually the default in low season, 11am is the usual time in high peak season and 3pm in extremely high demanding days.
  • 2.5hr guided private tour of Machu Picchu Circuit 2 Classic Route or Circuit 2 Lower Terrace, these are the best circuits of Machu Picchu.
  • Bus Machu Picchu to Aguas Calientes.
  • 19:00 Voyager Train Machu Picchu to Ollantaytambo
  • 20:41 Bus Transportation Ollantaytambo to Cusco
  • 23:00 Transfer bus station to your hotel in Cusco

What is not included?

DAY 1: CUSCO to MACHUPICCHU

  • Hotel in Machupicchu village also known as Aguas Calientes You are responsible to book your own hotel
  • Food
DAY 2:MACHU PICCHU to CUSCO
  • Food

  • Original Passport
  • Warm jacket
  • Hat
  • Water
  • Sun protection
  • Do not bring checked luggage as train only allows hand luggage

Will I able to go to the classic photo spot of Machupicchu with this tour?
Yes, you will be able to get to the classic photo spot of Machupicchu and take the picture below: Machupicchu classic photo spotThis photo was taken from Circuit 2 Lower Terrace which is included in this tour package.
Machupicchu classic photo spotThis photo was also taken from Circuit 2 Lower Terrace which is included in this tour package.

The tickets are sold out for my travel dates in the official government website. Are my tickets Circuit 2 tickets guaranteed? Yes. You are guaranteed that you will get entrance tickets for circuit 2, the best circuit. What is not guaranteed is the time on your ticket. As long as you follow our staff instructions, you will have no problems in getting circuit 2 tickets. However, only 1000 last-minute tickets are available per day and 500 of those tickets are Circuit 2 entrance tickets. And only during Peruvian holidays, there is a 1% chance that when you arrive, 1000 tourists (mainly locals) may show up with no tickets. Only in this very rare scenario, you will have the choice to either take a Circuit 1 Machu Picchu Mountain ticket so you can take the classic picture and keep the tour to 2-days, or you will have to stay one additional night in Machu Picchu village to get your circuit 2 entrance ticket. In such rare situations, you are still responsible to pay for your additional hotel costs in Machu Picchu village. Since we do this every day, we usually warn you ahead of time if this may be a possibility as we see the number of tourists increasing. But sometimes a sudden rush of locals may show up and take us all by surprise as there is no way to know this in advance. From past experience, we know it's around the 28th of July, Peru's Independence day, and mid-term break on the third week of August or mid December when Peruvian students book their graduation trips. If it happens on your reservation date, please be understanding. We will do our best to warn you ahead of time but it it takes us by surprise we will do everything we can do reschedule your trains at our loss so you can visit Machu Picchu on the third day.

Can I change my return train if when I pick up my last-minute tickets I am assigned an very early entry time? The answer is Probably. The train company policy is that you cannot change train departures at the last minute. But usually the train staff are considerate and if there is availability, they will let you change your return train.
You are responsible to go in person to the train station and make this change. The train company may charge you 10% + difference in fare to change your train ticket to an earlier departure. However, if you do change your train to an earlier time, you will loose the transfer to you hotel. We hire the train company to take you to your hotel once you arrive in Cusco. This is called "door-to-door" service. If the train company changes your return train to an earlier time, you are responsible to hire your own taxi back to your hotel.

Can I also add the mountain of Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain to my last-minute tour? The answer is YES MOST DAYS. When you pick up your circuit 2 entrance tickets you can also request an additional a Huayna Picchu entrance ticket or a Machupicchu Mountain entrance ticket. There is usually availability unless the demand of tickets is so high on the day of your visit that the Machu Picchu Cultural Center will only allow 1 ticket per visitor. If you are allowed to pick up 2 tickets, you have to bring an additional 200PEN cash in Peruvian Sol per person to cover the cost of the Huayna Picchu entrance ticket or the Machu Picchu mountain entrance ticket. We recommend you request the earliest Huaynapichu or Machupicchu Mountain and then request your circuit 2 entrance ticket for 4 hours later. Our staff on site will assist you.

You may cancel this tour with a penalty of 120 USD per person if you cancel with a 72-hour advanced notice. This is because the bus tickets are not refundable and the train company only allows cancellations by paying a penalty

If you cancel with less than 72 hours advanced notice, no refund of any kind can be made regardless of the reason of your cancellation. Sorry, but we are firm on this as the train, bus tickets (4 of them required) are not refundable. In addition, the work to secure a private guide, the bus tickets, the train tickets, the taxi, and the bus to the entrance, the taxes and the accouting costs do not give us any room to give you any refund if you tell us last minute.

You may change the tour date only, if you give us a 72 hour notice. And you must pay a 30USD penalty per person to change your tour reservation to a new date.

In extremely high demand dates, usually during Peruvian holidays like Peru's Independence day around July 28 or when Peruvian high school students go to Machu Picchu as part of their graduation during the months of September and October , there is a 1% chance you may have to stay one more night in Aguas Calientes without advanced notice. There are only 500 circuit 2 tickets available daily, and In situations when there are more tourists than tickets available, you will have the choice to either take a Circuit 1 Machu Picchu Mountain ticket or Circuit 3 Royalty ticket or Circuit 3 Huayna Picchu ticket to keep the tour to 2-days, or you will have to stay one additional night in Machu Picchu village to get your circuit 2 entrance ticket. In such situations, you are still responsible to pay for your additional hotel costs in Machu Picchu village. Since we do this every day, we usually warn you ahead of time if this may be a possibility, but the first occurrence takes us all by surprise and it may be the case that it happens with you. Please be understanding.