Peru & Machu Picchu at a glance
Tap through to the live Land-tour Atlas for every place’s card: how ships or tours use it, who goes and when.
Tour start cityOvernight stopDay highlightClassic route
Best May–October · busiest June–August · Inca Trail shut in February
- Janfew or none
- Febfew or none
- Marfew or none
- Aprfew or none
- Maypeak
- Junpeak
- Julpeak
- Augpeak
- Seppeak
- Octpeak
- Novfew or none
- Decfew or none
Intrepid points you to the Andes' dry season, May to October, with June to August the busiest stretch. November to April is wetter and quieter, and the Inca Trail closes every February.
Every Peru & Machu Picchu place we map
10 land-tour stops, grouped as the itineraries use them. Places with a full Seabound guide link straight to it.
Day highlights 4
Overnight stops 3
Tour start cities 3
The classic routes
The routes the tour companies sell most often here, drawn on the map above.
Lima → Sacred Valley → Machu Picchu → Cusco · 7 to 8 days
Lima → Cusco → Machu Picchu · 8 days
Run by G Adventures
Ollantaytambo → Aguas Calientes → Machu Picchu
Run by PeruRail, Inca Rail, Belmond
Lima → Cusco → Aguas Calientes → Machu Picchu → Puno & Lake Titicaca · 9 days
Run by Intrepid
Cusco → Puno & Lake Titicaca → Arequipa · 1 to 2 nights aboard
Run by Belmond
Tour companies that go here
The number is how many places on this map each one uses.
Peru & Machu Picchu map questions
How many land-tour stops are on the Peru & Machu Picchu map?
10: 4 day highlights, 3 overnight stops, 3 tour start cities. Each one opens a card on our interactive map.
When is the Peru & Machu Picchu season?
Best May–October · busiest June–August · Inca Trail shut in February. Intrepid points you to the Andes' dry season, May to October, with June to August the busiest stretch. November to April is wetter and quieter, and the Inca Trail closes every February.
Who runs tours in Peru & Machu Picchu?
Intrepid, Trafalgar, Tauck, Globus, Collette, G Adventures, plus 3 more use places on this map.
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