BUS TO MACHU PICCHU?
There is a bus to Machu Picchu but since there is not a full and detailed information about this, people get inquired and ask themselves with questions like these, What is the bus to Machu Picchu? Is there a bus to Machu Picchu? How much does the bus to Machu Picchu cost? These doubts have to be clearly explained and you are in the right article to find the best and full information.
This article starts by briefly mentioning the ways to reach Machu Picchu and therefore letting the visitors know the choices to get there.
The train transport in one of them and comes to be the most comfortable way, then the hikes or treks like Salkantay or the popular Inca Trail are also options. However, many are unaware of an unconventional and no traditional route to the others, an option for those who save money while enjoying the immense diversity that Mother Earth provides us is in mind, we are talking about the bus to Machu Picchu.
What? How? Really? Is there bus to Machu Picchu?
These are also the questions that people ask themselves and are unaware of the subject, and yes, there is an alternative route to reach one of the 7 wonders of the modern world “Machu Picchu”, it is not a direct route, since in addition to the 5-hour trip in a van, there is a hike of approximately 10 kilometers.
The trip starts leaving the City of Cusco, Peru Hiking Tours recommends leaving early in the morning and taking either the direct tourist transport from Cusco to the Hidroelectrica Train Station or through the local transports with stops and change in certain locations, lines below all the description.
We will start this description through the organized transport by a Travel Operator. This is actually a tour which begins at 7:30 in the morning, 4 hours and a half takes to reach the District of Santa Teresa, a place where you can have lunch at any of the restaurants, the driver of the tourist transport usually chooses a restaurant for all the passengers.
After a decent lunch time, the trip continues for a period of 40 minutes to Hidroelectrica, from there, travelers can choose one of the following options, walk for a period of 2 and a half hours to the Town of Aguas Calientes or to take the 40 minutes train transport toward that town (The cost in this second option is based to the nationality of the visitor), the schedules are few “2 times per day” and predetermined by Peru Rail.
On the other hand, traveling on your own should be through a local transport, it will imply a lot of responsibility and awareness that nothing is organized. Already having these details in mind, you have to go to the bus terminal or vans which go to Quillabamba City, fortunately nowadays, there are frequent departures during the day, for sure, the journey will be longer than the organized transport, this is due to the picks and drops of local passengers.
After approximately 5 hours you need to get off the bus or van in the town of Santa María “that is before Quillabamba” then another transport is necessary to take on the way to Santa Teresa which takes 1 hour driving and finally 1 more hour with another local transport toward Hidroelectrica. The following after the transport to Hidroelectrica is the same story as when you take the organized tour.
If your decision is to take the tourist transport, you will not to be worried about the stops or disembarkation places, since everything will be organized by the travel operator from the beginning to the end, however, choosing to take the local transport entails to be worried and to know the stops or towns.
In any of the situations whether the organized or local transport, Bus to Machu Picchu comes to be the cheapest compared to the others ways.
Peru Hiking Tours recommends to be clearly informed about the different options before making a decision, that could change the way how you enjoy the journey to Machu Picchu.
