How do you get from Lima to Machu Picchu via Cusco?

Getting there

1. Lima → Cuzco Fly to Cusco About an hour and a quarter from Lima, by PROMPERÚ's reckoning.
2. el soroche Take the first day slowly Cusco lies at 3,400 metres and altitude sickness gives no warning. Guides hand out coca tea and tell you to walk slowly.
3. Ollantaytambo Bus or car to Ollantaytambo About an hour and a half.
4. el tren Train to Machu Picchu About two hours; the Urubamba river runs below, between the mountains.
5. a pie Or walk the Camino del Inca Many go up on foot along the Inca Trail.

• Cusco lies at 3,400 metres; altitude sickness, el soroche, gives no warning, and guides give coca tea and advise walking slowly on the first day.
• One route: fly Lima to Cusco (about 1 h 15), bus or car to Ollantaytambo (about 1 h 30), then train to Machu Picchu (about 2 h).
• Tourists arrive by train from Cusco; many walk up along the Inca Trail.

Cuzco está a tres mil cuatrocientos metros, y el soroche no avisa.

Cuzco lies at three thousand four hundred metres, and altitude sickness gives no warning.

Rodrigo les da mate de coca y les dice que caminen despacio el primer día.

Rodrigo gives them coca tea and tells them to walk slowly on the first day.

Muchos suben a pie por el Camino del Inca.

Many walk up along the Inca Trail.