Glaciers, cloud forest and coffee farms: the five-day Salkantay trek is wilder than the Inca Trail and needs no permit, which makes it our favourite last-minute option.
Machu Picchu Logistics: Tickets, Trains and Circuits
Timed entry, fixed one-way circuits, trains from Ollantaytambo and the bus from Aguas Calientes: the practical side of visiting Machu Picchu, updated for this season.
Everything we have learned from more than two hundred departures on the 43 km Inca Trail: permits, camps, passes and how to arrive at Machu Picchu before the buses.
