Guided Trips to Machu Picchu

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View our list of curated Machu Picchu guided trips. With local experts leading your way, and hand-picked wilderness lodges, our options keep adventure close and crowds away from your once-in-a-lifetime experience.

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Sunbeams shine down on Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu with a guided tour group seen standing on rock walls above the citadel

Our guided trips to Machu Picchu pair the region's best guides with comprehensive itineraries that show you the best away from crowds. This means:

  • accessing the Citadel at non-peak times
  • guides that know the best circuits and hike times
  • treks for all abilities that utilize lesser-visited paths
  • more upscale wilderness lodge and camping options
  • fully customizable luxury train, hotel and private tour upgrades

Our team of experts coordinate the logistics for you, and blend it into one seamless trip, so you don’t have to do the guess work.

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Our Guided Trips to Machu Picchu

Our Machu Picchu guided tours take the average traveler's experience up a notch thanks to seamless connections, tried-and-true hotels with the top guides, authentic encounters with locals and easy-to-access adventure options.

Reaching this remote lost city requires travel logistics involving planes, cars, trains and buses. But the logistics won't get in your way when you travel with AdventureSmith Explorations. Our options for lodging are located in remote valleys and peaks, and in popular towns along the main paths to the Citadel, including Aguas Calientes and Ollantaytambo. And your guide joins every step of the journey so you don't miss a moment of history, culture, learning and connection.

Machu Picchu Luxury Tours

For those seeking added comfort, our luxury trips to Machu Picchu can include extra upgrades like the Hiram Bingham luxury train, hotels that go above and beyond, including options right at the Citadel gates or in Cusco pre- and post- Machu Picchu.

From hotels with butlers and spas that incorporate historic architecture, to food-focused tours and private pisco-making classes, our Machu Picchu luxury tours can be customized at every step to include your interests.

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View through opening in brown stone wall at Machu Picchu citadel, looking onto bright green grassy levels & tall mountain behind. Route map of 5- and 6-day Machu Picchu Explorer land tour, operating round-trip from Cusco or Lima, with visits to the Sacred Valley, Pisac & Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu Explorer

A customizable journey through Cusco, the Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu

llamas graze on green grass next to the giant steps of machu picchu on a sunny day during the peru highlights trip Route map of Peru Highlights land tour, operating from Lima to Cusco with visits to Miraflores, Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Puno, Lake Titicaca, the Sacred Valley & Machu-Picchu.

Peru Highlights

Peru's essential cultural treasures, from Lima & Cusco to Machu Picchu

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Inca Trail Trek

Supported backpacking trek to Machu Picchu via Peru's iconic Inca Trail

line of adventure travelers walking along a sunny path with a large snowy mountain in the distance on the salkantay trek to machu picchu peru trip Route map of Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu, operating in the Andes mountains, roundtrip from Cusco, Peru with stops at Salkantay Lodge, Humantay Lake, Salkantay Pass, the Santa Teresa River Valley, Llactapata Pass and Machu Picchu.

Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu

Challenging high-altitude route to Machu Picchu via private mountain lodges

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Traveler Reviews of Our Machu Picchu Guided Trips