ABOUT MACHU PICCHU PRO
Machu Picchu is complicated to plan. We want to make it clearer.
Independent, decision-first travel guidance for tickets, circuits, trains, tours, treks and places to stay.
WHY THIS SITE EXISTS
A travel guide built around the decisions you actually have to make.
Planning Machu Picchu is not as simple as buying an entrance ticket. Travelers need to understand circuits and routes, coordinate trains and transfers, decide whether a tour is useful, choose where to stay and make all of those bookings work together.
Machu Picchu Pro is being built to organize that information into clear decisions — so you can understand your options before spending money.
Our goal
Help you book the right trip, not simply more things.
HOW WE WORK
The principles behind Machu Picchu Pro
Primary sources first
For rules, tickets and other operational information, we prioritize official and primary sources whenever they are available.
Explain the decision
We do not want to publish generic travel filler. Guides should help answer a specific planning question.
Separate facts from recommendations
Official information, editorial analysis and commercial recommendations should be distinguishable.
Update changing information
Prices, routes, rules and schedules can change. Time-sensitive guides should show when they were reviewed.
OUR EDITORIAL STANDARD
How we research travel information
Identify the question
What decision is the traveler trying to make?
Verify the facts
Check primary and authoritative sources for operational claims.
Compare the options
Look at trade-offs rather than declaring one choice best for everyone.
Make it usable
Turn the research into steps, comparisons and clear next actions.
Review it
Revisit information that can become outdated.
HOW MACHU PICCHU PRO MAKES MONEY
Some links may earn us a commission. The disclosure should never be hidden.
Machu Picchu Pro may eventually earn revenue when a reader books a hotel, tour, transport product or other travel service through selected affiliate links. When that happens, the commercial relationship should be disclosed clearly.
An affiliate commission should not determine the factual conclusion of a guide or prevent us from linking to an official source when that is the more useful destination for the reader.
Transparency rules
- Affiliate relationships disclosed
- Official links clearly identified
- Sponsored content labeled
- Corrections welcomed
- Editorial conclusions remain independent
WHAT WE COVER
Start planning your trip
Getting There
Coordinate Cusco, Ollantaytambo, trains, Aguas Calientes and your entrance.
Plan transport →Where to Stay
Choose between Aguas Calientes, Ollantaytambo, Cusco and the Sacred Valley.
Find your base →Found something that needs correcting?
Travel information changes. If you find an outdated rule, broken official link, incorrect price or another factual problem, we want to know about it.
A note on official status
Machu Picchu Pro is an independent travel information website. It is not the official website of the Peruvian government or Machu Picchu authorities.