About Activity
One of the world's most celebrated railway journeys begins at Cusco station, where the train departs through the Sacred Valley of the Incas — the Urubamba River gathering pace below as the mountains close in, the vegetation deepens from highland grassland to subtropical cloud forest, and the extraordinary landscape of the Inca heartland unfolds beyond the windows in a succession of views of quietly cumulative beauty. Arriving at Aguas Calientes, a bus transfer ascends the winding mountain road to Machu Picchu — the Lost City of the Incas, abandoned after the Spanish conquest and lost to the wider world until 1911. A fully guided tour explores its extraordinary temples, terraces, and ceremonial spaces at an unhurried and deeply absorbing pace, with an included lunch before the return journey to Cusco through the Sacred Valley as the afternoon light plays across the ancient Andean landscape.
