Guided Machu Picchu Circuits

Machupicchu circuits 2022
Guided Machu Picchu

The circuits for guiding in Machu Picchu are 5, these are designed to avoid crowds for our visitors and thus ensure the safety of the archaeological park and tourists. The circuits in Machu Picchu are distributed along the Inca citadel, starting at the control gate of the park and the different most important places in Machu Picchu.

The Ministry of Culture of Cusco has chosen to distribute the different circuits as follows:

  • If you book the ticket to Machu Picchu (general), then you have the option to choose between the circuits (1, 2, 3 or 4) at the time of entry to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.
  • If you book the ticket Machu Picchu + Wayna Picchu, Machu Picchu + Huchuy Picchu, you can only do the circuit 4.
  • If you book the ticket to Machu Picchu + Machu Picchu Mountain, then you must do circuit 3 only.
  • If you book the ticket to Inca trail + Machu Picchu, then you must do circuit 5 only.

If you want to visit 2 or more circuits you must purchase more than one ticket, remember that you are not allowed to re-enter Machu Picchu once you have left the park, and no entrance tickets are sold at the entrance gate of Machu Picchu.


Guided Machu Picchu Circuit 1

Guided Machu Picchu circuit 1
Machu Picchu circuit 01

Aproximate hiking time: 2 hours

Places to visit this circuit:

  • Lower Platform
  • Upper platform
  • Dry pit
  • Viewpoint of the Temple of the Sun
  • Granitic Chaos
  • Water Mirrors Set
  • Pisonay Square
  • Archaeological Reserve

Guided Machu Picchu Circuit 2

Guided Machu Picchu circuit 2
Machu Picchu circuit 02

Aproximate hiking time: 3 hours

Places to visit this circuit:

  • Lower Platform
  • Upper platform
  • Dry pit
  • Viewpoint of the Temple of the Sun
  • Granitic Chaos
  • Square of the temples
  • Intihuatana pyramid (7:00h to 10:00h)
  • Sacred Rock
  • Twelve Spans
  • Eastern Qolcas
  • Water Mirrors Set
  • Condor Temple (10:00h to 13:00h)
  • Pisonay Square
  • Archaeological Reserve

Guided Machu Picchu Circuit 3

Guided Machu Picchu circuit 3
Machu Picchu circuit 03

Aproximate hiking time: 1.5 hours

Places to visit this circuit:

  • Qolqas
  • Agricultural area
  • Water channel
  • Dry pit
  • Temple of the Sun complex
  • House of the Inka complex
  • Water sources
  • Water Mirrors Set
  • Pisonay Square
  • Archaeological Reserve

Guided Machu Picchu Circuit 4

Guided Machu Picchu circuit 4
Machu Picchu circuit 04

Aproximate hiking time: 2.5 hours

Places to visit this circuit:

  • Qolcas
  • Agricultural area
  • Water channel
  • Dry pit
  • Temple of the Sun complex
  • House of the Inka complex
  • Water sources
  • Sacred Rock
  • Twelve Spans
  • Eastern Qolcas
  • Water Mirrors Set
  • Condor Temple (10:00h to 13:00h)
  • Pisonay Square
  • Archaeological Reserve

Guided Machu Picchu Circuit 5

Guided Machu Picchu circuit 5
Machu Picchu circuit 05

Aproximate hiking time: 1.5 hours

Places to visit this circuit:

  • Qolcas
  • Agricultural area
  • Water channel
  • Dry pit
  • Temple of the Sun complex
  • House of the Inka complex
  • Water sources
  • Set of 3 covers
  • Pisonay Square
  • Archaeological Reserve

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