In addition to the railway restoration, trains to Machu Picchu have also been renovated. Starting July 1^st, the popular Vistadome and Expedition service carriages now have many new improvements such as amazing panoramic windows, allowing guests to take in all the vistas and incredible views leading up to the ruins. New upholstered seating and state of the art sound equipment make the train ride leisurely, comfortable and enjoyable.

No visit to Peru is complete without a visit to Machu Picchu. Please visit our Machu Picchu Tours page for more information.

The Pueblo Hotel in Machu Picchu offers spa services, daily tea time, a restaurant where you can enjoy delicious Andean cuisine while peering out at amazing views of the rushing Vilcanota River. You’ll want for nothing during your visit. Tea time, WiFi, high-speed Internet, spas, private pools… everything one could expect of a world-class luxury boutique hotel!

To make it even easier to decide, between now and May 31, 2010, when you stay two nights, you’ll get a third night free! If your itinerary won’t allow you to take advantage of that great offer, enjoy a free guided excursion to the Citadel instead!

Machu Picchu is magical. The Pueblo Hotel focuses on the the spirit of this mystical place. You’ll find it at once luxurious, welcoming, warm, comfortable, serene and inviting. Accommodations range from the simple to the lavish. Suit yourself, whether you want to enjoy time to reflect in privacy, or the 24-hour butler service. The choice is yours, from simple retreat to marble bathrooms, a plasma TV screen with DVD player, an iPod, mini-bar, and cordless phones. You decide what you’d like for your Machu Picchu experience, and we’ll work with the Pueblo Hotel to ensure that everything is perfect!

We wanted to keep everyone updated on the situation for future travels to the area. As of now, the rain has stopped and the river has returned to its banks. Machu Picchu is undamaged, and the road to the citadel is passable. Although the train tracks are still damaged, the government will have trains to and from the town of Machu Picchu (formerly Aguas Calientes) running by the end of March, at the latest. In the meantime, there are other methods of reaching the ruins for those interested in traveling in February and March.

Travelers after March should not experience any issues, particularly since the rainy season ends in late April.

Please contact us if you have any questions about future travel to Machu Picchu and other areas of Peru. We work with high quality private tours to Lima, Machu Picchu and the Cusco area, Lake Titicaca and the Amazon.

Begin your vacation in Lima, Peru’s capital and a coastal city with a great deal of history. You’ll stay in the Miraflores neighborhood, home to dining and shopping options, and have the chance to visit the historic colonial center of town, and the amazing Museo Larco – visitors have access to the enormous pottery archive, a very unusual experience.

Then, continue to Cusco, where you’ll stay several nights in the Sacred Valley. At a lower altitude than Cusco, the Sacred Valley is filled with ruins, villages and colorful markets, as well as the chance for activities like horseback riding on Peruvian Paso horses, learning traditional weaving techniques, river rafting and mountain biking.

After a few days in the Sacred Valley, take the panoramic Vistadome train to Machu Picchu, disembarking early for the one day Inca Trail hike. Explore the Machu Picchu citadel, and stay overnight at Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel, which has nature walks in the cloud forest and to a spectacle bear reserve.

End the trip in Cusco, the former capital of the Inca Empire, where you’ll have a chance to explore the famed Temple of the Sun and enormous ruins outside the city.

This is an ideal trip to combine with a cruise in the Galapagos Islands, or time in the Amazon. Ask us for more details!

Continue to Cusco, former Inca capital, and the Sacred Valley, to explore ruins, villages and markets. Of course, the highlight of your time in the area will be Machu Picchu, the impressive ruins set in the cloud forest, whose purpose is still not completely clear to archaeologists. You’ll begin your time exploring the Inca culture in the Sacred Valley, at a lower altitude for easier acclimatization and home to charming villages, terraced ruins overlooking the valley and colorful markets.

Then, continue to Machu Picchu in the panoramic Vistadome or the luxury Hiram Bingham service, where you’ll have a private guide to learn more about the impressive architecture and construction techniques. Finally, stay a few nights in Cusco, which has a combination of colonial and Inca architecture, a lovely main plaza, and the famed Temple of the Sun. Cusco is a lively town, with restaurants, bars and plenty of winding alleys to explore.

End your trip in the Amazon region, with a stay at one of the lodges set deep into the jungle there, or with a riverboat cruise on a luxury riverboat. Lodges range from those offering more amenities, to those for travelers interested in an authentic, in-depth Amazon experience. You’ll have activities in the Amazon like wildlife watching, canoeing, fishing for piranha, visiting local communities, night walks and more.

Ask us for more details on adding more destinations in Peru to your trip, or about other Amazon regions in South America.