About Love Machu Picchu
Who writes Love Machu Picchu, why it exists, and how an independent field guide to the citadel, Cusco and the Sacred Valley is put together.
- ✓Love Machu Picchu is an independent editorial field guide to the citadel, Cusco and the Sacred Valley — not affiliated with Peru's Ministry of Culture, any tour operator or any rail line.
- ✓Every guide is compiled from official ticketing authorities, rail operator timetables and public data — the timed-entry circuits, the rail lines down the Urubamba gorge, and the seasonal calendar.
- ✓We earn no commission and run no affiliate links — picks are editorial, and volatile facts are linked to their official source.
An independent guide, compiled from official sources
Love Machu Picchu is an editorial field guide to the citadel and the route that reaches it — the timed-entry ticket and its three circuits, the train from Ollantaytambo through the Urubamba gorge, the classic and alternative treks, and the low-to-high-to-low acclimatization ladder that runs from Cusco down to the Sacred Valley and back up to the gate. We compile it from official ticketing authorities, rail operator timetables and public data, knotting every claim to a real, countable fact rather than a brochure line.
We are independent. We are not affiliated with Peru's Ministerio de Cultura, the DRC Cusco, PeruRail, IncaRail or any trekking agency, and we take no commission on anything we recommend. When a detail can change between visits — entry prices, circuit rules, permit release dates — we link the official source so you can confirm it yourself before you book.
Who writes it
Guides are written and edited by The Love Machu Picchu editorial team. Compiled and maintained by the Love Machu Picchu editorial team from official ticketing authorities, rail operator timetables and public data. Guides are reviewed and updated regularly. We don't accept payment for inclusion.
If something here is out of date — a circuit renumbered, a fare changed, a permit window moved — or you know a Sacred Valley corner we've missed, we'd genuinely like to hear it.
