Machu Picchu by Train

For a tour to Machu Picchu, you need to take:

▪🛂 A foreign passport (mandatory!!!)
▪📱 A smartphone with tickets and a camera for your unforgettable photos
▪🎒 A hiking bag or backpack (the smaller, the better)
▪🥤 A water bottle or flask
▪👟 Comfortable, non-slip hiking boots ideally or sneakers (lightweight with good soles)
▪👚 A good shirt, jacket, and pants for the day at Machu Picchu. Remember that you will always cherish these photos! Wear something you love!
▪🌧 A raincoat
▪👒 A hat or cap for sun protection
▪🧴 Sunscreen
▪😎 Sunglasses
▪💊 Personal medications
▪⚕ A personal first aid kit
▪💵 Money for souvenirs, drinks, and tips

Do not take with you:
❌🧳 Lagguage. You can leave it in hotel in Cusco in storage room. It is free.

While visiting the citadel of Machu Picchu, the following is prohibited:
❌🎒Carrying backpacks, bags, or purses larger than 40x35x20 cm (16x14x8 inches).
❌🍎Carrying food or kitchen utensils such as plates, cutlery, thermoses, etc.
❌💊Carrying any prohibited substances or being under their influence.
❌🥴Visiting the site while intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
❌🌂Carrying umbrellas, canes, folding chairs, tripods, monopods, selfie sticks, or other similar devices.
❌🐇Carrying animals, except for guide dogs.
❌🥕Feeding domestic or wild animals.
❌💭Carrying any aerosols.
❌⛏️Making inscriptions, damaging or altering the surface of structures.
❌📯Carrying musical instruments, megaphones, or speakers.
❌🎤Making loud or disturbing noises (shouting, whistling, clapping, singing, etc.).
❌🎥Using mobile devices in places where it may disturb other visitors.
❌👠Wearing shoes with heels or hard soles.
❌🏎Carrying strollers.
❌🗡Carrying knives or any weapons.
❌ ✉️Carrying banners, posters, or other advertising materials.
❌🏃Engaging in activities that disturb the public order (running, jumping, lying on the ground, etc.).
❌🧗‍♂️Climbing on walls, touching or moving stones.
❌🥀Damaging flora and fauna.
❌💃Engaging in activities that offend the sanctity of the monument (fashion shows, dances, mass events, etc.).
❌🚬Smoking, vaping, or starting fires.
❌🚯Littering.
❌⛔Deviating from established routes.
❌🛒Selling or exchanging goods within the complex and adjacent areas up to Puente Ruinas.
❌🪂Flying over the city in paragliders, drones, or other aircraft.

All of these rules are a necessary part of preserving and protecting such an important archaeological complex. The Peruvian government sometimes imposes strict penalties on foreign tourists who violate laws and regulations.

Please show respect for the cultural traditions of the country you are visiting.