Machu Picchu Tickets and Inca Trail Availability

Prices for foreign visitors in Peruvian soles, from the Ministry of Culture’s tariff schedule (Ministerial Resolution 000451-2024-MC), in force in 2026. Prices for 2027 have not been published yet.

• Children under 3 enter free with an adult; the child rate is for ages 3 to 17.
• Students up to undergraduate level pay the reduced rate. At the entrance they show their original, valid student card or certificate of enrolment, together with their passport (Ministerial Resolution 000334-2026-MC).
• Peruvians, citizens of the Andean Community and foreign residents pay lower rates (in 2026, S/ 64, or S/ 112 with a mountain).
• Not included: the bus between Aguas Calientes and the site, the train, and the Inca Trail permit, which is a separate ticket booked through a licensed operator.

Tickets are sold online on the Ministry of Culture’s platform, tuboleto.cultura.pe, and in person at its authorized offices. Since September 2026 the full price is paid when you book: there are no reservations without payment. Only the visitor or a travel agency registered with the Ministry’s office in Cusco can buy them, and tickets may not be issued or sold through any other platform (Ministerial Resolution 000334-2026-MC). When we last checked, in early November 2026, the Ministry had not yet announced when tickets for 2027 go on sale.

1. Choose your route first: it decides what you see and the price. Our guide to the Machu Picchu circuits and routes explains all ten.
2. Create an account on TuBoleto, then pick the route, the date and the entry time. Leave enough time to get from the train or from Aguas Calientes to the entrance.
3. Enter each visitor’s name and passport number exactly as in the passport: tickets are nominal.
4. Pay straight away with a Visa or Mastercard, debit or credit; a payment fee is added (4.69% for foreign cards in October 2026). The ticket is issued in each visitor’s name once it is paid.

The ticket is valid only for its date and time. The date and the name cannot be changed; a wrong passport number can be corrected only once, for an obvious mistake. Unused tickets are not refunded or rescheduled, except in proven cases of force majeure that prevent you from reaching the site (Ministerial Resolution 000334-2026-MC).

Buying a ticket in Aguas Calientes

Up to 1,000 tickets a day are sold in person at the Ministry of Culture’s ticket office in Machu Picchu Pueblo (Aguas Calientes), for the following day, while they last; you buy them yourself, with your passport. The Ministry shows how many are left on its availability page. In the high season they can run out early, so do not count on them if you have a fixed date.

From May to September, tickets often sell out days or weeks ahead. Huayna Picchu and Machu Picchu Mountain have far fewer places than the citadel routes, so book those as early as you can. Four routes, the Sun Gate, the Inca Bridge, the Great Cavern and Huchuy Picchu, are sold only for high-season dates. If you are hiking the Inca Trail, your Machu Picchu entry is booked with the trail permit, months in advance.

To check a date, use the live calendar at the top of this page: it reads the places left for the Inca Trail and for each Machu Picchu circuit from the official ticket system.

On our tours that visit Machu Picchu we book the entrance ticket for you, together with the train or bus, and a guide takes you through the site. On the Inca Trail, you arrive through the Sun Gate (Inti Punku) and enter the citadel on route 3-B, which we book together with your trail permit. Huayna Picchu can be added for USD 75 per person, subject to availability.