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Machu Picchu Tickets and Inca Trail Availability

You can only enter Machu Picchu with a ticket for a set entry time and a set route through the site. Tickets are sold by Peru’s Ministry of Culture and the number per day is limited: 4,500 visitors a day in 2026, and 5,600 on high-season dates. From May to September they often sell out days or weeks ahead.

The Machu Picchu citadel with Huayna Picchu behind it

How Machu Picchu tickets work

  • Tickets are sold online at tuboleto.cultura.pe. They are nominal: you need your passport details to buy, and you show the same passport at the entrance.
  • Each ticket is for one circuit, a route within it and an entry time. Date, time and route cannot be changed, and unused tickets are not refunded.
  • Circuit 1 covers the upper viewpoints and the classic photo of the citadel. Circuit 2 is the classic visit, with the viewpoints and the urban sector. Circuit 3 goes through the lower urban sector without the classic viewpoint.
  • Huayna Picchu, Machu Picchu Mountain and other short hikes are separate routes with fewer places, and some close at certain times of year, so book them as early as you can.
  • Inside the site you follow your route one way, with a maximum visit time of about two and a half hours on most routes.
  • Up to 1,000 tickets a day are sold in person in Aguas Calientes, for the following day only.
  • Food is not allowed inside, and the only toilets are outside the entrance.

Read more: Machu Picchu circuits and routes, Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain and our Machu Picchu FAQ.

Machu Picchu tickets on our tours

Hikers walking at Machu Picchu with Huayna Picchu behind

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.

Send us your dates and we will check current Machu Picchu and Inca Trail availability for you.