Aguas Calientes, Peru Travel Blogs

The Road to Machu Picchu
Mar 17, 2005 (7 photos)

... and I think the French are lovely, hygienic people with little to no body odor and impeccable manners. We rolled into Aguas Calientes and a nice young lady immediately offered us a private hostel room with two comfy beds, private bathroom with 24 hour ...

Made it to Aguas Caliente
May 21, 2009 (1 photos)

We are here at the base of Machu Picchu.  What an amazing ride and train trip from ollyuntumbo(sp) Anyway this internet cafe is sloooooooow...  so pictures and a major update of the trip today and  Machu Picchu tomorrow evening when we get ...

Salkantay
Jun 23, 2008 (15 photos)

... washing on them for so long that they're just perfectly smooth and beautiful.   Then... finally... we arrived in Aguas Calientes... also known as Machu Picchu town...  No camping for us that night, we went straight to a nice hostel for ...

The Machu Picchu trekking saga
Aug 13, 2008 (51 photos)

... . First shower in 3 days.           When we finally make it to Aquas Calientes, covered with dust from the tourist busses that the more sensible tourist have taken, everyone is aching. The columniation of the hike ...

An Eventful Day
Nov 7, 2006 (30 photos)

Megan's View of the Day: We woke up early to try and make it to Machu before the first train arrived at 10.30AM. We were both feeling a bit worse for wear after having some dodgy food from Victor Victorias in Cusco, so after a dry bread roll for breaky ...

And then there was One in Machu Picchu
Aug 20, 2006 (24 photos)

... 2 hours. Train from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes: $26 roundtrip or $34 one-way, 2 hours. Hostal La Fortaleza in Aguas Calientes: 20 soles ($6)/person/night. Entrance into Machu Picchu: 118.50 soles ($40)/day, half as much for students with ISIC ...

Hobo Ron, Along The Rail Tracks
Apr 25, 2006 (9 photos)

... ´d be easy to find since Aguas Calientes really is a Gringo capital, only bettered by Cusco. Sadly Cable TV hasn´t reached Aguas Calientes yet, I should really be happy at this but it´s already been overrun by tourists and it really is beyond salvation. ...

Salkantay
Jun 23, 2008

... washing on them for so long that they're just perfectly smooth and beautiful.   Then... finally... we arrived in Aguas Calientes... also known as Machu Picchu town...  No camping for us that night, we went straight to a nice hostel for ...

Nice Fake ID Collection
Nov 6, 2006 (3 photos)

Getting up ultra early we got our way down to one of Cusco's train stations to catch the early Backpacker train out to Aguas Calientes. Once on the train we lucked out and got a seat next to another one of those annoying people that just talk, talk, talk ...

Inca Trail Day 3 - The Last Supper
Nov 4, 2007 (42 photos)

... with rice and veggies, and tea.  The things we did to entertain ourselves... We crossed the third pass and saw Aguas Calientes.  It really wasn't that exciting.  We had one more ruin to visit before beginning the descent the rest of ...

Inca Trail Day 4 - The Sun Gate is a misnomer
Nov 5, 2007 (56 photos)

... takes a picture of us and the sidewalk.  I tried three different people before giving up.  The bus down to Aguas Calientes was pretty fun.  A series of giant switchbacks lead from the entrance down the mountain.  If the bus meets ...

Inca Trail Day 2 - Dead woman at Dead Woman´s Pass
Nov 3, 2007 (25 photos)

We had been hearing about the second day of the Inca Trail since Lima.  It was supposed to be a killer.  A long, steep ascent to Dead Woman´s Pass at 4200 meters, the highest point on the trail.  Then a long, steep descent down to the ...

¡Machu Picchu!
Jul 9, 2004 (5 photos)

... the midday sun and with so many more people there on a daytrip from Cusco, it was time for us to go back to Aguas Calientes. Things I Learned * I can climb peaks! And it is a great feeling! * Machu Picchu deserves to be a major tourist destination. * ...

Aguas Calientes
Jan 29, 2007

Took the train here.  Hooray for fresh ceviche!  Went to the natural hot springs up the hill from our Hotel. 

Inca Trail - Day Four and Machu Picchu!
May 4, 2008 (4 photos)

... street to catch our 2:26 pm train to Ollantaytambo. The train is operated by PeruRail, a monopoly that only runs service between Aguas Calientes-Cusco and Cusco-Puno. Otherwise there is no train service in Peru. We were all booked on the "Backpacker" train ...

Aguas Calientes - Day 2
Aug 21, 2009 (13 photos)

We had a free day in Aguas Calientes. Later we took the train back to Ollantaytambo. Edgar and his wife picked us up and took us back to Cusco. On the drive we stopped at an Incan bar and played a bar game outside (similar to skeeball). Walker lost to ...

The Motorcycle diaries - Day 2
Nov 11, 2006 (6 photos)

... even stores that would accept Visa. That woulda been a v bad anticlimax to it all!!! But after a 2 hour walk, I finally reached Aguas Calientes, only semi-wet, which was MUCH bigger than I expected (and had an ATM thankgod), and managed to check into a ...

See in Europe... we would call that a lie.
Mar 11, 2009 (56 photos)

Where to begin, well since we last wrote we have had a few more flavours of Peruvian culture including our first (and I hope last) taste of the local dish, Cuy, commonly knowly as guinea pig.  The flavour was not all that offensive however, the ...

Day 3 - Machu Pichu
Nov 12, 2006 (6 photos)

... M Pichu, before walking all the way down again. Stupidly, I had left some of my wet clothes at the hotel, which was back at Aguas Calientes, so instead of walking across the railway line back to my bike, I had to first walk 20 mins back into town to pick ...

Machu Pichu, you might have heard of it?
Jun 25, 2007 (8 photos)

... the proper Inca Trail, or any bloody trail for that matter, so I went for the option to take the train to the town of Aguas Callientes (literally hot waters), and a short bus ride from there. I met yet more dutch guys to travel there with, but i dont think ...

Salkantay - Machu Picchu
May 16, 2009

... the mass crowd left we had the whole place to ourselves. Total hiking time 8 hours Day4- 7am wake up. 4 hour hike to aguas calientes. We reluctantly left the springs and hiked along the Peru rail track to aquas calientes. It was really hot. It was crazy ...

Rain, rucksacks and ruins
Oct 9, 2008

... our legs couldn't cope with one more inca step, so we went back to the entrance and took a bus down to Aguas Calientes with our family. Then began an epic journey back to Cusco, which started innocently enough with a 45 minute train ride down ...

Macchu Picchu
Aug 19, 2005 (8 photos)

... alles moegliche Zeug zum essen dabei hatten. Wurden somit mit getrockneten Fisch und anderer Koestlichkeiten verwoehnt:-).. In Aguas calientes angekommen wurden wir wieder in einen Bus geschleust und sind zum Macchu Picchu hochgefahren. Die Strasse ...

A luxury stay at Aguas Calientes
Jun 16, 2007 (6 photos)

... on accommodation.  When Anna's mum visited Peru, she stayed at the 'Machu Picchu Pueblo' - a luxury eco-hotel in Aguas Calientes - and said it was one of the highlights of the trip.  As a special gift, she said she would pay for ...

Day 3 Inca Trail
Jan 14, 2009 (21 photos)

... to the exit point. We had our passports stamped to say we'd completed the Inca trail and purchased bus tickets down to Aguas Calientes. Our accommodation for the night was the upstairs floor of a pizza restaurant. We had a quick look around before ...

Along the Railway...
Aug 16, 2009 (3 photos)

... the ‘Temple of the 3 Windows’ at Machupicchu through our binoculars. We spent the afternoon walking along the railway line to Aguas Caliantes. It was a really nice walk as it was flat and in the shade most of the way. We passed the time doing ...

The Ultimate Tourist Trap
Oct 26, 2009

... of Sonia at La Casa de mi Abuelo.  We plan on relaxing in Cusco for a while and heading north, to the sun-soaked beaches of Peru's Costa Norte.  We may stay for Halloween and Dia de Todos Santos, which will offer some great pictures if we do!

Aguas Caliente
Dec 10, 2008 (7 photos)

Aguas Calientes

Lares Valley Trek
Jul 17, 2006 (25 photos)

... ´s 500 metres higher than the highest pass on the Inca Trail. The view was just amazing (and it was FREEZING). And now, Aguas Calientes (took a train there). Tommorrow is Machu Picchu. Can´t think of anything else to write, I´m tired and we´re going for ...

Nothing to do but be sick!!!
May 22, 2008 (23 photos)

Mikee being sick and just hanging out killing time till our night train to Ollyantaytambo.