Aguas Calientes, Peru Travel Blogs

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.

Machu Picchu at last
Sep 2, 2008 (17 photos)

... front for us to get out.  We waived goodbye to David, and went into the room to change.  Afterward we walked around Aguas Calientes to get a feel for the town.  Everyone said that it was overpriced, small, and crappy.  I agree with the ...

Machu Picchu
Oct 22, 2009 (10 photos)

... . Its only 80km from Cusco but the train took three and half hours - but with the views that you had it didn't matter. Aguas Caliente is basically geared up for tourists so if its not a shop trying to sell you an alpaca jumper then its a restaurant with an ...

On the Wrong Side of the Tracks
Oct 24, 2009 (24 photos)

... paths and were brought to our hostal, where we showered and then went to dinner at one of the many restaurants in Aguas Calientes offering Mexican, Pizza, Italian, and all the usual suspects of Peruvian comida tipica, along with a few welcomed glasses of ...

aguas caliantes
Mar 13, 2009 (18 photos)

And we thought yesterday was hard!!! This was a 800 metre climb that was pretty god dam steep!!! It hurt. ALOT! Our legs hurt soooooo much that 3/4 of the way up Karrina was tempted to just jump off the mountain because the thought of having to keep ...

Off to Aguas Calientes
Sep 1, 2008 (9 photos)

... the station, but apparently they didn't fix the problem.  Not a big deal as the ride was only 90 minutes.   Arrived at Aguas Calientes around 4:30.  There was a man holding up a sign for our hotel, so we walked over to him.  His name ...

Cusco and Macchu Picchu
Feb 27, 2006 (19 photos)

... are food stalls with everything you could want to eat. We left Cusco on Sunday the 26th early and went up to Aguas Calientes (Macchu Picchu Pueblo) on the train. Continued with the carnival activities. In AG they use water with colored powders in ...

Old and Cold in the Andes
Jan 19, 2009 (12 photos)

... been invited.   Day four was a dull walk along the road to the train halt and then a walk along the rail track to Aguas Calientes.  I can't describe it any more clearly as I didn't do it!  Given the option, we decided to give my ribs and ...

Lost City, found by millions. Every day.
Jul 5, 2006 (5 photos)

Yep, it was great. Next!

Inca Trail Day 4
Nov 9, 2006 (27 photos)

... done the trail myself! Although I was still feeling slightly guilty for having skipped Waynapicchu (I could have stayed the night in Aguas Calientes and returned to Machu Picchu the next morning), I can honestly say that at this point I have seen enough ...

Ab ins heilige Tal
Nov 6, 2006 (9 photos)

... auf den Fotos natuerlich. Nach hier gings mit den ueblichen Bussen, und weiter mit dem Zug am Fluss entlang nach Aguas Calientes. Den Ausgangpunkt fuer Machu Pichu hatte ich mir zwar touristisch, aber sonst eher wie ein Bergdorf vorgestellt. Tatsaechlich ...

The Sacred Valley & Inca Ruins
Jun 14, 2008 (17 photos)

... (e.g. it is fed by numerous rivers) and pleasing climate which made it the best place for maize production in the whole of Peru. It is a beautiful fertile valley, and we got to visit a number of Inca ruins. We visited the ruins of Pisac which were built ...

We survived the Inca Trail!!!
May 23, 2006

... beside a very angry river, we were up at 3:30 am to hike the last portion of the trail, along the railway tracks into Aguas Calientes to catch on of the first buses up to Machu Pichu. We unfortunately could not walk straight to Machu Pichu as a recent rock ...

Wayna Picchu
May 13, 2007

Grandma and Grandad Potter´s day :) Today I did something that years ago I vowed never to do voluntarily. I climbed a mountain. Not just any mountain, either, Wayna Picchu. (´Wayna Picchu´ is Quechua and translates as ´Young Mountain´, a stark contrast ...

NO MORE PIZZA POR FAVOR
Dec 8, 2008 (16 photos)

... Instead, we took the fastest route - a bus to the town of Ollantaytambo (a mouth full) and then switched to a train to Aguas Calientes.  This town is something different.  First off there are only 2 major streets.  One of which has maybe 40 ...

Machu Picchu!!
Nov 29, 2009 (20 photos)

... symptoms once they had reach the top, because they had walked up too quickly. It is also possible to walk up to Machu Picchu from Aguas Calientes, but it is strenuous 2 hour hike that I was glad not to do. I was also possible to hike up Wayna Picchu. My ...

Day Two of the Inca Jungle Trek
Sep 10, 2009 (14 photos)

... & Safety would have "black and yellow warning tape" all over the place and undoubtably safety netting would spring up. Not in Peru however. Instead they require you to stop at the highest and most exposed point and offer some food to "Pachamama" or " ...

Day One of the Inca Jungle Trek
Sep 9, 2009 (3 photos)

... TV with a terrible reception -  a very South American experience if ever there was one. Much to the disgust of our hosts, Peru were resoundly beaten and now can't qualify for the forthcoming World Cup. A fine first day and good fun if ever there was ...

MACHU PICCHU - The BIG Day!
Jul 19, 2008 (127 photos)

I repeat....! Day four was the big one. We had to get up at 5 to catch a bus up to Machu Picchu. Once inside we had to race to the other side of the site to the registration booth to Wanya Picchu, the mountain over-looking the Inca city. Only 400 ...

Machu Picchu - Lost City of the Incas
Mar 20, 2005 (7 photos)

Machu Picchu - I finally made it. Since words are inadequate to describe it, I won't write much this time. I'll let the pictures do (most of) the talking. Anyway, the excursion that started out with difficulties ended up okay. I made lots of nice ...

Machu Picchu
Sep 8, 2007 (62 photos)

We leave Cuzco on an early morning 'Backpacker' train to Aguas Calientes in the Sacred Valley, just below Machu Picchu. They separate the locals from the hordes of tourists here in different trains - the tourist trains predictably being extortionate in ...

A day of leisure in Aguas Caliente
Apr 2, 2008 (12 photos)

... and played 500 rummy for an hour. Finally we made our wat to the train station.  The four hour train ride left Aguas Caliente at 3:30PM.  When we arrived back to Cusco we were transfered to the same hotel we had stayed at before. By now it ...

Entering the Highland Jungle
Oct 23, 2009 (9 photos)

Packing up the tent at Chaullay was a sad moment--the ground was soft and warm, the mules grazed happily nearby and chickens and turkeys did their respective things all over the place.  Mollie and I made breakfast of yogurt and granola and our ...

along the river through the mountains
Aug 3, 2009

Today i arrived in Aguas Calientes. the trip began at 6am and after 3 hours of taxi, bus, and trians i finally arrived. this is the city where Machupichu is located and will be heading there first thing tomorrow morning. here im staying at this cool little ...

El Camino Inca - The Trek of a Lifetime
Apr 1, 2006 (22 photos)

... a rail road track alongside an angry, raging river in the dark (and yes, we did encounter a train) and finally arrived in Aguas Calientes dirty, tired, hungry, and sore--but full of life (and there is no sarcasm in this last part of the comment). But now ...

Day 54 (Inca Trail and Machu Picchu)
Apr 8, 2007 (11 photos)

... left before the hill crumbles, the city along with it   The city is stunning   The girls leave to go to aguas calientes, I say cheers, they have been good fun throughout, and then I am on my own to meander, investigate, soak in the splendour ...

Hacia Machu Picchu
May 16, 2006

... looking Brazilian buses which transport them up the mountainside to Machu Picchu. There are basically only 2 main streets in Aguas Calientes; Avenida Imperio de Los Incas, the street with the old train tracks running through, and Avenida Pachacutec which ...

Aguas Calientes
Sep 2, 2005 (2 photos)

Aguas Calientes is basically a tourist village at the entrance to the Macchu Pichu site

Machu Picchu!
Oct 23, 2006 (27 photos)

... not quite up to dinner so I again headed out with the rest of the gang for some very good pizza. Aguas Calientes is the pizza capital of Peru with nearly every restaurant having a wood fired oven churning out what are, admittedly, some very tasty pizzas. ...