The Inca Trail availability to Machu Picchu will be closed the month of February by disposition of the Ministry of Culture, because maintenance, upkeep and cleaning will be performed. The entrance to the Inka Trail will be re-enabled from March 1.
In this section you can check the availability of the trail provided by the Ministry of Culture. Here some information should take into account:
- The month of February is rainy season so the Ministry closes the Inca Trail.
- The Inca Trail availability we use is the same to any other agencies, because this information is directly provided by the Ministry of Culture.
- The number of spaces is very variable. Agencies usually book up to 30 spaces, do not be surprised if in a moment the available spaces are sold out.
- The spaces shown are for either route be it Short Inca Trail in 2 days or 1 day or Classic Inca Trail in 4 days, entrance tickets for Machu Picchu Circuits and Huayna Picchu.
- The availability is exclusively administered by the Ministry of Culture. Only they can manage and authorize the access to the Inka Trail.
- The Inca Trail is enabled only for 500 spaces per day, within which includes staff (porters, cooker and guide). but, for the pandemic (COVID-19), the number of tickets is gradually increasing.
- Please note that if you want to do the Salkantay Trek, Inca Jungle, Choquequirao Trek or Lares Trek, your visit to Machu Picchu will be the last day.
- The availability shown on inkatrail.com.pe is the availability provided by the government to all authorized travel agencies.
- From June 2024, the number of circuits in Machu Picchu has been updated; now there will only be three (Circuit 1 - Upper Terrace Route, Circuit 2 - Classic Route, Circuit 3 - Lower Terrace Route)
- The Classic Inca Trail and the Short Inca Trail will include entry to Machu Picchu and will not change routes in 2024, circuit 3.
- Huayna Picchu and Huchuy Picchu includes entrance to Machu Picchu for circuit 3.
- Machu Picchu mountain includes the entrance ticket to Machu Picchu for circuit 1.
- Only with the tickets "Llacta de Machu Picchu" you have the option to choose any circuit.
Note: The availability is updated every day (Please press Ctrl + F5 to update the availability). First you must choose the Inca Trail Route (4 days, 2 days or 1 day), Machu Picchu, Huayna Picchu, or Machu Picchu Sacred mountain followed by the month and year of your visit. The number shown per day is the number of places available to the selected departure date. “0” means that there is no longer any space available for that departure date.