Following the closure of access to Machu Picchu after the recent flooding, the Cultural National Institute of Peru (INC) and Ferrocarril Transandino (FTSA) has announced that the railroad is due to be reopened on 29^th March.  The Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu will reopen to tourists on 1^st April 2010.

Machu Picchu

Visitors will take road transportation from Cusco to a train station at Piscacucho at km 82 (a station beyond Ollantaytambo) and from there will board the train to Aguas Calientes.  An official ceremony will mark the reopening of the railway on 29th March for the first train and then visitors are able to partake in Machu Picchu tours and the famous treks to citadel such as the Inca trail tour.

For those wishing to take the Inca Trail route to Machu Picchu, the trek is also expected to be open on the 1st of April.  There are also many alternative and outstanding treks on offer, such as the Salkantay and Lares trek which also reach Machu Picchu.

According to the verification conducted by the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, the Machu Picchu Archeological Complex, as well as the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu itself, did not suffer any damage at all in the recent floods.

Machu Picchu is one of South America’s major tourist attractions and was given the title of one of the new Seven Wonders of the World in 2007.   2011 will mark 100 years since the rediscovery of Machu Picchu when the American explorer and politician, Hiram Bingham rediscovered the lost city of the Incas in 1911 and brought its attention to the rest of the world.

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