How to travel to Cusco

Travel to Cusco

Cusco city is located in the South Andean zone of Peru, 11,151 feet / 3,399 m.a.s.l. (Cusco's Map)

Cusco is easily accessible by air; commercial flights leave daily from Lima (1h 15 minutes), Arequipa (1 hour), Juliaca (Puno - Titicaca Lake) (55 min.) or Puerto Maldonado (Tambopata) (55 min.).

Access by road is also possible (1,165 Km from Lima, 450 Km from Arequipa); by train from Puno.

Terrestrial distances to Cusco by roads

From	Distance	Duration by Air	Duration by Bus	Duration by Train
Lima (via Nazca )	724 miles (1,165 Km)	1h 15'	21 hours	-
Arequipa	388 miles (625 Km)	1 hour	10 hours	-
Puno (Juliaca airport)	241 miles (389 Km)	55 minutes	6h 30'	10 hours
Puerto Maldonado Tambopata	331 miles (530 Km)	55 minutes	11 hours	-
Nazca	412 miles (662 Km)	-	15 hours	-
Machu Picchu	70 miles (112 Km.)	-	-	3 hours

How to Arrive to Cusco by air - Domestic Flights into Peru

Cusco city is easily accessible by air; the Cusco's International Airport Teniente Alejandro Velasco Astete (CUZ airport code), with comfortable installations, receive commercial flights leave daily from Lima, Arequipa, Juliaca (Puno - Titicaca Lake) or Puerto Maldonado (Tambopata). Also international flights Cusco to La Paz, Bolivia.

Book cheap domestic flight tickets from / to Cusco (itineraries and airfares)

How to Arrive to Cusco by land - Travelling by Bus

There are three main routes from Cusco city, from Nazca (26A-3S) is the more used for tourist by bus, from Puno (3S) and from Arequipa (34A-3S). From Puerto Maldonado (Interoceanic Highway).

From Cusco city starts highways that goes through the south of the country reaching Lima, Nazca, Arequipa, Puno, and continue to Desaguadero - Bolivia, this highways or roads connect with the Pan-American Highway.

Highway Lima / Nazca / Cusco: Lap Lima - Nazca 460 Km. (286 miles) by Pan-American Highway (1S) and connect with road Nazca - Abancay - Cusco (26A-3S) 705 Km (438 miles).
Highway (or Train) Cusco / Puno: (3S) Lap Cusco - Juliaca 345 Km. (214.4 miles); Lap Juliaca - Puno 44 Km. (27.3 miles); the highest point of this highway reaches the 4,313 meters above sea level (14,150 feet) - La Raya.
Highway Cusco / Arequipa: Passing through Juliaca (34A-3S), 625 Km. (388 miles).
The Interoceanic Highway or Trans-oceanic highway: Is an international, transcontinental highway in Peru and Brazil. From Cusco - Urcos you can travel to Puerto Maldonado (Tambopata) and continue to Inambari - Iñapari border with Brazil. This new highway entails the renovation and construction of roughly 2,600 kilometers of roads and 22 bridges. When completed, it will create a connected highway from the Peruvian ports of San Juan de Marcona, Matarani, and Ilo to the Brazilian ports of Rio de Janeiro and Santos, although the project almost exclusively involves construction in Peru because of Brazil's already well developed road system.

Bus Tickets to Cusco - Special Offers

Coach Tours: For routes from Cusco to Puno and Cusco to Chivay (Colca Valley) we offer special bus services with stopovers on route and guided tours - daily departures.

Our recommendation for those visiting Cusco and Nazca is a bus trip by night from Lima to Cusco (or vice verse) with intermediate stop in Nazca, make the overflight the Nazca Lines and then continue the trip.

Lima, Nazca and Cusco (1 day / 1 night)

Includes: Bus tickets from Lima to Nazca and Nazca to Cusco (or vice versa route), transfers bus station / hotel / bus station in Nazca, overflight Nazca Lines with transfers to the airport, visit to Cahuachi with buggies, day use hotel in Nazca. Daily departures.
Special rate US $ 242

Bus Tickets to Cusco with Cruz del Sur

Book bus tickets from / to Cusco city (itineraries and fares)

Bus Route	Departure	Duration	VIP Bus Fare	Bus Fare
Bus ticket from Lima to Cusco - Cruzero Suite	14:00	21h 30'	$ 73
Bus ticket from Cusco to Lima - Cruzero Suite	14:00	21h 30'	$ 73

Bus ticket from Cusco to Puno - Cruzero	22:00	6h 30'	$ 30	$ 22
Bus ticket from Cusco to Arequipa - Cruzero	20:00	10h 00'	$ 51	$ 40
Bus ticket from Cusco to Nazca - Cruzero Suite	18:00	14h 00'	$ 56
Bus ticket from Nazca to Cusco - Cruzero Suite	20:50	14h 40'	$ 56
Bus ticket from Arequipa to Cusco - Cruzero Suite	20:30	10h 00'	$ 53
Bus ticket from Puno to Cusco - Cruzero	22:00	6h 30'	$ 30	$ 22

Rates apply to foreign tourists, not residents in Peru and there are expressed in U.S. Dollars. Our fares include all taxes.
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Travelling by Train from Cusco

There are railroads and regular services from Cusco to Machu Picchu 70 miles (112 Km.) and from Cusco to Puno - Lake Titicaca 241 miles (389 Km)