Luxury route
Andean Explorer
Cusco → Arequipa · Peru
South America’s first luxury sleeper: over a 4,319 m pass and along Lake Titicaca under Andean stars.
How this line was checked
- The 394 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 8266111 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within 80 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 98.8% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 18 m); the longest stretch away from it is 7.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Andean Explorer?
The Andean Explorer runs 600 km from Cusco to Arequipa.
How long does the Andean Explorer take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 days for the 600 km. The line's top service speed is 90 km/h.
Who runs the Andean Explorer?
Belmond and PeruRail, with Belmond luxury sleeper.
How old is the Andean Explorer?
The line has been in service since 2017. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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