Luxury route
Belmond Hiram Bingham
Cusco (Poroy) → Machu Picchu · Peru
Belmond’s navy-and-gold Pullman to Machu Picchu, with brunch, a pisco bar and citadel entry folded into the fare since 2003.
Named for the explorer who brought Machu Picchu to the world’s attention in 1911, Belmond’s navy-and-gold Pullman train has been the grand way down the Urubamba since 2003. Brunch is served as the cars drop off the Anta plateau into the Sacred Valley, and a live band holds court in the open-balcony observation car. The fare bundles the shuttle bus to the citadel, the entrance ticket and afternoon tea at the Sanctuary Lodge beside the ruins.
Along the way
- Anta plain villages
- Pomatales gorge descent
- Ollantaytambo fortress
- Urubamba rapids at km 82
- Cloud-forest arrival below the citadel
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 5646859 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- 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 Belmond Hiram Bingham?
The Belmond Hiram Bingham runs 96 km from Cusco (Poroy) to Machu Picchu.
How long does the Belmond Hiram Bingham take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 20 min for the 96 km. That is an average of 29 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 50 km/h.
Who runs the Belmond Hiram Bingham?
Belmond and PeruRail, with Belmond Pullman coaches.
How old is the Belmond Hiram Bingham?
The line has been in service since 2003. 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.
How high does the Belmond Hiram Bingham climb?
3,486 m above sea level at its highest point.
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