There are 5 ways to get from Cairo to Machu Picchu by plane, train, car, or bus
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Fly to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport, Train + Bus
best- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)plane CAI - CUZ
- Take the train from Cusco - Wanchaq to Machu Picchu Pueblotrain
33h 45m$556–3,316Fly to Coronel Fap Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport, drive
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Coronel Fap Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYP)plane CAI - AYP
- Drive from Coronel Fap Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYP) to Machu Picchucar
41h 20m$876–2,321Fly to Puerto Maldonado, bus, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Puerto Maldonado (PEM)plane CAI - PEM
- Take the bus from Puerto Maldonado to Cuscobus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre del Cusco to Avenida Ferrocarrilbus
- Take the train from Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu Pueblotrain
2d 1h$612–2,174Fly to Inca Manco Cápac International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Inca Manco Cápac International Airport (JUL)plane CAI - JUL
- Take the bus from Puno to Cusco Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre del Cusco to Avenida Ferrocarrilbus
- Take the train from Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu Pueblotrain
45h 20m$949–2,937Fly to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport, bus, Train + Bus
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)plane CAI - AQP
- Take the bus from Arequipa to Cuscobus
- Take the train from Cusco - Wanchaq to Machu Picchu Pueblotrain
40h 25m
Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cairo to Machu Picchu is to fly and bus and train which costs $600 - $2,200 and takes 2 days 1h.
The fastest way to get from Cairo to Machu Picchu is to fly and Train + Bus which takes 33h 45m and costs $550 - $3,400.
The distance between Cairo and Machu Picchu is 12176 km.
It takes approximately 33h 45m to get from Cairo to Machu Picchu, including transfers.
Machu Picchu is 7h behind Cairo. It is currently 4:24 PM in Cairo and 9:24 AM in Machu Picchu.
There are 142+ hotels available in Machu Picchu.
What companies run services between Cairo, Egypt and Machu Picchu, Peru?
There is no direct connection from Cairo to Machu Picchu. However, you can take the train to Cairo Fair, walk to Cairo International Fair, take the line 111 bus to Cairo Airport Bridge, walk to Cairo International Airport (CAI) airport, fly to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ), walk to Cusco Airport, take the bus to Avenida Pardo, walk to Cusco - Wanchaq, take the train to Machu Picchu Pueblo, walk to Aguas Calientes, then take the bus to Machu Picchu. Alternatively, you can take the train to Cairo Fair, walk to Cairo International Fair, take the line 111 bus to Cairo Airport Bridge, walk to Cairo International Airport (CAI) airport, fly to Coronel Fap Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYP), then drive to Machu Picchu.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport via Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport via Barcelona, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Coronel Fap Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport via Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Coronel Fap Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport via Barcelona, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 39h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Coronel Fap Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Coronel Fap Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport via Tunis, Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Puerto Maldonado via Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Puerto Maldonado via Barcelona, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Puerto Maldonado via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Puerto Maldonado via Algiers, Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Puerto Maldonado via Tunis, Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Inca Manco Cápac International Airport via Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Inca Manco Cápac International Airport via Barcelona, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Inca Manco Cápac International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Inca Manco Cápac International Airport via Algiers, Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Inca Manco Cápac International Airport via Tunis, Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport via Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport via Barcelona, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 39h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport via Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Coronel Fap Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport via Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Coronel Fap Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport via New York JFK, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Coronel Fap Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Coronel Fap Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport via Tunis, Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Puerto Maldonado via Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Puerto Maldonado via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Puerto Maldonado via Tunis, Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Inca Manco Cápac International Airport via Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Inca Manco Cápac International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Inca Manco Cápac International Airport via Tunis, Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport via Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport via New York JFK, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport via Tunis, Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,400
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport via London Heathrow, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Phone
- +51 1625 4848
- reservas@perurail.com
- Website
- perurail.com
Train from Cusco - Wanchaq to Machu Picchu Pueblo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–1,600
- Website
- https://www.perurail.com/
Train from Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu Pueblo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–600
- Website
- https://www.perurail.com/
- Observatory 603
- $76
- Expedition 75
- $63
- Expedition 51
- $63
- Observatory 303
- $120
- Expedition 603
- $63
- Visitandome 73
- $82
- Expedition 91
- $63
- Bingham 11
- $600
- Phone
- +51 84 581860
- consultas@incarail.com
- Website
- incarail.com
Train from Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu Pueblo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–360
- Website
- https://incarail.com/en
- The premium & lounge
- $70–110
- The 360°
- $102–104
- Voyager Bimodal
- $30–85
- THE VOYAGER BIMODAL
- $90–190
- THE 360° BIMODAL
- $120–240
- THE FIRST CLASS BIMODAL
- $300–360
- Phone
- +51 993 888 999
- marketing@grupopalomino.com.pe
- Website
- turismopalomino.pe
Bus from Puerto Maldonado to Cusco
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–40
- Schedules at
- turismopalomino.pe
- Book at
- turismopalomino.pe
- Phone
- +51904244509
- atencionalcliente@aeroexpreso.com.pe
- Website
- aeroexpreso.com.pe
Bus from Terminal Terrestre del Cusco to Avenida Ferrocarril
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–16
- Schedules at
- aeroexpreso.com.pe
- Book at
- aeroexpreso.com.pe
- Phone
- +51 989 990 918
- contacto@zolorzano.com.pe
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Puno to Cusco Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–28
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- zolorzano.com.pe
- Phone
- +51 993 585 217
Bus from Arequipa to Cusco
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- redbus.pe
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