There are 5 ways to get from Sydney to Machu Picchu by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly Sydney International Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport, Train + Bus
best- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)plane SYD - CUZ
- Take the train from Cusco - Wanchaq to Machu Picchu Pueblotrain
28h 33m$940–3,632Bus to Canberra International Airport, fly to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport, Train + Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Sydney Central Station to Canberrabus
- Fly from Canberra International Airport (CBR) to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)plane CBR - CUZ
- Take the train from Cusco - Wanchaq to Machu Picchu Pueblotrain
34h 3m$753–3,559Drive to Orange Airport, fly to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport, Train + Bus
- Drive from Sydney to Orange-Airport-OAGcar
- Fly from Orange Airport (OAG) to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)plane OAG - CUZ
- Take the train from Cusco - Wanchaq to Machu Picchu Pueblotrain
32h 34m$907–3,861Train to Newcastle Airport, fly to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport, Train + Bus
- Take the train from Central Station to Hamilton Stationtrain
- Fly from Newcastle Airport (NTL) to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)plane NTL - CUZ
- Take the train from Cusco - Wanchaq to Machu Picchu Pueblotrain
35h 48m$834–3,729Fly Sydney International Airport to Puerto Maldonado, bus, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Puerto Maldonado (PEM)plane SYD - 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 4h$775–2,639
Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sydney to Machu Picchu is to fly and bus and train which costs $750 - $2,700 and takes 2 days 4h.
The fastest way to get from Sydney to Machu Picchu is to fly and Train + Bus which takes 28h 33m and costs $900 - $3,700.
The distance between Sydney and Machu Picchu is 13168 km.
It takes approximately 28h 33m to get from Sydney to Machu Picchu, including transfers.
Machu Picchu is 16h behind Sydney. It is currently 4:58 AM in Sydney and 12:58 PM in Machu Picchu.
There are 165+ hotels available in Machu Picchu.
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and Machu Picchu, Peru?
There is no direct connection from Sydney to Machu Picchu. However, you can take the train to International Airport Station, walk to Sydney International Airport (SYD) 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 bus to Canberra, walk to City Interchange Plt 4, take the line 3 bus to Canberra Airport, walk to Canberra International Airport (CBR) 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.
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport via Santiago, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport via Sydney International Airport, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport via Sydney International Airport, Santiago, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
Flights from Orange Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport via Sydney International Airport, Santiago, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
Flights from Newcastle Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport via Sydney International Airport, Santiago, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Puerto Maldonado via Santiago, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Puerto Maldonado via Santiago, Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Puerto Maldonado via Auckland, Santiago, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Puerto Maldonado via Melbourne, Santiago, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 39h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Puerto Maldonado via Santiago, Antofagasta, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
- Website
- skyairline.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport via Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,000
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport via Melbourne, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport via Sydney International Airport, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Orange Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport via Sydney International Airport, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Flights from Newcastle Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport via Melbourne, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Newcastle Airport to Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport via Sydney International Airport, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Puerto Maldonado via Santiago, Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
- Phone
- +51 1625 4848
- reservas@perurail.com
- Website
- PeruRail
Train from Cusco - Wanchaq to Machu Picchu Pueblo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–1,600
- Website
- PeruRail
Train from Cusco - Wanchaq to Machu Picchu Pueblo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–1,600
- Website
- PeruRail
Train from Cusco - Wanchaq to Machu Picchu Pueblo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–1,600
- Website
- PeruRail
Train from Cusco - Wanchaq to Machu Picchu Pueblo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–1,600
- Website
- PeruRail
Train from Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu Pueblo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–650
- Website
- PeruRail
- Observatory 603
- $76
- Expedition 75
- $79
- Expedition 51
- $63
- Observatory 303
- $99
- Expedition 603
- $99
- Visitandome 73
- $79
- Expedition 91
- $63
- Bingham 11
- $630
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- Transport NSW Regional
Train from Central Station to Hamilton Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- Transport NSW Regional
- Phone
- +51 84 581860
- consultas@incarail.com
- Website
- Incarail
Train from Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu Pueblo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–140
- Website
- Incarail
- The premium & lounge
- $50–130
- Voyager Bimodal
- $30–65
- The 360°
- $55–70
- THE VOYAGER BIMODAL
- $55–70
- THE 360° BIMODAL
- $66–69
- The Prime
- $130–140
- Website
- FlixBus Australia
Bus from Sydney Central Station to Canberra
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Schedules at
- FlixBus Australia
- 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
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