{"id":7613,"date":"2017-06-02T11:42:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T17:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/?p=7613"},"modified":"2017-07-12T13:28:14","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T19:28:14","slug":"tips-about-new-machu-picchu-limited-time-shifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2017\/06\/02\/tips-about-new-machu-picchu-limited-time-shifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips About New Machu Picchu Limited Time Shifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7614\" style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/peru\/?t=Machu%20Picchu\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7614\" data-attachment-id=\"7614\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2017\/06\/02\/tips-about-new-machu-picchu-limited-time-shifts\/machu-picchu-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Machu-Picchu.jpg?fit=1600%2C1066&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1066\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Machu Picchu\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Machu Picchu Peru&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Machu Picchu, Peru&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Machu-Picchu.jpg?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7614\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Machu-Picchu.jpg?resize=640%2C426\" alt=\"Machu Picchu\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Machu-Picchu.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Machu-Picchu.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Machu-Picchu.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Machu-Picchu.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Machu-Picchu.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Machu Picchu<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Ministry of Culture has decreed that as of July 1st, 2017, the entry to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/peru\/?t=Machu%20Picchu\">Machu Picchu<\/a> citadel will now be split into two separate time shifts:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Morning Shift: 06:00-12:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Afternoon Shift: 12:00-17:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It has been agreed that the time spent in the citadel of Machu Picchu will be held to a maximum of 4 hours from the hour of entry. Huayna Picchu and Machu Picchu Mountain will remain the same as they are; they have not been modified.<\/p>\n<p>The implementation of this new regulation will go through a 4-month transition period, during which authorities will act accordingly with discretionary flexibility until gradually enforcing the totality of the new ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Today 70% of daily visitors stay between 06:00 to 10:00, while only 11% visit during 12:00 to 16:30. The adjustments will ensure a better flow and experience for tourist visits and ultimately greater conservation of the Incan ruins.<\/p>\n<p>The new tickets sales commenced on May 29, 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AWR Notes on this new decree: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For group guided tours, they will now all have to be during the morning<\/li>\n<li>Guided visits in the afternoon must be done on a private basis<\/li>\n<li>If guests want to stay for part of the afternoon, they need to buy another entrance ticket.\u00a0 However, it IS permitted to do a guided tour in the morning and then climb Huayna Picchu or hike to IntiPunku, and run over the &#8220;noon deadline&#8221; for the time being.<\/li>\n<li>We are highly encouraging our travelers to extend their Machu Picchu visit to two days now so that they have one day to get there and have the second day with a full morning at Machu Picchu<\/li>\n<li>Should passengers want to do a 1-day visit of Machu Picchu from Cusco, they will have to depart Cusco between 6:30AM-7:30AM (depending on the train line they prefer) to arrive in time for the noon afternoon shift start<\/li>\n<li>Passengers wishing to visit Machu Picchu in the morning MUST spend the night in Aguas Calientes the night before<\/li>\n<li>Inca Trail Trek schedules are not affected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Want to plan your next adventure to <a href=\"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/peru\/?t=Machu%20Picchu\">Machu Picchu<\/a>? Contact us!<\/p>\n<p>Your friendly Peru experts,<\/p>\n<p>Gretchen and Barb<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Culture has decreed that as of July 1st, 2017, the entry to the\u00a0Machu Picchu citadel will now be split into two separate time shifts: Morning Shift: 06:00-12:00 Afternoon Shift: 12:00-17:30 It has been agreed that the time &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2017\/06\/02\/tips-about-new-machu-picchu-limited-time-shifts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,15,20,400,26],"tags":[573,361,116,211,655,242,654,625,626],"class_list":["post-7613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inca-trail","category-machu-picchu","category-peru","category-south-america","category-trekking","tag-aguas-calientes","tag-huayna-picchu","tag-inca-trail-2","tag-machu-picchu-2","tag-machu-picchu-news","tag-peru","tag-peru-news","tag-tips","tag-travel-tips"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Machu-Picchu.jpg?fit=1600%2C1066&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Xxsg-1YN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7613"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7793,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7613\/revisions\/7793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}