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The best train tours in Peru
18 hotel-based trips in Peru had enough verified data to score; hostel and self-guided rail-pass trips are not ranked here. The ranking below is fully mechanical; here is exactly how it works:
- Eligibility: only hotel-based tours are ranked. Trips built around hostels or self-arranged accommodation are left out, since these guides recommend hotel-inclusive tours for the general traveller.
- Rail share (35%): the estimated share of itinerary days with a train leg (a share of days, not distance or time); trips not assessed are not ranked.
- Value (20%): price per day against the other hotel-based trips on this page (cheaper per day scores higher).
- Data completeness (25%): full day-by-day itinerary, imagery, inclusions, and verified price.
- Departure breadth (20%): how many months the operator publishes departures for.
Three-day rail journey to Machu Picchu from Cusco via Sacred Valley
- Rail share
- 25
- Value
- 100
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
3 days · from $732 ($244/day)
23-day escorted rail journey Buenos Aires to Lima via Andes and salt flats
- Rail share
- 45
- Value
- 61
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 50
23 days · from $14,182 ($617/day)
16-day small group tour through Peru to Machu Picchu by rail
- Rail share
- 19
- Value
- 94
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 50
16 days · from $5,126 ($320/day)
16-day small group tour through Peru to Machu Picchu by rail
- Rail share
- 19
- Value
- 83
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 38
16 days · from $5,802 ($363/day)
15-day Peruvian Andes loop from Lima to Machu Picchu on two PeruRail trains
- Rail share
- 35
- Value
- 89
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
15 days · from $5,402 ($360/day)
16-day solo travellers tour through Peru to Machu Picchu by rail
- Rail share
- 19
- Value
- 72
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 25
16 days · from $7,490 ($468/day)
16-day small group tour to Peru's Inti Raymi festival and Machu Picchu
- Rail share
- 19
- Value
- 78
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 13
16 days · from $6,680 ($418/day)
14-day Peru journey by luxury sleeper train from Lima to Machu Picchu
- Rail share
- 36
- Value
- 50
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
14 days · from $9,179 ($656/day)
16-day escorted rail and coach tour through Peru, Argentina, Brazil
- Rail share
- 25
- Value
- 67
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
16 days · from $7,833 ($490/day)
13-day Peru rail journey on the Belmond Andean Explorer to Machu Picchu
- Rail share
- 35
- Value
- 44
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
13 days · from $8,644 ($665/day)