Visitors to Las Ruinas are limited to 2000 per day and the restriction is imposed by access which is only by train. So you have to get a train ticket first at the rail ticket office just near the main square cathredal then with this, go to another office to get an entry permit.
Rail office is in the building beside the cathedral (left of post where local is lounging)
The rail ticket was USD88.00 and the permit 128 Soles. Ate an Alpaca steak for 36 Soles but couldn't bring myself to try the guinea pig.
Sorry I couldn't rotate this.(?!)
Train was 0540am next morning but not from Cusco but from Ollaytatambo so had to get up at 3am to catch a bus there.
Town at base of mountain where train stops is Aguis Calientas and I stayed in Pirwa Hostel for 75 Soles, checkinf in at 07:40am. Caught the shuttle bus up to the ruins at 08:30 (49 Soles)
lots of people already at the ruins. After passing throught the entrance, took a short walk along an ancient trail to an Inca bridge (Closed since someone fell off).
Don't step to the left!
Could hardly bear to watch this crazy German girl as she posed on the edge for photos.
The wooden bridge is now closed.
Spent a few hours tramping around the ruins with the hordes of tourists getting in each others way
This is the "Hitching post of the Sun"
No mortar used. Stones were hauled up from the valley below.
Lawn mowers taking a break.
certainly a very special place, well worth the effort needed to get there.
The rail ticket was USD88.00 and the permit 128 Soles. Ate an Alpaca steak for 36 Soles but couldn't bring myself to try the guinea pig.
Train was 0540am next morning but not from Cusco but from Ollaytatambo so had to get up at 3am to catch a bus there.
lots of people already at the ruins. After passing throught the entrance, took a short walk along an ancient trail to an Inca bridge (Closed since someone fell off).
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