The Machu Picchu student discount in 2026: who qualifies, what it costs and what to show at the gate

For the ticket, a student is a traveler aged 18 to 24 on the day of the visit who is enrolled in higher education — a university or a technical school — and carries a valid student card. The age limit is what trips people up: a 26-year-old doctoral student with a valid card still pays the adult fare, and a 17-year-old pays the child fare, which is the same amount.

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All prices are per person in US dollars. At checkout we add a 5% service fee, shown as its own line before you pay: a $39 student ticket comes to $40.95.

Every ticket is issued in the visitor's name and checked against their passport at the entrance. A student ticket is checked twice: the passport for the name and age, and the student card for the fare. Carry the physical card, make sure it shows that it is valid on the date of your visit, and keep it with your passport, not in the luggage you left at the hotel.

On any ticket page, pick the date and entry time, then set the number of travelers by fare: adult, student, child. Each student needs their own name and passport number at checkout, exactly as on the passport. Groups can mix fares in one booking — two adults and two students, for example, go into the same payment.