Official ticket, booked in your name
Pick your Machu Picchu date, any day through October 2027
Choose the route, the day and the entry hour. We buy the Ministry ticket in your name and email it to you. From $62 per adult.
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What the Ministry did for 2026 — the only precedent that matters
For 2026, the Ministry of Culture opened sales for both Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail network on Monday 17 November 2025, with reservations starting at 8:00 a.m. Peru time. It was the first year the opening moved from December to November, explicitly to spread demand and avoid the saturation of previous years. Reservations were then confirmed with a payment window that ran from 11 December 2025 to 8 January 2026 depending on the travel date.
That is the pattern to plan around: an opening in the last quarter of the year before, announced a couple of weeks ahead. Whether 2027 opens in November or December again is not published. With us you do not have to wait for it: choose the date (up to eleven months ahead), the circuit and the entry hour on our calendar today, and we buy the same official Ministry ticket in your name as soon as your date opens and email it to you.
What is already on sale for 2027
The official calendar does not open a whole year at once. Right now it reaches 31 March 2027, so January, February and March 2027 can be booked today. We recount every entry slot the Ministry lists, every hour, and this is how those months looked on 15 October 2026:
- January 2027: Circuit 2A alone has about 30,000 seats, on 310 of its 341 entry slots; Huayna Picchu about 9,100; Machu Picchu Mountain about 6,000. The first 31 slots of 2A are already full.
- February 2027: Circuit 2A about 27,000 seats, every entry slot still open; Huayna Picchu about 8,300. Note that February is the month the Inca Trail closes for maintenance — Machu Picchu itself stays open and is reached by train.
- March 2027: Newly on sale. Circuit 2A about 30,000 seats, every slot open; Huayna Picchu about 9,200.
- For comparison, the same day: Circuit 2 had no seats left for November 2026 and seven days in December. That is what «wide open» means in practice: you choose the circuit and the hour instead of taking what is left.
The trail routes — 1-C Sun Gate, 1-D Inca Bridge, 3-C Great Cavern and 3-D Huchuy Picchu — are not on sale for January to March 2027. The Ministry lists them as high-season routes: in 2026 it sold them every day from July to December, and none of their 2027 dates is published yet. With us they can be pre-booked for 19 June to 2 November 2027; any other month the Ministry publishes is sold as usual. The live availability board shows the same count refreshed hourly, by route and by month.
Huayna Picchu and Circuit 2A on the same day
Huayna Picchu and the classic postcard view are two different tickets. Circuit 3A combines the lower sector of the citadel with the climb up Huayna Picchu; the elevated view everyone photographs is on Circuit 2A. Planning 2027 early is what makes it possible to have both on one day, because you still get to choose the hours.
- Morning: Huayna Picchu: Its entries are in the morning only, at 7 or 10 AM, and you can stay up to 6 hours. We sell this route to adults only (18+). From $81.90 per person, card fee included.
- Afternoon: Circuit 2A: Leave room to finish the climb: pair a 7 AM Huayna Picchu with a 2A entry in the early afternoon. Each ticket is checked at the gate with the same passport. From $65.10 per person, card fee included.
- Book Huayna Picchu first: Its quota is the small one: about 9,200 seats for March 2027 against about 30,000 on 2A. After paying, the confirmation page offers the later entries of that same day that still have seats for your whole group, and both tickets join one itinerary in Mi Tour.
Circuit 3A Huayna Picchu
Climb the iconic peak behind the citadel — strictly limited daily quota
Circuit 2A Classic
The iconic postcard photo of Machu Picchu
Capacity: how many people get in per day
Daily capacity is not a fixed number — the Ministry sets it each year by ministerial resolution. For 2026, Resolución Ministerial 000285-2025-MC fixed 4,500 visitors per day as the base, rising to 5,600 on the dates it designated as high demand: 1 January, Holy Week (2–5 April), 19 June to 2 November, and 30–31 December. The 2027 resolution has not been issued; the structure — a base cap with a higher cap on peak dates — is what to expect, not the exact dates.
What to do, by the month of your 2027 trip
- January or February 2027: Book now. Both months are on sale and essentially untouched: book January 2027 or February 2027 on the Circuit 2A calendar. Pick the circuit you actually want — our 11-circuit guide walks through every route — and the entry hour you want.
- March to September 2027: Book now: June 2027 on Circuit 2A, for example, or any month on the calendar for all routes. March is already on sale; for April to September the Ministry has not opened the dates yet, but you can already choose the circuit and the entry hour with us, and we buy the official ticket in your name the day your date opens and email it to you. If you travel between June and October, do not leave it late: those are the months that ran out first in 2026.
- October to December 2027: Our calendar adds one month on the 1st of each month: October 2027 opens on 1 November 2026, November on 1 December and December on 1 January. Until then, settle the three decisions that slow people down: which circuit, which entry hour, and whether anyone in the group wants a mountain climb.
- Any month, booked late: Our measured rule of thumb: beyond 90 days out only about 15% of slots were sold out; inside 30 days, none were left. The full breakdown is in how far in advance to book. If you are already inside that window, read what to do when Machu Picchu is sold out.
Month by month, with the weather, the crowds and whether that month is on sale yet: January 2027, February 2027, March 2027, April 2027, May 2027, June 2027, July 2027, August 2027, September 2027, October 2026, November 2026, December 2026.
Get an email when your month goes on sale
The rules your 2027 ticket will follow
Unless the Ministry announces otherwise, the circuit system in force since mid-2025 is what applies: three circuits split into ten official routes, one ticket per route per entry window, nominative and non-transferable, with a fixed-size backpack limit and no re-entry. We keep the detail in one place — the Machu Picchu rules for 2026–2027 — and update it whenever the Ministry does.
Circuit 2A Classic
The iconic postcard photo of Machu Picchu
Circuit 1B Upper Terraces
The classic postcard photo on the shortest route of Circuit 1
When do Machu Picchu tickets for 2027 go on sale?
The Ministry of Culture has not announced it. For 2026 the opening was on 17 November 2025, the first time it was brought forward from December. Expect an announcement in the last quarter of 2026, and treat any exact date you read elsewhere as a guess until the Ministry publishes it. You do not have to wait for it: on our calendar you can already book any date up to eleven months ahead, and we buy the official ticket in your name the day your date opens.
Can I already buy tickets for January or February 2027?
Yes. The official calendar reaches 31 March 2027, and as of 15 October 2026 Circuit 2A still had about 30,000 open seats in January and 27,000 in February in our hourly count. The routes 1-C, 1-D, 3-C and 3-D are not: the Ministry has not published any 2027 date for them. They are high-season routes, and we pre-sell them for 19 June to 2 November 2027.
Will the price change in 2027?
Not announced. The Ministry raised official prices on 1 May 2026 (see our rules guide). Prices for 2027 will be set by the Ministry with the calendar; we will publish them the day they appear.
How many visitors will be allowed per day in 2027?
The 2027 resolution has not been issued. For 2026 the base was 4,500 per day, raised to 5,600 on 1 January, 2–5 April, 19 June to 2 November and 30–31 December. Expect the same two-tier structure; the exact dates are what remains to be published.
My 2027 dates are sold out — is there any way in?
Yes, but not through the online calendar. The Ministry sells a daily quota in person in Machu Picchu Pueblo for the following day — 1,000 tickets a day, and the Minister confirmed on 11 September 2026 that this sale is not affected by the online changes. Our 2-Day Tour from Cusco is built around it: we take you there, assist with the registration and hand you the Circuit 2 entrance.
Do I still reserve first and pay later?
Not anymore. Since the change announced on 11 September 2026, the official platform issues a ticket only after payment is confirmed, with a 15-minute limit to pay. Unpaid selections return to the pool immediately, which should also make sold-out dates reappear more often than under the old 3-hour hold.
See what is open for 2027 right now
The board counts every official slot, every hour, by route and by month. January and February 2027 are on it today; the rest will appear the day the Ministry opens them.