How to Arrive to Cuzco City

Where is Peru?: At 1'285,220 sq. Km, Peru is the third-largest country in South America, it limits to the N with Ecuador, to the NE with Colombia, to the E with Brazil, to the SE with Bolivia, to the S with Chile and to the W with the Pacific Ocean.

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Travel to Peru by air

International airlines operate scheduled flights to Peru's Jorge Chávez International Airport, located in Lima - Peru.

• From New York - Newark, Atlanta, Miami, Houston, Los Angeles, Mexico and Toronto exist direct flights to Lima.
• From Europe exist direct flights to Lima from Madrid, Paris and Amsterdam.
• Peru has direct flights from the main cities in Latin America as Bogota, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Guayaquil, La Habana, La Paz, Mexico, Panama, Quito, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Sao Paulo, San Jose de Costa Rica, Santo Domingo.
• Flights from Asia or Oceania to Peru, connection by USA or Europe.

Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM Airport Code) in Lima is the main gate for international flights and it's the main hub to local flights connections.

• International Flights to Peru
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How to arrive to Cuzco City

If you have only a short time for visit Peru, the best way to travel is by air. If you also visit Arequipa and or Puno - Lake Titicaca, we recommend begin your trip in Arequipa and then Cuzco and then Puno for acclimatization to altitude of highlands.

From Lima to Cuzco there are 1,165 Km (724 miles) and need 20 hours for a bus trip, and 1 hour by air. You can get your connection from Lima to Cuzco by plane or bus.

By Plane

From Cuzco's airport there are several daily flights from / to Lima (approximate flight time, 55 minutes).

Cuzco's airport (CUZ Airport Code) is Teniente Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport, with comfortable installations and facilities, receive regular domestic flights from Lima, Arequipa, Juliaca (Puno - Lake Titicaca area) and Puerto Maldonado (Tambopata), and some regular international flights from regional countries in South America as Bolivia. If you need reserve a domestic flight to Cuzco click here.

• Domestic Flights from / to Cuzco city

By Bus

From Cuzco city starts highways that goes through the south of the country reaching Lima - Nazca, Arequipa, and Puno, and continue to Desaguadero - Bolivia, this highways or roads connect with the Pan-American Highway.

• Highway Lima / Nazca / Cuzco: Lap Lima - Nazca 460 Km. (286 miles) by Pan-American Highway and connect with road Nazca - Abancay - Cuzco 705 Km (438 miles) - 20 hours aprox. by bus
  
  

• Highway or Train Cuzco / Puno: Lap Cuzco - Juliaca 345 Km. (214.4 miles); Lap Juliaca - Puno 44 Km. (27.3 miles); the highest point of this highway reaches the 4,313 meters above sea level (14,150 feet) - 7 hours aprox. by bus.
  
  

• Highway Cuzco / Arequipa: Passing through Juliaca, 625 Km. (388 miles) 10 hours aprox. by bus.
  

• The Interoceanic Highway or Trans-oceanic highway: Is an international, transcontinental highway in Peru and Brazil. From Cuzco - Urcos you can travel to Puerto Maldonado (Tambopata) and continue to Inambari - Iñapari border with Brazil. This new highway entails the renovation and construction of roughly 2,600 kilometers of roads and 22 bridges. When completed, it will create a connected highway from the Peruvian ports of San Juan de Marcona, Matarani, and Ilo to the Brazilian ports of Rio de Janeiro and Santos, although the project almost exclusively involves construction in Peru because of Brazil's already well developed road system.
  
  

• Itineraries and reserves bus services to Cuzco

Distances from Cuzco City

• Acomayo (Province of Acomayo) 104,5 km (65 miles) / 3 hours
• Anta (Province of Anta) 26 km (16 miles) / 30 minutes
• Calca (Province of Calca) 50 km (31 miles) / 1 hour and 15 minutes
• Yanaoca (Province of Canas) 165 km (103 miles) / 3 hours
• Sicuani (Province of Canchis) 138 km (86 miles) / 2 hours
• Santo Tomás (Province of Chumbivilcas) 240 km (149 miles) / 10 hours
• Yauri (Province of Espinar) 241 km (150 miles) / 7 hours
• Quillabamba (Province of La Convención) 210 km (130 miles) / 6 hours
• Paruro (Province of Paruro) 64 km (40 miles) / 2 hours
• Paucartambo (Province of Paucartambo) 109 km (68 miles) / 3 hours
• Urcos (Province of Quispicanchi) 46 km (29 miles) / 40 minutes
• Urubamba (Province of Urubamba) 78 km (48 miles) / 1 hour and 25 minutes

By Train

Train Services: From Cuzco there are railroads and regular services to Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca - Puno.

The train route Cuzco to Puno was awarded such as second rout most beautiful of world. This spectacular rail journey begins in historic Cuzco and travels south to the beautiful city of Puno, on the shores of Lake Titicaca.

• If you need reserve a Train ticket click here.

Communication Services in Cuzco
Cuzco counts with all the services available, telephone, mail, cable television, fax, connections to Internet and courier services.