Guides · Peru · 2026
Peru Inca Trail permits explained (2026): quota, February closure & the Machu Picchu ticket change
Public-level access for the classic Inca Trail in Peru. Operator-only ticket, February closure, and a 2026 split between the trail network and the citadel. Fee amounts are gated and are not copied here.
2026: the trail ticket is not Machu Picchu entry
Ministerio de Cultura opened 2026 sales for the Red de Caminos Inka and for the Llaqta de Machupicchu as separate reservation processes. RM 306-2025-MC requires a circuit 3-B citadel ticket for visitors who continue from the trail into the site. Book both. The trail network ticket does not include citadel entry.
gob.pe · 2026-08-25transparencia.cultura.gob.pe · 2026-08-25Operator-only; daily cap
You cannot self-issue. Access is reserved through an authorized agency on tuboleto.cultura.pe. Daily capacity is on the order of 500 people, of which roughly 200–250 are trekkers — a public quota, not a price. Book months ahead. Amounts are not stated on this page.
tuboleto.cultura.pe · 2026-08-25Closed all February
SERNANP suspends the Inca Trail network all February for conservation and annual maintenance, reopening 1 March 2026.
gob.pe · 2026-08-25Salkantay
This catalog now holds a Salkantay Trek record — a pin-to-pin schematic, not a walking distance. Operator pages often call it a permit-free alternative to the classic Inca Trail. No official SERNANP or Ministerio de Cultura page fetched for that record names a walking permit for Camino del Salkantay, so walking-permit status stays Unverified: this desk does not assert that a walking permit is or is not required. If you continue to the citadel, the 2026 Llaqta de Machupicchu ticket is still a separate reservation. Side-by-side facts live on the Inca Trail vs Salkantay compare — not a ranking, and not a fee table.
Also in this desk: Classic Inca Trail · Salkantay Trek · Inca Trail vs Salkantay · Peru · Nepal trekking permits.