Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Cuzco, Peru

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Summer / year-end holidays in Peru

• Regel

  Machu Picchu circuits and time slots

  1 jan – 31 decBoek vroeg

  Entry is a numbered circuit at a fixed hour, capped daily and sold online well ahead; Huayna Picchu and the mountain add-ons go first. There is no ticket office at the gate worth queueing at. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Andean rainy season (1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Summer / year-end holidays in Peru, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Sluiting

  Inca Trail closed

  1–28 feb

  The Ministry of Culture shuts the whole route for February every year for maintenance of the steps, bridges and campsites. Machu Picchu itself stays open, and the Salkantay and Lares treks run. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 jan – 31 dec), Andean rainy season (1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Señor de los Temblores

• Opening

  Inca Trail reopens

  1 mrtWandelseizoen

  The trail opens again on 1 March, into the greenest and least crowded weeks of the year. The rain has not quite finished, which is the trade. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Señor de los Temblores

  16 mrt – 19 apr · meestalPasen & Goede WeekDruk

  On Holy Monday, the day that opens Holy Week, the blackened Christ is carried around the Plaza de Armas under showers of red ñucchu petals, the one procession in Cusco that is entirely for the city itself. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 jan – 31 dec), Andean rainy season (1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Señor de los Temblores

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 jan – 31 dec), Señor de los Temblores (16 mrt – 19 apr (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Andean dry season

• Seizoen

  Andean dry season

  1 mei – 30 sep · meestalStofseizoenDruk

  Bright still days, hard frost at night at 3,400 metres, and dust on the trails by August. It is the reliable half of the year and everybody knows it.

• Festival

  Qoyllur Rit'i

  30 mei – 4 junReligieus feest

  Tens of thousands walk up to a glacier sanctuary above 4,600 metres for three days and nights of dancing in the cold, in the week before Corpus Christi. A pilgrimage rather than a spectacle, and altitude no visitor should take lightly. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Corpus Christi

  3–11 junReligieus feestDruk

  Fifteen saints and virgins are carried in from the parish churches to the cathedral square and stay for a week, and the city eats chiriuchu on the steps. It opens Cusco's month of festivals. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Andean dry season

• Festival

  Inti Raymi

  24 junGroot festivalDrukBoek vroeg

  The Inca festival of the sun re-enacted at Sacsayhuamán above the city on the winter solstice, in front of a paying grandstand and a hillside of everyone else. The city is full and priced for it. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 jan – 31 dec), Andean dry season (1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)), Qoyllur Rit'i (30 mei – 4 jun), Corpus Christi (3–11 jun)

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Andean dry season

• Regel

  Inca Trail permits sell out

  1 jul – 31 augWandelseizoenBoek vroeg

  Only 500 people a day may start the trail, guides and porters included, and the June to August dates go five or six months ahead. Machu Picchu's own timed circuits sell out in the same window. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Fiestas Patrias

  25 jul – 2 augNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  Peru's national holidays fall inside the driest, busiest weeks and put domestic travellers on top of the foreign ones. Lima-Cusco flights and Machu Picchu slots both go early. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 jan – 31 dec), Andean dry season (1 mei – 30 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Andean dry season

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 jan – 31 dec), Andean dry season (1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)), Inca Trail permits sell out (1 jul – 31 aug), Fiestas Patrias (25 jul – 2 aug)

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Andean dry season

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 jan – 31 dec), Andean dry season (1 mei – 30 sep (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, October break in Peru

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 jan – 31 dec)

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Santurantikuy

• Seizoen

  Andean rainy season

  1 dec – 31 mrt · meestalMoessonRisico

  Heavy afternoon rain and low cloud over the ruins, with the mountains greener than at any other point and the trails close to empty. Landslides close the rail line to Machu Picchu occasionally, usually for a day or two.

• Festival

  Santurantikuy

  24 decKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  On Christmas Eve the Plaza de Armas becomes a market of hand-carved nativity figures brought down from the villages, and it runs from dawn until the small hours. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1 jan – 31 dec)