I love that "yeah, we don't like people....". I feel the SAME way!!!! I don't like big gatherings or crowds, parties, large concerts, etc. so I souks travel like you!!! Great idea being in the first bus!!!!
The phone call to your parents was so opportune , nice , funny and emotional at the same time. It was a good idea to make a call like that , at the right place and right moment
I miss Peru and the good energy you feel in cusco is something you can't describe you have to be there to understand it.... i went for a few weeks and stayed for 3 wonderful years
Sometimes early in the morning, is very cloudy and you don’t see the ruins or Machu Picchu and then little by little the clouds disappeared and then you see this espectacular picture of Machu Picchu!
Just a beautiful special place. You guys were able to capture it for us until we get there. Loved seeing Eric so speechless, in awe really. And Sarah was so pumped, exuberant! Thanks!
My first thought when I saw you was "they're Canadian" before I looked at your profile, Takes one to immediately recognize one or a couple! (hell yeah and high five there!) Because I need that perspective! Thank you so much for sharing your journey. It has been my dream to go to Peru for many, many years and now I'm almost all booked! The main flights are settled YVR and the inter-Peru flights also but my main dream about Peru is exactly this! Machu Picchu. I was gonna do the trek via trail but circumstances do not permit so train it is. So anyway I'd love to know more about transport and accommodation because we land in Cusco and I'm still apprehensive about staying there more than a day when there is so much to see in the Sacred Valley.
Excellent editing....loved the different angles of the train. Keep on truckin' guys. Love your videos ❤ BTW - The elevation of M.P. is approx. 7,900 ft. above sea level. That valley you look down into is the Urubamba Valley. That PEAK mt. is known as Huayna Picchu = approx 8,920 feet above sea-level. It is perfectly fine to climb it, but the extreme vertical climb up the "stairs of death" is kinda scary!! ALWAYS CARRY A WATER BOTTLE WITH YOU, HOMIES - DEHYDRATION SETS IN RAPIDO at those heights. Hey Eric, if they try to rush you, tell them that you're gonna do to the security guard what Francisco Pizarro did to the Inca ruler, Atahualpa!! I think it was like in 1532 or 1533 that Pizarro the s.o.b. took Atahualpa captive. Atahualpa had like 800,000 men while Pizarro only had like 250 s.o b. gold-stealing Spaniards. Atahualpa was captured @ Cajamarca, but not b4 Valverde, a Catholic Spanish Friar tried to convert the Incan to Christianity and accept the Spansh monarch, Charles V, as sovereign. Of course the Incan Ruler got pissed and at Valverde's signal, Pizzaro's punk a$$ men opened fire on the Incas. 😪 Guys, in less than 2 hrs over 5,000 Incas were slaughtered. The Spaniards and Pizarro torturtured Atahualpa by ramming a stuck up his backside and lashing him. Atahualpa did convert to Roman Catholicism b4 his death, because if he didn't he was going to be burned at the stake & the Incas believed that the soul wouldn't be able to go to the afterlife if the body was burned. Instead of being burnt at the stake, he requested to be strangled with a garrote in 1533 & was given a Christian burial. Folklore has it that his followers exhumed his body, mummified it, and buried it very secretly somewhere in the N of his empire...perhaps in what is now modern-day Ecuador. 🇪🇨
MachuPicchu is one of those places in the World that really belongs to Humanity. It presence goes further of Peru. i mean it is physically in Peru, but the meaning of its existance is for everyone. It has no Flag, no nationality, it has no limit and no boundries. I could probably be misunderstood, but it is true
Gracias ! thank you these are the best pictures i have seen . Bradley Cooper had a travel film more than 10 years ago of walking up. I am so happy you could share this trip with us, I hope you get your own travel channel on TV . Live on E ! thanks from Cleveland, Ohio
Amazing video! You guys are so lucky to get to Machu Picchu to yourselves. I understand that you have to book tickets on the official website… they have changed it to different Routes (ex. Llaqta of Machu Picchu or Circuit 4 + WaynaPicchu or Machu Picchu Mountain + Circuit 3 or Circuit 4 + Huchuy Picchu Mountain) Which route did you guys take/purchase?
We always buy a local SIM card (usually Claro). That’s what we were calling with here. The service with Claro is usually good… but even we were surprised it was THAT good haha 😄
Wonderful video!! I am sooooo excited to visit Peru next month, and your videos/guides have helped me a lot!! Which route of the Machu Picchu did you guys pick? There are like 4 different ones on their site.
How exciting! When we went in October we didn’t need to book a route… maybe that’s a new thing! But I just looked at the website and I would recommend Circuit 2 (alto largo). It looks the most similar to what we did and hiking up to the viewpoint is worth it 😄
Hey, so I've downloaded the machu picchu guide and it's very helpful. Thanks. 😊 only thing I'm wondering: is the website for the machu picchu Tickets save to book? I'm reading everywhere online that Tickets can only be purchased in Aquas Calientes at the ticket shop from the ministry. Don't know what to believe.
Hmm we booked through that exact link… but that was Oct. 2021 so things could have changed. But at the time that was the official link (it just seems really old and sketchy for some reason haha)
@@EricandSarah Thanks for the reply. So apparently it's still possible to get tickets online but only a very limited amount so everyone that wants to go: try to plan in advance as much as possible. :) The other option would be to get tickets in person the day before you want to go in the town itself. :)
@@Andrea-pb1tb very good to know! Thanks for sharing! Is there a risk of them running out of tickets in town? That would be a bummer if you made the trip there and couldn’t go 😬
That is really great photography. There are other videos that are snarky on the place. Yours is current. And thank you for your Ecuadorian coverage. Does that mean you are going to leave soon? There still so many other South American countries to explore!
Great video. One note: "people "arrived in South America thousands of years ago, not 1400s. Machu Picchu was built 1400s...they think. I know what you meant, but I just didn't want folks to think that place was uninhabited prior to 15th c. Thanks for the lovely videos.
That’s crazy he was telling you to move on. They never rushed us when we were there in 2019 .. we were told to take as long as you need but it is a one way system. The 5am get up was defo worth it :)
Great video of Machu Picchu. However, needed to tell everybody that there is only few months where they will see everything green. The rest of the year everything is brown. When I saw it, there was not any time limits for the visitors. Before leaving Peru, make a Part II of Machu Picchu. Give the name of the “Young Mountain” or Huayna Picchu Mountain. Pay for a guide that will take AND explain all the spectacular sights. This would have made the video the best!
Thanks for the feedback Bodvar! It’s good for others to know it’s not always green and there’s not always time limits. We wanted this video to focus on helpful info for getting to/from Machu Picchu so unfortunately we did not have much time to share many interesting facts about the place. Maybe one day we’ll return and make a strictly informational video about the ruins :)
You guys are awesome! This was super helpful for planning, and what a bummer about being rushed, I wonder if going later in the day you can hide in the crowds? Thanks for the video!
Thanks guys!! Right back at you! Yeah looking back I think there were ways to avoid it. Just felt like one of those power trip situations where we got singled out. But would still highly recommend being the first ones there! Nothing like beating the crowds haha Happy planning!
The price is not that bad if you consider for example how much one have to pay to enter places like Disneyland which IMO does not compare to Machu Picchu.
Here's a conspiracy theory for you. The Incas built on top of an ancient civilization's higher quality architectural ruins as evidenced by the GIANT interlocking carved rocks with smaller, rougher rock masonry on top. Clearly I belong in Vilcabamba. ;-) This was such a great video. You guys are always providing great content. Congrats on the 5K subscribers. Keep on keepin' on. :-)
All of it is on top of Inca terraces and hydraulics, the smaller rocks on top were to hold the roofs that have already biodegraded or flown away. Why would they put big stones on top in a seismic land?
Nice video guys! One question: Is it mandatory to hire a guide when entering or is just the entrance ticket enough? We'll be there in about a month and we keep hearing different things. Thanks ✌️
You may like a guide to annotate the different parts of the ruins from the precise sundial location, occupants of each level, how they survived, how it was built, the name of other mountain Huayan Picchu and where Machu Picchu has the face of an Inca ruler in its areal view. www.perurail.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/perfil-de-rostro-humano-de-machu-picchu-685x1024.jpg
Wow, amazing! So it is possible then to visit without a guide? We heard that it became mandatory? We are also planning to go, so wonderful video guys! Keep it up ✌🏽
Thanks for watching! Definitely not mandatory to have a guide. People will always ask you everywhere you go if you “have your guide”, but it’s not mandatory and I don’t think it ever has been. They just want to make it seem like you do so you’ll hire them.
One of the only pandemic perks is the lack of travellers at very touristy places! We went in October 😄 Also being there at opening definitely helped as it did get busier by the afternoon.
Hi when did you go to Machu Picchu? And it looks like you do not have a tour guide...most of what I have seen on line says you must hire a guide at the enterance. Did you have this experience...choice. I would rather walk at my own pace. Thank you.
October 2021! You don’t need to hire a guide but there’s many that will offer their services (in town and at the entrance). Our free guide in the description has a lot more info if you’re interested :)
Guys !the incas or whoever civilization at that time created this megalithic city … made the biggest ever megalithic monument right in front of your eyes!! the inca face looking up ! Omg 😱
Although the official version says that it is around 600 years old. The truth is that there are books by Spanish scribes who say that when they asked the villagers about who had built Maccu Pichu, they said that it was not the Incas, that the citadel was already there when the Incas arrived. The Incas never worked iron, so how could they do embossing in stones?
I wish you would’ve cover how to buy tickets and where, I heard you have to buy them weeks in advance and they give you certain time to enter and you can only stay 4 hours and there’s different areas types of tickets to different trails...
I’ve seen women go solo but you definitely have to be on the tougher side. If you do go solo you’ll know what I mean. But it is doable to go solo for women. It’s the main City of Cusco seems safe and the same goes for Lima but as always be safe and be aware because if you are an American you become a target by default. It’s one of those Things Americans always have to go through. However, Ireland was very woman friendly! Highly recommend. They were super courteous to my little sister
Great content other than the entitlement. All of us that have been to MP paid a lot of money to be there. It’s so disappointing when tourists visit a foreign country and expect everything to be about them. They are telling you to move along because they tell everyone to move along. You can’t have tripods because imagine if everyone had tripods. If people would actual research before going to these places instead of “doing it for the gram” none of this would come as a surprise. Enjoy the rest of your visit but please keep in mind, you are in their land and should follow their rules.
Hey thanks for watching! Although I think you may have misunderstood our frustration for entitlement. We actually did a lot of research and understood as many rules as we could before we went (because we wanted to enjoy the beautiful sights of this world wonder while following the rules). Our videos are also here to show people what it was like for us so that they can be informed for their own visit. This included our own mistake of bringing a tripod and having issues with guards. The frustration you saw could have been anyone’s frustration because these guards really did have it out for us. We didn’t put that part in the video because we didn’t want to focus on it. And as we said, we would understand if there were more folks there, we wouldn’t have any issue moving along. But most people we talk to say they had all the time they wanted at the various stops (some even had as much as 3 hours by themselves up there!). So we stand by our frustration, as these guards put a damper on our time at this beautiful place. It was less about feeling entitled to more time, and more about disappointment that these guards felt the need to harass us while ignoring everyone else who was also there for even longer than us. We appreciate the feedback because it is important to us. But we don’t want you to misunderstand us as travellers (because there certainly are a lot of people out there who only ‘do it for the gram’). We try our best to follow and understand why rules and customs are in place. Hope you can enjoy more of our stuff and thanks again for watching!
Is it possible to take a bus directly from Lima airport to aguas instead of stopping at Ollantaytambo? Also, machu pitchu official sites tickets seems to be sold out for 3 days, does it seems to be that local tour operators bought all tickets for sale+ commission? That seems to defeat the purpose for respecting the site. I have been to many UNESCO heritage sites around the world, never seen such practice, visitors can buy tickets/ passes online without issues 😢 this already gave me a unpleasant feeling before my arrival
Honestly we think the two guards were just having a bad day because they were being very rude but we’ve never heard of others having the same issue! But the day was still wonderful anyways :)
Slight correction 👩🏾🏫 1400s isn't when "people started coming to America/South America". People were already in the Americas. That's when colonizers came and wiped out the indigenous populations/communities who had BEEN living throughout North/Central/South Am. But great video and energy! ❤️
They tend to rush you if you are to “touristy”. I’ve sat there at the top for 30 min when I went an no one ever said anything but I know how they work there. Locals do take pride in that mountain. But they should have just left you alone imo.
Machu Picchu is more expensive than Petra Jordan. The $62 is just for 4 hours???? The Jordan 2 days pass seem less, no time limit, no one is rushing me. The pass is for multiple attractions within Petra. I rode 🐎, donkey 🐴 within the entire Petra compound. It's hard to believe Jordan cost less!
@@Foxwake THAT IS NOT AN ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE . MACHU PICCHU IS ONE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD AND IT GETS MUCH MORE TOURISTS. THE WORLD KNOWS ABOUT MACHU PICCHU, GALAPAGOS IS NOT SO KNOWN OR VISITED.
You have to take a plane from Lima to Cusco, take a 4 hour train ride to Aguas Caliente and then take a 30 min bus ride. However, I do not recommend the bus. Just hike it. You’ll save yourself the $30 it cost and it’s actually faster because there is always a 30-45 min bus ride wait
Do you think there are no Peruvians who look like you? .... in Peru there are countless races, oriental, African, Spanish descent, in Peru there are Chinese, white, red, green, gringos, I thought you were a bit derogatory reaction when your girlfriend said she felt like Peruvian...
I said I felt Peruvian because I was wearing a poncho... the comment actually had nothing to do with looks or race! And then I even corrected myself because although many Peruvians wear ponchos, many also do not so I didn't mean for that comment to sound like cultural appropriation. I apologize if you took offense to my comment. We love the diversity of Peruvian people!
That's our whole point... we aren't special! But for some reason we were singled out and rushed along while everyone else there could take all the time they wanted! We had friends that stayed at the top for 3 HOURS. We just wanted to be treated like everyone else.
And that was it, Waiting for your video for that? Nothing mayor Machu pichu , been there and not worth it . You got to visit Chichen Itzá in Mexico or ruins of Ingapirca in Ecuador the last temple of Emperador Atahualpa!!
@@biancadurso3400 Machu Picchu has megalithic architecture, fully functioning hydraulics, camelids, astronomical features, enigmatic stone interlocking patters, it is in the ridge of a mountain, it has three panoramic views counting Huayna Picchu it a historic wirld heritage site and wonder of the world
Peru is just absolutely amazing! Nothing can ever take away from the internal feelings I received from traveling around that country.
It is an incredible country to explore!
PERÚ💕= AMAZING
I love that "yeah, we don't like people....". I feel the SAME way!!!! I don't like big gatherings or crowds, parties, large concerts, etc. so I souks travel like you!!! Great idea being in the first bus!!!!
Machu Picchu is Magic, it's amazing, it's wonderful.....You can feel how your body absorbs the energy of the planet.
Such an incredible place!!
Muy bello 😍🇵🇪
The phone call to your parents was so opportune , nice , funny and emotional at the same time. It was a good idea to make a call like that , at the right place and right moment
It was definitely a special moment. Wasn’t sure whether to include it in the video but it felt nice to share it with viewers :)
I miss Peru and the good energy you feel in cusco is something you can't describe you have to be there to understand it.... i went for a few weeks and stayed for 3 wonderful years
Sometimes early in the morning, is very cloudy and you don’t see the ruins or Machu Picchu and then little by little the clouds disappeared and then you see this espectacular picture of Machu Picchu!
Just a beautiful special place. You guys were able to capture it for us until we get there. Loved seeing Eric so speechless, in awe really. And Sarah was so pumped, exuberant! Thanks!
Thanks for watching!! So glad you enjoyed it. It is honestly such a breathtaking place. Hope you get to see it in the near future 🙂
My first thought when I saw you was "they're Canadian" before I looked at your profile, Takes one to immediately recognize one or a couple! (hell yeah and high five there!) Because I need that perspective! Thank you so much for sharing your journey. It has been my dream to go to Peru for many, many years and now I'm almost all booked! The main flights are settled YVR and the inter-Peru flights also but my main dream about Peru is exactly this! Machu Picchu. I was gonna do the trek via trail but circumstances do not permit so train it is. So anyway I'd love to know more about transport and accommodation because we land in Cusco and I'm still apprehensive about staying there more than a day when there is so much to see in the Sacred Valley.
PERU💞 IS AMAZING
Peruvian Food is Delicious 😋 Is the best
Gracias por visitarme, espero que se hayan recargado de energías 💯😉🌄🌄🗻⛰🗻⛰🔥✌
I love your video, and you guys definitely have very warm and sweet personalities!
What a wonderful place!
I came to Macchu Picchu in 2002. We were allowed to go where we wanted and linger where we wanted. It was fantastic. We took 2 days.
That sounds amazing!! Hopefully they'll return to those rules soon. We honestly think the guards were just having a bad day the day we went ;)
Excellent editing....loved the different angles of the train. Keep on truckin' guys. Love your videos ❤ BTW - The elevation of M.P. is approx. 7,900 ft. above sea level. That valley you look down into is the Urubamba Valley. That PEAK mt. is known as Huayna Picchu = approx 8,920 feet above sea-level. It is perfectly fine to climb it, but the extreme vertical climb up the "stairs of death" is kinda scary!! ALWAYS CARRY A WATER BOTTLE WITH YOU, HOMIES - DEHYDRATION SETS IN RAPIDO at those heights. Hey Eric, if they try to rush you, tell them that you're gonna do to the security guard what Francisco Pizarro did to the Inca ruler, Atahualpa!! I think it was like in 1532 or 1533 that Pizarro the s.o.b. took Atahualpa captive. Atahualpa had like 800,000 men while Pizarro only had like 250 s.o b. gold-stealing Spaniards. Atahualpa was captured @ Cajamarca, but not b4 Valverde, a Catholic Spanish Friar tried to convert the Incan to Christianity and accept the Spansh monarch, Charles V, as sovereign. Of course the Incan Ruler got pissed and at Valverde's signal, Pizzaro's punk a$$ men opened fire on the Incas. 😪 Guys, in less than 2 hrs over 5,000 Incas were slaughtered. The Spaniards and Pizarro torturtured Atahualpa by ramming a stuck up his backside and lashing him. Atahualpa did convert to Roman Catholicism b4 his death, because if he didn't he was going to be burned at the stake & the Incas believed that the soul wouldn't be able to go to the afterlife if the body was burned. Instead of being burnt at the stake, he requested to be strangled with a garrote in 1533 & was given a Christian burial. Folklore has it that his followers exhumed his body, mummified it, and buried it very secretly somewhere in the N of his empire...perhaps in what is now modern-day Ecuador. 🇪🇨
MachuPicchu is one of those places in the World that really belongs to Humanity. It presence goes further of Peru. i mean it is physically in Peru, but the meaning of its existance is for everyone. It has no Flag, no nationality, it has no limit and no boundries. I could probably be misunderstood, but it is true
Thanks for this, going in Feb and was planning this same route to get there
Awesome. We are planning a trip to Peru
Enjoy! It’s a beautiful country!
@@EricandSarah Thanks
Great video, Sarah and Eric. Thanks for the early morning phone call, it made my day!! I want to visit there someday.
Thanks Mom! Still think that was one of the best parts of the day :)
Visit Kuelap is same Machu Picchu but with cableway. It is increible. And visit Huacachina, it is a exciting desert oasis.
Sounds very cool! Thanks for the recommendation. Huacachina is definitely on the list to visit!
I will be back to my beautiful Peru.
5:10 que hermoso momento
Gracias ! thank you these are the best pictures i have seen . Bradley Cooper had a travel film more than 10 years ago of walking up.
I am so happy you could share this trip with us, I hope you get your own travel channel on TV . Live on E ! thanks from Cleveland, Ohio
Thank you so much Rory! That's so sweet of you to say. We had such great weather and it was so memorable for us!
Gran video!! Saludos desde Lima!
Gracias amigo 😄
Amazing video! You guys are so lucky to get to Machu Picchu to yourselves. I understand that you have to book tickets on the official website… they have changed it to different Routes (ex. Llaqta of Machu Picchu or
Circuit 4 + WaynaPicchu or
Machu Picchu Mountain + Circuit 3 or
Circuit 4 + Huchuy Picchu Mountain)
Which route did you guys take/purchase?
hope to make it there some day! i'm still enjoying places to see around ecuador.
There’s SO many places to explore in Ecuador and Peru!
Great video of Machupicchu guys!!Love your ponchos..
We’re obsessed with our ponchos!! Haha
PERÚ GOOD BLESS 👍🇵🇪🙏🇵🇪 🇵🇪🙏🇵🇪🙏🇵🇪 WONDERFUL COUNTRY OF THE WORLD THE BEST
What phone service do you use?? Does it usually work most places you travel? Going to start traveling soon myself been wondering this question.
We always buy a local SIM card (usually Claro). That’s what we were calling with here. The service with Claro is usually good… but even we were surprised it was THAT good haha 😄
Wonderful video!! I am sooooo excited to visit Peru next month, and your videos/guides have helped me a lot!! Which route of the Machu Picchu did you guys pick? There are like 4 different ones on their site.
How exciting! When we went in October we didn’t need to book a route… maybe that’s a new thing! But I just looked at the website and I would recommend Circuit 2 (alto largo). It looks the most similar to what we did and hiking up to the viewpoint is worth it 😄
@@EricandSarah Thanks so much for responding!! ☺️🙏🏼
Magic Peru and l love peruvian food
Hey,
so I've downloaded the machu picchu guide and it's very helpful. Thanks. 😊 only thing I'm wondering: is the website for the machu picchu Tickets save to book?
I'm reading everywhere online that Tickets can only be purchased in Aquas Calientes at the ticket shop from the ministry. Don't know what to believe.
Hmm we booked through that exact link… but that was Oct. 2021 so things could have changed. But at the time that was the official link (it just seems really old and sketchy for some reason haha)
@@EricandSarah Thanks for the reply. So apparently it's still possible to get tickets online but only a very limited amount so everyone that wants to go: try to plan in advance as much as possible. :) The other option would be to get tickets in person the day before you want to go in the town itself. :)
@@Andrea-pb1tb very good to know! Thanks for sharing! Is there a risk of them running out of tickets in town? That would be a bummer if you made the trip there and couldn’t go 😬
such a beautiful place! hey love ur videos and love u too hahaha :)
That is really great photography. There are other videos that are snarky on the place. Yours is current. And thank you for your Ecuadorian coverage.
Does that mean you are going to leave soon? There still so many other South American countries to explore!
Glad you enjoyed it! Don’t worry, we have more to show from Peru still and aren’t done with South America!
Great video thank you! We're going in a few weeks and was wondering what the rules on masks are in Machu Picchu? Thanks!
When we went, masks were still required outside but could be removed quickly for photos. But that was October so not sure now sorry!
Great video. One note: "people "arrived in South America thousands of years ago, not 1400s. Machu Picchu was built 1400s...they think. I know what you meant, but I just didn't want folks to think that place was uninhabited prior to 15th c. Thanks for the lovely videos.
Ahh yes of course! Thanks for clarifying what we meant 😊 It’s hard to always express things properly when speaking on camera. Haha.
a great sunny day!
That’s crazy he was telling you to move on. They never rushed us when we were there in 2019 .. we were told to take as long as you need but it is a one way system. The 5am get up was defo worth it :)
Yeah that’s what we’ve heard from other travellers, even currently! Not sure why those guards had it out for us 🙄 But we still had a great time! ☺️
Great video of Machu Picchu. However, needed to tell everybody that there is only few months where they will see everything green. The rest of the year everything is brown. When I saw it, there was not any time limits for the visitors. Before leaving Peru, make a Part II of Machu Picchu. Give the name of the “Young Mountain” or Huayna Picchu Mountain. Pay for a guide that will take AND explain all the spectacular sights. This would have made the video the best!
Thanks for the feedback Bodvar! It’s good for others to know it’s not always green and there’s not always time limits. We wanted this video to focus on helpful info for getting to/from Machu Picchu so unfortunately we did not have much time to share many interesting facts about the place. Maybe one day we’ll return and make a strictly informational video about the ruins :)
You guys are awesome! This was super helpful for planning, and what a bummer about being rushed, I wonder if going later in the day you can hide in the crowds? Thanks for the video!
Thanks guys!! Right back at you!
Yeah looking back I think there were ways to avoid it. Just felt like one of those power trip situations where we got singled out. But would still highly recommend being the first ones there! Nothing like beating the crowds haha Happy planning!
Great video
Both of you are really cool couple
Cheerssssss
The price is not that bad if you consider for example how much one have to pay to enter places like Disneyland which IMO does not compare to Machu Picchu.
Very beautiful video. Thank you. Where did you get your ponchos and how much did they cost if you don't mind sharing?
Thanks! We love them :) We bought them in Cusco (they’re everywhere!) They range from $20-30 depending on the material :)
Hey how did you get your drone to fly? mine wouldn’t fly higher than like 15 feet was doing my head in. Awesome video as always guys 👌🏼😊
Hey! We actually borrowed some clips from our friends because ours had the same issue... Thanks for watching!
@@EricandSarah ah ok fair enough hope you guys are good 😊
Here's a conspiracy theory for you. The Incas built on top of an ancient civilization's higher quality architectural ruins as evidenced by the GIANT interlocking carved rocks with smaller, rougher rock masonry on top. Clearly I belong in Vilcabamba. ;-)
This was such a great video. You guys are always providing great content. Congrats on the 5K subscribers. Keep on keepin' on. :-)
Ahh interesting. Thanks for sharing that theory :) And thanks for the kind words!
All of it is on top of Inca terraces and hydraulics, the smaller rocks on top were to hold the roofs that have already biodegraded or flown away. Why would they put big stones on top in a seismic land?
Hi guys! Which bus operator did you use? The PDF guide is not working :(
What time of the year you were at Macchu Picchu, so there were no clouds early morning
for cell service, did you buy a local SIM or are you using your international plan? If with your international plan, which service do you use? thx!
We always buy local sims through Claro. Most plans are like $10/ month for unlimited call/text, plus 10GB data. Very worth it to get a local sim.
@@EricandSarah Awesome! I'll do that then. Thanks!
Nice video guys! One question: Is it mandatory to hire a guide when entering or is just the entrance ticket enough? We'll be there in about a month and we keep hearing different things. Thanks ✌️
No it’s not required! We went without a guide :)
You may like a guide to annotate the different parts of the ruins from the precise sundial location, occupants of each level, how they survived, how it was built, the name of other mountain Huayan Picchu and where Machu Picchu has the face of an Inca ruler in its areal view. www.perurail.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/perfil-de-rostro-humano-de-machu-picchu-685x1024.jpg
Wow, amazing! So it is possible then to visit without a guide? We heard that it became mandatory? We are also planning to go, so wonderful video guys! Keep it up ✌🏽
Thanks for watching! Definitely not mandatory to have a guide. People will always ask you everywhere you go if you “have your guide”, but it’s not mandatory and I don’t think it ever has been. They just want to make it seem like you do so you’ll hire them.
What month did you visit the site?
Visit Choquequirao the other Machupicchu
Thanks for the recommendation!
wow did you reserve it all for you guys!!! ha so empty...lucky! when did you guys go? what month?
One of the only pandemic perks is the lack of travellers at very touristy places! We went in October 😄 Also being there at opening definitely helped as it did get busier by the afternoon.
Hi when did you go to Machu Picchu? And it looks like you do not have a tour guide...most of what I have seen on line says you must hire a guide at the enterance. Did you have this experience...choice. I would rather walk at my own pace. Thank you.
October 2021! You don’t need to hire a guide but there’s many that will offer their services (in town and at the entrance). Our free guide in the description has a lot more info if you’re interested :)
Guys !the incas or whoever civilization at that time created this megalithic city … made the biggest ever megalithic monument right in front
of your eyes!! the inca face looking up ! Omg 😱
It’s an unbelievable place!!
Hi guys, where did you purchase the actual tickets to get into Machu Picchu? Can you provide the website?
If you sign up with our email link in the description, you will automatically be sent a guide with all the links!
@@EricandSarah awesome, thanks!
I would love to see South America. I've always just thought about North America, Europe or South Africa
South America is AMAZING!!
Although the official version says that it is around 600 years old. The truth is that there are books by Spanish scribes who say that when they asked the villagers about who had built Maccu Pichu, they said that it was not the Incas, that the citadel was already there when the Incas arrived. The Incas never worked iron, so how could they do embossing in stones?
I wish you would’ve cover how to buy tickets and where, I heard you have to buy them weeks in advance and they give you certain time to enter and you can only stay 4 hours and there’s different areas types of tickets to different trails...
That’s what our free PDF guide covers! Link is in the description :)
The guide link is not working :/
How safe did Cusco felt for women solo ? How did u go there through Cusco?
I’ve seen women go solo but you definitely have to be on the tougher side. If you do go solo you’ll know what I mean. But it is doable to go solo for women.
It’s the main City of Cusco seems safe and the same goes for Lima but as always be safe and be aware because if you are an American you become a target by default. It’s one of those Things Americans always have to go through.
However, Ireland was very woman friendly! Highly recommend. They were super courteous to my little sister
Viva Perú y Machu Picchu
Great content other than the entitlement. All of us that have been to MP paid a lot of money to be there. It’s so disappointing when tourists visit a foreign country and expect everything to be about them. They are telling you to move along because they tell everyone to move along. You can’t have tripods because imagine if everyone had tripods. If people would actual research before going to these places instead of “doing it for the gram” none of this would come as a surprise. Enjoy the rest of your visit but please keep in mind, you are in their land and should follow their rules.
Hey thanks for watching! Although I think you may have misunderstood our frustration for entitlement. We actually did a lot of research and understood as many rules as we could before we went (because we wanted to enjoy the beautiful sights of this world wonder while following the rules). Our videos are also here to show people what it was like for us so that they can be informed for their own visit. This included our own mistake of bringing a tripod and having issues with guards.
The frustration you saw could have been anyone’s frustration because these guards really did have it out for us. We didn’t put that part in the video because we didn’t want to focus on it. And as we said, we would understand if there were more folks there, we wouldn’t have any issue moving along. But most people we talk to say they had all the time they wanted at the various stops (some even had as much as 3 hours by themselves up there!). So we stand by our frustration, as these guards put a damper on our time at this beautiful place. It was less about feeling entitled to more time, and more about disappointment that these guards felt the need to harass us while ignoring everyone else who was also there for even longer than us.
We appreciate the feedback because it is important to us. But we don’t want you to misunderstand us as travellers (because there certainly are a lot of people out there who only ‘do it for the gram’). We try our best to follow and understand why rules and customs are in place. Hope you can enjoy more of our stuff and thanks again for watching!
Is it possible to take a bus directly from Lima airport to aguas instead of stopping at Ollantaytambo? Also, machu pitchu official sites tickets seems to be sold out for 3 days, does it seems to be that local tour operators bought all tickets for sale+ commission?
That seems to defeat the purpose for respecting the site. I have been to many UNESCO heritage sites around the world, never seen such practice, visitors can buy tickets/ passes online without issues 😢 this already gave me a unpleasant feeling before my arrival
which month did you go visit?
October :)
What entery ticket you bougth there too many of them _?
There weren’t options when we booked in October… but looks like Circuit 2 (alto largo) would be the route we took!
@@EricandSarah Thanks
We can't believe they were rushing you guys. That is so disappointing. Nevertheless, it was a nice video. So happy you guys made it!!
Honestly we think the two guards were just having a bad day because they were being very rude but we’ve never heard of others having the same issue! But the day was still wonderful anyways :)
Well now I gotta know what cellphone provider you were using 😂
Haha Claro!! (A local SIM card). The coverage is surprisingly great sometimes.
Perfect, thanks! I’m going in September so I was looking into what local providers have good coverage.
There's a UFO at 13:44. left of the screen. Very quick one.
Hey, how you guys can get the wife in Machu Picchu ?
Slight correction 👩🏾🏫
1400s isn't when "people started coming to America/South America". People were already in the Americas. That's when colonizers came and wiped out the indigenous populations/communities who had BEEN living throughout North/Central/South Am.
But great video and energy! ❤️
Yes of course that’s what Eric was meaning :)
Did you have to wear windscreens inside the train?
Yes visors are currently required just on the trains.
@@EricandSarah Another great vid by the way. Cheers
They tend to rush you if you are to “touristy”. I’ve sat there at the top for 30 min when I went an no one ever said anything but I know how they work there. Locals do take pride in that mountain. But they should have just left you alone imo.
Machu Picchu is more expensive than Petra Jordan. The $62 is just for 4 hours????
The Jordan 2 days pass seem less, no time limit, no one is rushing me. The pass is for multiple attractions within Petra. I rode 🐎, donkey 🐴 within the entire Petra compound.
It's hard to believe Jordan cost less!
Machu Picchu Is the best attraction you can find in South América.
It is definitely a spectacular place!!
that's a little, nothing compared to Galapagos, the most beautiful place in America..
@@Foxwake xd
@@Foxwake MP is one of the seven wonders of the world
@@Foxwake THAT IS NOT AN ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE . MACHU PICCHU IS ONE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD AND IT GETS MUCH MORE TOURISTS. THE WORLD KNOWS ABOUT MACHU PICCHU, GALAPAGOS IS NOT SO KNOWN OR VISITED.
I was lead to believe that EVERYONE needs a guide to get in? Do you know if afternoons would be better as far a crowds and lighting for photos?
So you just need a bus to get there and thats it?
You have to take a plane from Lima to Cusco, take a 4 hour train ride to Aguas Caliente and then take a 30 min bus ride. However, I do not recommend the bus. Just hike it. You’ll save yourself the $30 it cost and it’s actually faster because there is always a 30-45 min bus ride wait
Is the same way here in the states they said no!!!
And is not!!!
Do you think there are no Peruvians who look like you? .... in Peru there are countless races, oriental, African, Spanish descent, in Peru there are Chinese, white, red, green, gringos, I thought you were a bit derogatory reaction when your girlfriend said she felt like Peruvian...
I said I felt Peruvian because I was wearing a poncho... the comment actually had nothing to do with looks or race! And then I even corrected myself because although many Peruvians wear ponchos, many also do not so I didn't mean for that comment to sound like cultural appropriation. I apologize if you took offense to my comment. We love the diversity of Peruvian people!
I keep on getting $380,000 every week from a new trading platforms in town
No way. In town?
200 dollars, is that like 400 Canadian? How dare them rush you and threaten to call the police 👮♀️🤣 You’re sooo special lol 🤪
That's our whole point... we aren't special! But for some reason we were singled out and rushed along while everyone else there could take all the time they wanted! We had friends that stayed at the top for 3 HOURS. We just wanted to be treated like everyone else.
And that was it, Waiting for your video for that? Nothing mayor Machu pichu , been there and not worth it . You got to visit Chichen Itzá in Mexico or ruins of Ingapirca in Ecuador the last temple of Emperador Atahualpa!!
Ecuadorian you are funny. Ecuador and what you mention Is NOTHING compared to Machu Picchu. 😂😂😂
You are a hater.
@@yatusabesquien just like at how many people like it, this did not happened when they were in Ecuador, facts, get it!!!
@@biancadurso3400 Machu Picchu has megalithic architecture, fully functioning hydraulics, camelids, astronomical features, enigmatic stone interlocking patters, it is in the ridge of a mountain, it has three panoramic views counting Huayna Picchu it a historic wirld heritage site and wonder of the world
No falta un@ ecuatoriana envidiosa comentando en vídeos acerca de Peru. Alucinan y nadie los voltea a mirar.