Year - 2025
Departure Date - sep 13
Return Date - sep 28
This Tour Is Open -
Tour Type - railfan/tourist tour
option 1 - full 16 day tour
option 2 - first half of tour
september 13-22
option 3 - second half of tour
september 22-28
option 1 $9,075 - Double Room Occupancy
option 1 $1,345 - Single Room Supplement
option 1 $2,500 - Deposit To Hold Space
option 2 $5,995 - Double Room Occupancy
option 2 $825 - Single Room Supplement
option 2 $2,000 - Deposit To Hold Space
option 3 $3,450 - Double Room Occupancy
option 3 $625 - Single Room Supplement
option 3 $1,000 - Deposit To Hold Space
-$400 - Early Bird Discount
book and pay deposit by November 1, 2024
Final Payment Due By - June 14, 2025
Tour Includes:
*31 meals
*cab rides
*10 train rides
*fully escorted
*four workshops
*2 domestic flights
*lake titicaca boat cruise
*trackside time on the peru rail
*plenty of photo run-bys
on the fc andino
*full day onboard the luxurious
"titicaca train"
Our full two and a half week tour will feature the two major railroads that remain in Peru. The Ferrocarril Central Andino running out of Lima and Peru Rail running out of Cuzco, Puno and Arequipa. Both railroads have become very busy over the past twenty years.
FC Central Andino is well known for being the highest railroad in the world although China has themn beat on the rail line to Lhasa, Tibet. However if one wants to experience rugged high altitude mountain railroading Peru is the place to go! The FCCA traverses some of the most difficult territory found on any railroad in the world; clinging to cliffsides, crossing high steel bridges over deep ravines, snaking up the sides of hills through switchbacks, a spiral tunnel and reverse curves before cresting the summit at 15, 693 feet in a 3/4 mile long tunnel surrounded by snowcapped peaks. This rail line has 61 bridges, 68 tunnels and 21 switchbacks on 4.37% grades. We will be traveling over 612 miles on the FCCA and the former Cerro de Pasco mining railway which is now operated by FCCA.
PeruRail is providing tourist and freight services in southern Peru. It was founded in 1999 with the main line between the port of Matarani to Arequipa to Cusco and Puno on Lake Titicaca and was formerly known as the Ferrocarril del Sur (Peru Southern Railway) and is on standard gauge. At La Raya Pass the altitude is 4,313 m (14,150 ft).
From Cusco, PeruRail provides passenger services on the 3 ft (914 mm) gauge Ferrocarril Santa Ana to Machu Picchu including five switchbacks. Another company called Inca Rail also now offers daily trains from Cuzco to Machu Picchu.
Indivdual arrivals in Lima, Peru and transfer to our hotel and check-in. Rest of the evening at your own leisure.
🍽 breakfast, lunch, dinner
Lima City tour and visit the F.C. Central Andino Railroad yards at the Port of Calilao. Evening Welcome to Peru Dinner.
🍽 breakfast, lunch, dinner
colorful downtown lima
Early morning departure from our hotel by charter bus to Chosica which is at the foot of the Andes. Visit the FC Andino diesel workshops and dispatchers offices. Steam locomotive No. 206 a 2-8-0 Beyer Peacock 1937 will be on display for photos. We then board our charter train to depart at 9:00am for the 105 mile run Chosica to La Oroya with several photo run-bys. This is considered one of the most specrtacular and rugged train trips in the world. Chosica is 2,819 feet and in just 73 miles we crest the Andes at 15,693 feet at Galera. This rail line has 61 bridges, 68 tunnels and 21 switchbacks on 4.37% grades. At La Oroya we tie-up for the night. Our charter bus will take group from La Oroya to the Hotel Los Portales in the nearby town of Tarma.
🍽 breakfast, lunch
the breathtaking journey over the fc centro andino will
present to you one of the most spectacular and rugged
train trips in the world!
an eastbound train approaching ticlio above 15,000 feet.
the galera summit tunnel is less than two miles away.
at the east portal of this tunnel the station of galera
is reached at 15,693 feet. we will have pllenty of oxygen
tanks and masks onboard along with a medical staff to
treat any high altitude issues.
In the morning our charter bus takes us back to our train at La Oroya and we continue on to Huancayo, a distance of 78 miles. A number of photo run-bys will be made today.
🍽 breakfast, lunch
Free day in Huancayo to explore this colorful city and visit the FC Huancayo & Huancavelica Workshops. We have requested a charter train on the Huancayo & Huancavelica but they have told us that they may not be operating in 2024. 2nd night in Huancayo.
🍽 breakfast
We weboard our charter train at Huancayo for the return trip to La Oroya. Railroad management has given us the permission to run our train out on the freight only Jauja Branch and back to the mainline. Management has said that our train could very well be the first passenger train out on this branchline. We then continue on to La Oroya and tie up for the night. Several photo run-bys will be made today. Charter bus will take us up to Tarma and hotel check-in at the Hotel Los Portales
🍽 breakfast, lunch
Our charter bus will take us back to La Oroya and our waiting train for a run on the former Cerro de Pasco Railway up to the copper mines at Cerro de Pasco and return, a roundtrip of 165 miles. Several photo run-bys will be made today. We then return to Tarma by charter bus for 2nd night at the Hotel Los Portales
🍽 breakfast, lunch
several miles north of la oroya our train runs over a
series of switchbacks. in the photo above you can
see 3 levels of track. in the photo below our charter
train reaches the top switchback.
our train is a few miles from the
cerro de pasco copper mine
our train is a few miles from the
cerro de pasco copper mine
Morning we return to our train at La Oroya and we will then visit the workshops of the FC Central Andino before reboarding and heading westbound out on the mainline towards the summit at Galera. Our diesel will be turned on the wye track at Galera for the return to La Oroya, a roundtrip of 63 miles. During the course of the day we will make several photo run-bys on the switchbacks and other scenic locations near the top of the Andes. We return to the Hotel Los Portales in Tarma for a 3rd nights lodging.
🍽 breakfast, lunch
la oroya we meet an ore train
at one of the switchbacks
we arrange to have both trains
above each other for a very
unique photo
Photo Run-By On Top Of The World
At 15,000 Feet.
our passenger train runs by
the group with an ore
train following
Early morning our charter bus will take us down to La Oroya to board our waiting train for the long journey all the way to Lima, a distance of 139 miles.
🍽 breakfast, lunch, dinner
three levels of track can be seen here
Morning visit to The Parque de la Amistad in Lima that has a working narrow gauge railroad running around the park. We have arranged for our own charter on Monday which is the day of the week that the park is closed to the public. After our visit to this park we return to our hotel for lunch and check-out. Afternoon flight at 2:30pm departing Lima and arriving Cuzco 3:55pm and transfer to our hotel and check-in. Rest of the afternoon and evening at your own leisure exploring colorful Cuzco.
Option 2 tour members will catch their flights out of Lima back home today.
Option 3 tour members will fly into Lima today and join the group for the flight to Cuzco tomorrow.
🍽 breakfast
steam power at the parque
de la amistad near lima
steam power at the parque
de la amistad near lima
Morning Cuzco City tour and return to our hotel for lunch. In the afternoon we tour the Peru Rail diesel workshops for both the narrow gauge and standard gauge. 2nd night at our hotel.
🍽 breakfast
classic cuzco city tour
classic cuzco city tour
Today we will ride Peru Rail's Vista Dome Expedition train EXP 31 departing from Cuzco's San Pedro Station at 6:40am and arriving Machu Picchu Pueblo Station at 10:52am. This train No. 32, returns departing Machu Picchu Pueblo Station at 6:43pm arriving back in Cuzco at 9:23pm. Using these two trains will give you the maximum amount of time at Machu Picchu of six hours. If you find that you do not need that much time at the ruins you have other sighrtseeing options and for the railfans you have plenty of action of more than 25 trains to photograph. 3rd night lodging at our hotel in Cuzco.
🍽 breakfast, dinner
there are more than 25 trains per day running to and
from machu picchu so the railfan photographer has
enough time to visit the ruins and also spend time
trackside photographing the many trains
with over seven hours layover at machu picchu
tour members will have plenty of time to
explore the ruins, relax at one of he many
restaurants for lunch and still have time to
trackside photographing the many trains
Free day in Cuzco to relax or explore on your own. We will offer a special option for the railfans to track most of the day trackside between Cuzco and Machu Picchu taking pictures of the many passenger trains. 4th night lodging at our hotel in Cuzco.
🍽 breakfast
Cuzco to Puno, a total of 240 miles onboard the “Titicaca Train” operated by Peru Rail on standard gauge. This train departs Cuzco at 7:50am and arrives Puno at 6:20pm. Transfer to our hotel and check-in.
🍽 breakfast, lunch, dinner
we will ride the luxury “titicaca train”
for 240 miles from cuzco to puno
Puno Tour and cruise on Lake Titicaca
🍽 breakfast, lunch
puno and lake titicaca tour
Leisure morning for breakfast. We board our charter motorcoach for the one hour journey Puno to nearby Juliaca and check-in for our 1:40pm flight arriving Lima at 3:20pm. Upon arrival at Lima our charter motorcoach will take the group to one of the famous restaurants for our “Farewell Dinner”. After dinner we return to the airport for our flights home. Estimate we will be at the airport at around 8:00 pm. End of Tour
🍽 breakfast
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Tour Pricing:
All tour prices are subject to change without notice, at any time. All prices based on double room occupancy. Those people that use a credit card for payments a 3% conveyance fee (The 3% fee has been suspended until further notice) will be added to the tour price. We reserve the right to change tour prices if necessary without prior notice.
