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Belmond Andean Explorer is owned by PeruRail, and is a 50%/50% joint venture between Belmond and Peruvian investor Lorenzo Sousa, founder and chairman of the board of PeruRail SA. It will be operated by PeruRail, which also has the Hiram Bingham Pullman train from Cusco to Machu Picchu.
Wealthy travelers are increasingly booking luxury train vacations. ... On Belmond's Andean Explorer, based in Peru, suite guests slumber in 141-square-foot bedrooms with private bathrooms and ...
On the Andean Explorer, which travels through Peru, a stay in one of the train's suite cabins is a true first-class experience, complete with a robe and slippers, 24/7 assistance buttons, and a ...
With service in Europe, Asia, and South America, Belmond is the only private luxury tour provider (with the exception of Russia's Golden Eagle Trans Siberian Express) to offer continental or intercontinental service. [6] The Venice-Simplon Orient Express, with service from London to Venice, was voted the top luxury train in the world in 2009. [7]
Here we’ve lined up 11 of the most luxurious train rides, according to Travel + Leisure, that you can dream of taking … for the right price . Belmond Andean Explorer, Peru
The Belmond Hiram Bingham is a luxury train operating day return trips from Poroy station outside Cusco to Aguas Calientes, the station for Machu Picchu in Peru.. The train, named after Hiram Bingham, who publicized the existence of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, [a] travels from the high Andes down the Sacred Valley, and for much of the journey it runs alongside the Urubamba River.
The ne plus ultra of luxury train travel is the newly polished Seven Stars in Kyushu, which takes passengers across Japan’s Kyushu island in a seven-car train complete with a piano bar, a tea ...
PeruRail's routes are divided into two sections. The line between Cusco and Machu Picchu - Ferrocarril Santa Ana - is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge line, which boasts a series of five switchbacks called locally 'El Zig-Zag', which enable the train to climb up the steep incline out of Cusco, before it can begin its descent to the Sacred Valley of the Incas and then continue down to Machu Picchu.