According to him, anyone found guilty of sexually violating an ajilla was not only put to death himself, but servants, relatives and neighbours, inhabitants of the same town and their cattle were all killed. No one was left . . . Also epidemics are common enough even in modern times - in the 1940s malaria decimated the population of an area near Machu Picchu. And the skeleton of a rich woman found by Hiram Gingham showed she had suffered from syphilis and was unlikely to have been alone in this. Perhaps the city was ravaged by a plague so terrible it was permanently quarantined by the authorities.
Breakfast is included.
A ride on small buses from the train station to the site takes approx. Departure time from Machu Picchu is at 3.15 pm. In the high season June to August this train makes a shuttle between Ollyantaytambo and Machu Picchu.