The monuments
Roofless stone houses and temples sit between grassy terraces, with the steep profile of Huayna Picchu behind them.
Instant Machu Picchu BETA
Explore the Inca stone town and its terraces in the Andes.
Roofless stone houses and temples sit between grassy terraces, with the steep profile of Huayna Picchu behind them.
Free · no account · works on PC, tablet and phone
What you can do
Through the citadel
Follow the marked circuit, or leave the race to explore freely. Play alone or with two players on one keyboard.
A tour and a quest
Take a flight over the site with short explanations of its landmarks, or find your walking group before the tour leaves.
On the map
- 1
⛰️ Sacred Plaza
Carefully fitted stone walls enclose the ceremonial buildings on the upper side of the town.
- 2
⛰️ Agricultural terraces
Retaining walls divide the slope into narrow strips of growing ground.
- 3
⛰️ Residential quarter
Groups of roofless stone buildings stand beside the central open spaces.
- 4
⛰️ Huayna Picchu
The steep mountain rises beyond the northern end of the archaeological site.
About Machu Picchu
- Period
- Built during the fifteenth century, in the Inca Empire
- Altitude
- About 2,430 metres above sea level
- Setting
- A ridge between the Andes and the Amazon basin
- In the game
- A simplified model of the site. The visitor circuit is drawn by hand; surrounding map data comes from OpenStreetMap.
Read more: History and background.
Ready to go?
Play Instant Machu PicchuStill in development: expect some rough edges.