road from Santa Maria to Santa Teresa | Warning

June 18th, 2023 by Sillyng_around

We drove the road in and out on Friday and Sunday, there is still road construction but it's open (no time slots). In some stretches of the road, we were flaged to stop for a couple minutes but nothing major. The road is doable with any vehicle type. On the way back we drove our 2wd from Hidroeletrica to Santa Maria in about 1h, with minimal traffic.

November 27th, 2022 by owenlownie

Used the noon time slot to hydro and the road was madness.. came back on a Sunday and it was totally fine - all the rubble cleared and hardly any traffic. If possible aim for a Sunday!

November 19th, 2022 by hannokolvenbach

Still a lot of construction going on and frankly, it can be a horrible drive. They close for traffic from 3:30pm to 6pm on weekdays (only open for half an hour each 3 hours the rest of the day too), so if you arrive to late in Santa Maria, you will certainly need to drive 30km of single lane dirt track in the dark, with traffic open in both directions (so lots of negotiation about who goes first). Lots of crazy taxis and bus drivers too, so be prepared. If you want to do the 4-7 hours drive instead of taking the train to Machu Picchu / Aguas calientes, go as early as possible. I would probably pick the train from Cusco or ollantaytambo after doing the trip, even though the train is crazy expensive (at least while construction is ongoing).

September 25th, 2022 by follow_nadle

Still different road construction between Santa Maria and Hidroelectrica. We had to stopp at least five times. The best time to cross is at 12 o'clock.

May 19th, 2022 by artekphoto

Construction daily, passable schedule in the picture

May 5th, 2022 by huber.lynn

In Addition: this also concerns the road until Hydroelectrica not only between Santa Maria and Santa Teresa. If you don’t know it, you have to wait 2 hours before passing…

April 30th, 2022 by Dom

Road works, duration 1,5 year, many stops, see the picture for time table