REVIEWS · PERU
Every trip has one free evening too few. These 6 food tours in Peru justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the fun part.
Walk through Barranco with an English-speaking guide such as Marcos, Valeria, David, or Aura, stopping at local restaurants, a bakery, bar, and café. Watch ceviche, lomo saltado, and pisco sour take shape, taste Peruvian specialties, and learn how food reflects Peru’s many cultures.
“Annie was a wonderful host, very friendly and knowledgeable.”
Walk Lima’s historic center for four hours with guides such as Marcos, Aura, or Valeria, stopping for anticuchos, churros, picarones, chilcanos, market fruit, and chifa flavors. You’ll see the Plaza Mayor, Cathedral, San Francisco Basilica, and Chinatown. The tour is in English and includes food and drinks.
“Aura was an amazing guide and the food and drinks were heavenly. The churros were out of this world.”
Join Liat for a 10-hour food and culture tour from Urubamba. Taste market and street foods, visit Ollantaytambo, drink chicha in a local chicheria, and share a festive meal with an indigenous family in Huilloc. Cusco transfers cost extra.
“Amazing experience, beyond food, culture and more, Liat brings her passion in to the tour, she is funny, friendly, and giving her all to the group, taking care of everyone and every detail”
Spend about 4.5 hours tasting ceviche, anticuchos, picarones, siu mae, churros, and more while exploring Barrios Altos, Chinatown, Central Market, San Francisco catacombs, and Lima’s main plazas. Guides may include Arturo, Yoced, Yocedd, Yosed, or Joseph.
“Best experience ever. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable about his culture and history. The food was delicious and included street foods. Spent over 6 hours with him and would highly recommend him.”
Join a live English or Spanish guide, such as Claudia, Chris, Michael, or Yezi, for a four-hour Lima food walk. Expect ceviche, fruit, churros, Chinese-Peruvian snacks, chicha morada, local cheeses, olives, and pisco, with history along the way.
“Miguel was a wonderful guide. Mix of both history and food culture made our tour an unforgettable experience.”
Spend four hours with a bilingual guide such as Miguel or Jonathan, starting with Peruvian coffee in Miraflores and riding the Metropolitano into central Lima. Sample Chinese-Peruvian bites, chicha morada, papa a la huancaina, churros, and Pisco Sour around Mercado Central and Plaza Mayor.
“Excellent tour! I happened to be the only one who booked the tour and Miguel made kr extremely interesting”
Pick a stall, a market hall or a table.
