PERU
Peru's classics.
Our pick of the 10 food & drink tours worth booking in Peru, with the details that matter: what you see, how long you need, and what it costs.
4-hour Lima food tour in Barranco: watch ceviche and lomo saltado, make pisco sour, taste fair-trade chocolate, and more.
“We liked the carefully curated experience with an excellent and enthusiastic guide, Marcos. Don’t eat a big breakfast if you take the 11 a.m. tour.”
A 4-hour English street food tour through Lima’s historic center, with market stops, Chinatown bites, and classic casona chilcano.
“This tour will leave you full and satisfied with all the best food Peru can offer. Best churros in ever had. Street market was amazing. Not only did we get food we have never tried before but also an amazing walking tour with history of the city”
Sacred Valley food and culture tour: Urubamba market tastings, Ollantaytambo chicha, Huilloc family lunch, and Urubamba dessert.
“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”
3.5-hour Lima street food tour with Bruce: Central Market, Chinatown, Barrios Altos, and optional pisco sour for $50.
“Bruce is a brilliant tour guide! Go in with an open mind and an empty stomach and you'll have an amazing time!”
Private Lima street-food tour with 10 tastings and city highlights, including Chanchamayo coffee, in about 3 hours.
Walk Arequipa’s historic center and taste local fruit, queso helado, and pisco on a small 3.5-hour food-and-culture route.
“I really enjoyed this tour! Jose was a great guide, provided tons of info about the city, and showed us some cool places to come back to and check out. It was a great introduction to Arequipa. The fruits in the market, and the pisco and snacks were also so good! It was great to…”
Small-group Lima food tour with Surquillo market fruit tasting plus a 4-course Peruvian cooking class at SkyKitchen.
“This was an exceptional tour from the local markets to the kitchen's rooftop terrace overlooking the city. We were especially grateful that the chefs created a vegan version of their cooking class! Thank you for being a highlight of our trip!”
Tour 3 Ica wineries: learn pisco production, enjoy two sommelier tastings, stroll vineyards, and pair wines with a regional lunch.
“it was a quite good experience. friendly guiding and much interesting information about production and processes.”
Private 3-hour Cusco food tour with 10 local tastings, fruit juices, ceviche and pisco sour, plus landmarks like Qorikancha and La Merced.
“We had a nice time with Fabrizio! We walked around Cusco and he explained a lot about their history, and he took us to some very local places, that we probably wouldn't have found on our own, and are glad he showed them to us! He tailored the food to our needs, as we don't…”
A 4-hour Miraflores food walk with coffee, chicharrones, market fruit, ceviche, pisco, and churros, led by a small bilingual group.
“An excellent tour. Our guide was fantastic and started off the tour with some good history of Peru and used that knowledge to to link the history to food. The food part of the tour was amazing. The pork sandwich, ceviche and all of the desserts were delicious and generous with the food served. The…”
