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.
“It was an outstanding culinary experience, combined with immersion in Peruvian culture. My guide was excellent and very knowledgeable. I would definitely recommend this tour.”
A 4-hour English street food tour through Lima’s historic center, with market stops, Chinatown bites, and classic casona chilcano.
“Aura is an excellent informative and helpful guide who made the tour very interesting. Not only was the choice and amounts of food excellent but I also learnt a lot about Peru, its foods and Lima. I recommend this tour.”
Sacred Valley food and culture tour: Urubamba market tastings, Ollantaytambo chicha, Huilloc family lunch, and Urubamba dessert.
“We did a food-tasting tour with Liat in the Sacred Valley — it was absolutely amazing! Every stop was full of flavors, local stories, and great energy. Liat is super knowledgeable, friendly, and made the experience unforgettable.”
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.
“Great walking tour throughout the downtown of Arequipa. Since we were the only ones on the tour, it was ecen better. The whole experience was great.”
Small-group Lima food tour with Surquillo market fruit tasting plus a 4-course Peruvian cooking class at SkyKitchen.
“Delicious and amazing! The market tour is great. Really fun to try all the different fruit and potatoes that Peru has to offer. They prepare small portions of each so you don't entirely fill up before you start the cooking portion of the class. The food was surprisingly simple to cook, but when you have…”
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.
“Dragged round a couple of dingy cafes and whole thing lasted half the time it was meant to. A waste of money”
A 4-hour Miraflores food walk with coffee, chicharrones, market fruit, ceviche, pisco, and churros, led by a small bilingual group.
“Food was quite basic, but filling. Excellent coffee to start and really nice Ceviche. A fair amount of walking through residential areas, not much info about the local area unless you ask questions.”
