7-Day Peru Culinary Tour: A Taste of Peru From Coast to Andes

Today’s Highlight: Arrive in Lima and begin your culinary journey with a vibrant first dinner at one of the city’s most celebrated restaurants.

Upon landing in Lima, our local staff will meet you at the airport and transfer you directly to your hotel. After settling in, the evening kicks off with dinner at Dansa – a lively spot that brings together Peru’s diverse culinary traditions in one memorable setting. A perfect first taste of what this week has in store.

Dinner included

Overnight in Lima

Today’s Highlight: Dive into Lima’s food scene with a guided morning tour through markets, neighborhoods, and iconic Peruvian flavors.

Start the day with a guided Lima food tour through the city’s most vibrant culinary spots – from local markets brimming with exotic fruits and fresh seafood to neighborhood stops where you’ll taste ceviche and other Peruvian staples prepared the way locals actually eat them.

Your guide brings the stories behind each dish to life, connecting Lima’s multicultural history to what ends up on the plate.

The afternoon is yours to explore freely – whether that means a stroll through Miraflores, a visit to a local café, or simply relaxing before the journey ahead.

Lunch included

Overnight in Lima

Today’s Highlight: Touch down in Cusco and settle into the Sacred Valley over a farm-to-table lunch drawn straight from the surrounding Andean fields.

In the morning, our team transfers you to Lima airport for your flight to Cusco. Upon arrival, your guide and driver are waiting to take you directly into the Sacred Valley – a gentler altitude than Cusco itself, ideal for acclimatization.

Your introduction to valley life is a farm-to-table lunch at a local restaurant that sources directly from the fields around you. Simple, fresh, and deeply Andean – it sets the tone perfectly for the days ahead.

Lunch included

Overnight in Sacred Valley

Today’s Highlight: Trace the roots of Andean cuisine through a local community visit, ancient salt mines, and the Inca’s remarkable agricultural terraces.

This is the day the food finds its full context. The morning begins with a visit to a local Andean community, where traditional growing techniques, native ingredients, and ancestral cooking methods are still practiced as they have been for generations.

From there, the Maras salt mines – a vast landscape of terraced salt pools worked by the same families for centuries – offer one of the Sacred Valley’s most striking sights.

The circular terraces of Moray follow, widely believed to have functioned as an Inca agricultural laboratory for testing crops at different altitudes. Lunch at a landscape restaurant with sweeping Andean views brings the morning full circle.

Lunch included

Overnight in Sacred Valley

Today’s Highlight: Explore an intact Inca town, share Peru’s most ancient feast, and board the train into the cloud forest toward Machu Picchu.

The morning takes you to Ollantaytambo – one of the best-preserved Inca towns in existence, where original stone streets, water channels, and ceremonial terraces have stood for centuries. Your guide walks you through the imposing fortress and explains the military and spiritual significance of this remarkable place.

Then comes the culinary centerpiece of the entire journey – a traditional Pachamanca feast, where meats, potatoes, and vegetables are slow-cooked underground on heated stones using a method unchanged since Inca times. In the afternoon, board your train through the dramatic cloud forest toward Aguas Calientes, the gateway to Machu Picchu.

Lunch included

Overnight in Aguas Calientes

Today’s Highlight: Explore the legendary Inca citadel on a private guided tour before returning to Cusco.

An early start puts you at Machu Picchu ahead of the crowds and in the soft morning light that makes the citadel truly unforgettable. Your expert guide leads a private two-hour tour through the site’s most significant areas – the Temple of the Sun, the Intihuatana stone, the agricultural terraces, and the panoramic viewpoints that reveal the full scale of this ancient wonder.

After the tour, you’ll be transferred back to Cusco for the night.

Lunch included

Overnight in Cusco