Gastronomic Peru

Welcome to Lima, Peru!

Arrival at Lima’s international airport in the afternoon or night. Meeting with the representative, transfer and lodging in hotel.

Lima - Arequipa

Transfer from the hotel to the colonial and bohemian quarter of Barranco to visit a small shop of artisan roasting coffee where every day, best-quality beans are selected to produce the best Peruvian organic coffee in town. Following this, we will visit a secret garden to try a lucuma milkshake right underneath the tree that bears this fruit. We will then go to a traditional marketplace in the San Isidro district to try some local fruits and know about their influence in the international cuisine development. The following stop is at the Embarcadero 41 Restaurant, one of the best ceviche spots located in the Miraflores district. Here, you will have the opportunity to prepare Pisco sour with a professional bartender, and will discover the secrets for a perfect ceviche by preparing it along with the main chef. Our last stop will be at the Huaca Pucllana for a gourmet Peruvian lunch. Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Arequipa. At the arrival, transfer and lodging in the hotel.

Arequipa

Start the day with Gastronomic Tour (5 hours): Culinary experience in Arequipa with interactive classes of local cuisine with the conduction of Mr. Roger Falcón, son of the owner of one of the most typical chili peppers in Arequipa, which is located in the district of Characato. Roger, with the utmost intelligence, has achieved the mixture of the ancestral knowledge of his lady mother with his new culinary concepts, opening in the center of Arequipa the Benita de los Claustros (Cloisters), and Victoria in the second block of San Francisco Street. Between the story of stories and anecdotes purely arequipeñas, Roger combines his knowledge and studies on traditional Arequipeña cuisine and customs in a genuine atmosphere of hot pepper showing 500 years of gastronomic history, architecture, Ideology, etc. In the afternoon, walking tour to visit historical center and Santa Catalina Convent.

Arequipa - Cusco

Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Cusco. At the arrival, transfer, and lodging in the hotel. Morning is at leisure. In the afternoon, excursion to visit the historical center and the ruins of Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Puca Pucara, and Tambomachay. In the evening, dinner at MAP Café.

Cusco

Transfer to a local market located in Urubamba. From the marketplace, passengers will be transferred to our lunch spot near Ollantaytambo, where they will meet their cooks that will teach them how to elaborate a traditional Pachamanca. After helping preparing the ingredients and placing them under ground and have to wait for a while, passengers will enjoy a Mother earth or Pachamama ceremony, which is a worshiping mother Earth and thanking her for the food they will eat. Then the Pachamanca will be opened and dishes will be served. After lunch, transfer to the hotel. Rest of the day is at leisure.

Cusco - Sacred Valley - Aguas Calientes

Excursion to visit the Pisaq market and the Ollantaytambo fortress (private service, English-speaking guide). Then, transfer to Ollantaytambo’s station to take the Vistadome train to Aguas Calientes. Upon arrival, transfer to the hotel. Dinner in the hotel.

Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu

Breakfast in hotel. In the morning, meeting your guide and transfer by public bus to the archaeological complex to visit Machu Picchu, lunch included at Sanctuary Lodge (private English-speaking guide only during the visit, almost 2 hours). In the afternoon, take the Vistadome train to Poroy (almost 3.30-hour journey, subject to availability). Upon arrival, transfer to Cusco.

Departure

Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Lima. Upon arrival, meeting with our guide to visit the historical center and the Gastronomy Museum. After having lunch at Mango’s Restaurant, transfer to the airport at the proper time for departure.