Day tours Cusco

Cusco is the main tourist destination in Peru and one of the most important in South America. Due to the large number of archaeological monuments it has, it is often called the "Rome of America". However, this beautiful city has much more to offer, that is why IncaGo Expeditions has created a unique itinerary that allows you to visit and experience in depth the tradition, folklore and gastronomy of Cusco. Don't think twice and book the best Experiential Cusco City Tour.

Cusco is a place blessed not only with Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley of the Incas or the Rainbow Mountain, but also with a lot of folklore, delicious food and drink, as well as beautiful and interesting historical places. We have planned the best Cusco city night tour, which will enchant all your senses. Explore the typical and very interesting San Pedro market. Find out curious and relevant information about the Plaza of Armas in Cusco, its cathedral basilica and its ancestral history. Taste two flagship drinks of Peru and the most consumed dish in the country. In addition to stargazing through the eyes of the Incas in the planetarium of Cusco.

Let yourself be embraced by the charm of Cusco, know its tourist places: the city, its history, gastronomy, traditions, customs and more. Cusco, also originally called Qosqo for its origin in the Quechua language, was the capital of the extinct Inca empire. Its legendary past can be discovered at the pace in which the city is traveled, its stone walls and historical relics will make you instantly connect with this thousand-year-old city that offers enigmatic tourist attractions. IncaG0 has planned the best Extended Cusco City Tour, that allows you to combine the best of Cusco's traditions, history and gastronomy.

The noble and great city of Cusco is considered the Archaeological Capital of America. The ancient capital of the Incas, is a city surrounded by incredible Inca ruins, cathedrals and colonial houses. Cusco is a place that breathes history around every corner. Visitors who arrive every day to this Peruvian city are amazed by the beauty of its streets and by the great legacy of the Incas, which is still alive today. Although you can do the Traditional City Tour Cusco on your own, it is recommended and much better to do it with the expertise of a tour guide. You will visit the beautiful cathedral basilica of Cusco, a construction that will show you up to three architectural styles from the 16th and 17th centuries. You will explore the largest sanctuary of the Incas, the sacred Coricancha. Then you will go to Sacsayhuaman, an imposing Inca ruin, built with Magalitic limestone. You will visit the Qenco shrine, the Pucapucara checkpoint and finally you will walk to the amazing Tambomachay, where you will be able to observe beautiful water sources and big adoration shelves.

This 1-day experiential tour to prepare an underground hot stone barbecue, visit the town of Misminay and explore the salt mine ponds of Maras, will be magical to awake all your senses. In Misminay, a sacred valley town you will learn and participate in their most important food productions. You will see Moray a beautiful Inca amphitheater and you will walk around the almost 4000 salt ponds perched in the slope of a mountain. In the shadow of the popularity achieved by Ceviche, Lomo Saltado or Pollo a la Brasa; Peruvian cuisine still keeps millenarian dishes such as, Chiriuchu, Cuy chactado or Pachamanca, which is an Andean underground barbecue. Pachamanca is a strong culinary expression of the Andes and is a dish that mixes meats, tubers and legumes cooked underground in an oven buried with hot stones. Pachamanca is a very traditional dish, which is eaten with a large number of people in important dates in the Peruvian Andes. It is something very nice because people gathers together to prepare it and then it is shared with everyone.

This experiential tour in Cusco in the Potato Park of Pisac, is definitely one of the most experiential and Andean gastronomic journeys you can have in Peru, a formidable meeting with mother earth, its people and traditions. The Pisac Potato Park is located 45 kilometers from the city of Cusco and there you can see and taste more than 1000 varieties of potatoes from the communities of Amaru, Chawaytiri, Pampallacta, Saccacca and Paru Paru. The potato is the third most important food crop in the world in terms of human consumption after rice and wheat. Peru boasts of having around 4,000 varieties of potato. This tuber that saved many countries of the world from famine, was cultivated for the first time by Peruvian civilizations 8000 years ago. This one-day tour of the potato park in Pisac also allows you to visit the Cochahuasi animal sanctuary, where you can observe, pet and feed Llamas and Alpacas, as well as observe their wild relatives and other species of animals rescued from illegal traffickers. This Andean lifestyle experience will be complemented by a music and dance show performed by the community members of Pisac.

The 2-day Experiential Tourism tour in Misminay will take you to see a very beautiful part of the Sacred Valley, the salt mines of Maras and the Inca amphitheater of Moray. Certainly, a journey full of living culture and customs that have not been lost over time. So, this 2-day tour in Cusco will allow you to interact directly with the entire environment of the Misminay community and be in contact with the way of life of the inhabitants. For example, eating with them, working in their fields, sharing their beliefs, cooking, participating in all their daily activities. Similarly, you and the villagers learn different cultures from each other. The most important thing is to learn from the shared and lived experience. On the other hand, the community of Mullakas Misminay is located near the District of Maras. It has beautiful inter-Andean landscapes and colorful crop fields. The settlers, over time, took it upon themselves to produce beautiful fabrics of various colors and shapes. Learn how to build Adobes (bricks made of clay and Andean straw), the main construction material of the Peruvian Andes. An experiential tour in Cusco, which will make you live in a very interactive way all the material and immaterial heritage of the Andean people.

Immerse and participate in an unforgettable experiential tourism tour in the community of Patabamba. Participating in this 1-day tour in Cusco you will be part of the Andean life style, its traditions, its delicious and healthy gastronomy, its traditions and its ancient material heritage. The community of Patabamba organized all his villagers since 2016 to receive people from all over the world and show them the best of the Andean material and immaterial heritage. This experiential tour will show you the typical dances and songs of the people of Patabamba, you will learn about the products that are grown in that part of the sacred valley of the Incas and you will also be part of a harvest or a sowing. The villagers will show you the medicinal plants they use to cure their illnesses, you will be able to caress and feed Alpacas and guinea pigs. You will also close this experiential visit to Patabamba with a flourish, with a visit to the Inca bridge of Queswachaka, which is restored by the community member year after year since the times of the Inca empire. Finally, you will finish this cultural tour, with a delicious and very typical lunch in the Andes; The pachamanca is an Andean barbecue that is cooked with preheated stones and 1 meter underground.

The Incas built all over its empire and specially in Cusco impressive citadels, shrines, temples, royal retreats, farming terraces and a huge network of Inca trails. Besides Machu Picchu and the buildings located in the sacred valley of the Incas, you can also explore marvelous Inca constructions in the south part of Cusco. The south valley Cusco tour combines   in a 1-day visit pre-Inca, Inca and colonial architectural styles. Explore the south valley of Cusco and visit Tipon, a stunning royal Inca retreat adorned with pretty farming areas and water fountains. Make a tour around Pikillaqta, a big and majestic pre-Inca citadel. Finally, you will visit the church of San Pedro Apostol de Andahuaylillas, which has been called "the Sistine Chapel of America", and in some sense, the subordinate simile would be justified: this architecture is one of the most surprising and beautiful songs of religious art, silent testimony of the Andean people.

When visiting the Sacred Valley of the Incas, it is impossible not to be impressed by the beauty of the Urubamba mountain range, the green, yellowish and reddish fields illuminated by the sun god and watered by the winding Vilcanota river. This impressive Andean valley shelters important archaeological sites and picturesque towns that keep their ancestral culture intact. Pisac, Urubamba, Chinchero and Ollantaytambo are a sample of its cultural and archaeological wealth, however this beautiful Peruvian valley also has an incredible natural beauty, ideal for practicing outdoor sports or simply rest. This tour of the sacred valley by Pisac 1 day, allows you to explore the best examples of the Inca civilization and dreamy Andean landscapes. In the morning your tour guide will take you to the textile center and Alpaca farm of Awanacancha, here you will learn the entire process of making beautiful Andean clothing and you will have the opportunity to feed and caress beautiful Alpacas, Llamas, Guanacos and Vicuñas. You will visit the imposing Inca citadel of Pisac, located in the upper part of the town of the same name. After a delicious Andean lunch, you will head to Ollantaytambo, a living Inca town located at the gates of the Machu Picchu region. The living history and the amazing architectural sites of Ollantaytambo will make this trip to the Inca lands one of the most unforgettable of your life. Finally, you will visit the living town and archaeological complex of Chinchero and then return to Cusco.