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

Discover Peru through its greatest asset - its food - on our signature 7-day Peru culinary tour. This Peru food and culture itinerary moves from Lima’s world-class dining scene through the farm-to-table traditions of the Sacred Valley, ending in Cusco with a hands-on Peruvian cooking class. If you’re exploring our 7-day Peru itineraries, this journey offers the perfect blend of gastronomy, culture, and history. More than a food tour, it connects every meal to the land, the people, and the traditions behind it-from ancient Inca agricultural systems to centuries-old salt harvesting practices. Backed by 1,500+ five-star reviews and built on our philosophy of “German precision, Peruvian passion,” every detail is handled so you can simply eat, explore, and be present.

Lima: The Culinary Capital of South America

Your Peru culinary tour begins where the country’s food revolution started. After a welcome dinner at Dansa - one of Lima’s most celebrated restaurants - Day 2 takes you on a guided Lima food tour through the city’s most iconic neighborhoods, markets, and tasting stops. From ceviche to anticuchos, this morning gives you an honest, local introduction to Peruvian cuisine before an easy afternoon at your own pace. Lima is consistently ranked among the world’s top food cities, and this itinerary - just like the other of our Peru culinary tours - treats it with the attention it deserves.

Sacred Valley: Where Food Meets the Land

Nowhere in Peru is the connection between food and landscape more vivid than the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Your first full day in the valley includes a farm-to-table lunch that draws directly from the surrounding fields - a fitting introduction to what follows. Day 4 immerses you in the agricultural foundations of Andean cuisine: a visit to a local community reveals traditional growing and cooking methods still practiced today, while the Maras salt mines - worked by the same families for generations - and the Moray agricultural terraces, believed to have functioned as an Inca crop laboratory, place Peruvian food culture in its full historical context. Lunch at a landscape restaurant with Andean views rounds out a day that is as visually striking as it is culturally rich.

Ollantaytambo & Pachamanca: The Original Peruvian Feast

Before boarding the train toward Machu Picchu, you’ll explore Ollantaytambo - one of the best-preserved Inca towns in existence - with its towering fortress and original cobblestone streets still in daily use. The culinary highlight of the entire journey follows: a traditional Pachamanca feast, where meats, potatoes, and vegetables are slow-cooked underground on heated stones in a method unchanged for centuries. This is Peruvian gastronomy at its most ancient and most alive. A scenic train ride through the cloud forest then carries you onward to Aguas Calientes for the night.

Machu Picchu & the Final Flavors of Cusco

An early morning ascent to Machu Picchu puts you at the citadel ahead of the crowds - your expert guide leading a private tour of the terraces, temples, and panoramic viewpoints that make this one of the world’s truly unmissable places. After returning to Cusco, your final morning offers a choice that fits the spirit of the whole trip: a hands-on Peruvian cooking class where you learn the techniques behind the dishes you’ve been eating all week, or a guided Cusco city tour through Qoricancha and the San Blas artisan quarter. Either way, your 7-day Peru culinary itinerary ends the same way it began - with food, culture, and nothing left to chance.