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The Top 15 Tours & Days Out in Cusco, Compared

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Cusco: Humantay Lake Tour with Breakfast and Buffet Lunch

Cusco: Humantay Lake Tour with Breakfast and Buffet Lunch - Mollepata breakfast: the part you should actually pay attention to

1.Humantay Lake Tour with Breakfast and Buffet Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 2,976 reviews · 1 day · from $22Our pick

Steep early-morning hike to Humantay Lake from Cusco, with breakfast, buffet lunch, bilingual guiding, and optional horse help.

“Rafael was a great guide - so friendly and made sure to stay back with my partner who was struggling - he spoke both Spanish and English. The hike was a bit difficult with the altitude - we got breathless quickly but the views were so so worth it, truly took my breath away!!”

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From Cusco: Sacred Valley & Maras Salt Mines Tour with Lunch

From Cusco: Sacred Valley & Maras Salt Mines Tour with Lunch - Getting Picked Up in Cusco and Meeting Your Bilingual Guide

2.Sacred Valley & Maras Salt Mines Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 2,227 reviews · 1 day · from $28

Full-day Sacred Valley from Cusco: Chinchero, Moray, Maras salt pools, Urubamba lunch, Ollantaytambo and Pisac.

“We had an amazing tour of the Sacred Valley with Jorge and Alex. Jorge was an excellent guide. He made the tour fun, interesting, and informative. We would highly recommend this tour group to anyone. Thank you so much!”

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From Cusco: Moray, Maras Salt Mines & Chinchero Weavers Tour

From Cusco: Moray, Maras Salt Mines & Chinchero Weavers Tour - Chinchero Weavers: Natural Dyes and Real Quechua Craft

From Cusco: Full-Day Group Tour of Machu Picchu

From Cusco: Full-Day Group Tour of Machu Picchu - Panoramic train ride to Aguas Calientes: sit where you can see

4.Full-Day Group Tour of Machu Picchu

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 1,767 reviews · 12 hours · from $321

Full-day Machu Picchu tour from Cusco with train, bus transfers, a certified guide, and entry ticket. 12 hours.

“The tour was very well organized. Everything went smoothly. The buses are comfortable and clean and the trains too. The train ride itself is already absolutely stunning - the mountains, the river, the changing landscapes and vegetation... very, very impressive. Machu Picchu and it's mountains are breathtaking. I had the circuit 1 with the upper terraces, it rained heavily when we arrived in aguas calientes, our guide was so sweet, he bought rain ponchos for everyone, as no body had cash at hand and unfortunatly no one paid him back (I had my own rain coat). He took us up the terraces and told us to be patient, it's gonna…”

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Cusco: Half-Day City Tour with Sacsayhuaman and Q’enco

Cusco: Half-Day City Tour with Sacsayhuaman and Q'enco - Price and entrance fees, the real value math

5.Half-Day City Tour with Sacsayhuaman and Q’enco

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 1,129 reviews · 5 hours · from $13

Half-day Cusco tour to Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Puka Pukara, Tambomachay, plus optional Qoricancha. Expert guides, easy pace.

“Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and thorough. We visited a lot of sites and learned a lot of history about the Incans. I would definitely recommend this tour. It was well worth it for the price.”

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From Cusco: Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain ATV Tour with Meals

From Cusco: Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain ATV Tour with Meals - Morning logistics, departure times, and what they do to your body

6.Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain ATV Tour with Meals

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 1,060 reviews · 12 - 14 hours · from $76

Ride an ATV to Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain from Cusco, with bilingual guides and real meals, then return the same day.

“our guide Cesar was excellent. He gave us so much information about the cusco city and rainbow mountain. he was on top of our safety and made sure we knew how to drive atv. overall a wonderful experience at 17000ft.”

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Machu Picchu: Full-Day Tour from Cusco with Optional Lunch

Machu Picchu: Full-Day Tour from Cusco with Optional Lunch - The Van and Train to Ollantaytambo and Aguas Calientes

7.Machu Picchu: Full-Day Tour from Cusco with Optional Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 927 reviews · 15 hours - 2 days · from $283

Full-day Machu Picchu tour from Cusco with train and bus transfers, expert guide, and optional Cafe Inkaterra lunch. Tickets handled.

“Everything was very well organized, since the pick-up, trains, buses, lunch, return. That for sure contributed to make this experience very enjoyable and beautiful. The place is even more impressive live than on pictures.”

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City Tour Cusco Qoricancha Sacsayhuaman y Tambomachay

City Tour Cusco Qoricancha Sacsayhuaman y Tambomachay - Qorikancha and the Temple of the Sun, Plus the Convent Built On Top

8.City Tour Cusco Qoricancha Sacsayhuaman y Tambomachay

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 617 reviews · 5 hours · from $13

Cusco half-day city tour with Qorikancha, Sacsayhuamán, and Tambomachay, plus other Inca sites, bilingual guides, shared transport, $13.

“Nilo was an amazing guide and had great information of the city. He took the time to educate everyone and patiently took pictures as well for the group. Some freebies included along the way were pleasent surprises for the group. Highly recommended.”

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From Cusco: Excursion to Humantay lake from Cusco

From Cusco: Excursion to Humantay lake from Cusco - Mollepata breakfast stop: Andean fuel before the climb

9.Excursion to Humantay lake from Cusco

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 514 reviews · 1 day · from $20

Humantay Lake day trip from Cusco, with a 4 a.m. start, Mollepata meals, a guided hike from Challacancha, and Salkantay views.

“Visiting Lake Humantay was an absolutely unforgettable experience! The hike itself was breathtaking, and the view at the top with the crystal-clear turquoise water surrounded by snow-capped peaks was beyond words. It truly felt like a magical place. What made the trip even better was our guide, who had such amazing positive energy throughout the day, our group was call Heber Forever.”

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Cusco: Peruvian Cooking Class, Cocktails & Local Market Tour

Cusco: Peruvian Cooking Class, Cocktails & Local Market Tour - From the Market to a Cusco Kitchen in the Historic Center

10.Peruvian Cooking Class, Cocktails & Local Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 512 reviews · 4 hours · from $67

Explore San Pedro Market, then cook Peruvian classics with Chef Jesus, make pisco cocktails, and finish with picarones in Cusco.

“My friends and I loved the cooking class! Jesus was great. I loved having the tour of the market beforehand, where we purchased ingredients used in our cooking and got to try things. I had a vegetarian and a gluten free friend, and there were options for them to make tweaks to the meals to accommodate.”

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Cusco: Sightseeing Tour of the City on an Open-Top Bus

Cusco: Sightseeing Tour of the City on an Open-Top Bus - Meeting point, route flow, and the not-hop-on-hop-off reality

11.Sightseeing Tour of the City on an Open-Top Bus

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 481 reviews · 2h 30m · from $12

Cusco by open-top bus in 2.5 hours, with big views, major landmarks, and a short Pachamama ceremony plus alpaca wool stop.

“It was Amazing! Enjoyed every minute of it. We were the only non speaking Spanish ones on the tour and the guide went out of his way to translate for us. So worth the money!!!”

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From Puno: Uros, Amantaní & Taquile Islands 2-Day Tour

From Puno: Uros, Amantaní & Taquile Islands 2-Day Tour - Amantaní’s 4,130m sunset hike: worth it, but plan for altitude and stamina

From Puno: Floating Islands of the Uros Half-Day Tour

From Puno: Floating Islands of the Uros Half-Day Tour - From Puno to the lake: how the half-day timing works

13.From Puno: Floating Islands of the Uros Half-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 394 reviews · 3 hours · from $10Best value

Half-day Uros floating islands tour from Puno, featuring totora reed homes, lake views, and a optional Balda de Totora ride.

“Really informative and interesting trip to the Uros "floating islands". Could have done without the hard sell on the islands themselves but I appreciate this is their principal way of making a living”

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From Cusco: Quad bike tour Moray and Salt Mines

From Cusco: Quad bike tour Moray and Salt Mines - Pickup to ATV base: the logistics that make or break the day

14.Quad bike tour Moray and Salt Mines

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 314 reviews · 6 hours · from $27

Cusco quad bike half-day to Moray and Maras salt mines, with safety training, dramatic Andes views, and guided stops plus salt chocolate.

“Wilson was an absolute legend - he made the day so fun and positive and safe. A fantastic day with some thrills, stunning views, and Incan history.”

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2-Day Tour Colca Canyon in Arequipa with end in Puno

2-Day Tour Colca Canyon in Arequipa with end in Puno - Day 1: From Arequipa pickup to Chivay, plus the acclimatization stops