You will have the chance to dine in a museum like you never have before; learn to cook with a famous chef in the Sacred Valley; learn to shop for food and vegetables in the Lima street markets; learn to make Ceviche (raw fish dish) and Pisco Sour (typical cocktail of Peru); and visit a real Andean Village where you will appreciate how the potatoes are harvested and cooked.

Our tour takes you to the best restaurants in Peru, as well as some small simple local favorites. Some of the meals in the nicer restaurants will not be paid in advance so you can order freely off the menu, as we recognize that you all have sophisticated and individual tastes for food and wine. Some meals especially those in remote areas or those which come with a cooking class will be included.

In Lima, you will have the chance to immerse yourself in the flavors of the coast. The coast offers an abundance of fresh seafood dishes. A typical lunch in Lima is at a Cevicheria, where they specialize in fish and shellfish and whose main dish is the ceviche but they also offer many accompaniments to fill you up. Most cevicherías are simple modest places, however, recently top chef’s have opened Cevicherias offering major degrees of sophistication and a variety of dishes, without loosing there typical popular charm and good taste.

A few of the dishes you must try while in Lima, are Tiradito, a soft marinaded fish served in a yellow Rocoto pepper (chili cream sauce) and Parihuela, a fish and shellfish soup. Scallops Lima-style are marinated in a lime sauce baked with grated Parmesan cheese and are served with onion, tomatoes, red peppers and finely chopped parsley. African-Peruvian food includes grilled beef kebabs, and potato stew in coriander, yellow peppers and herbs, and “tacu-tacu”, a hot-fried beans and rice dough stuffed with beef or shellfish.
Creole food, the mix of Spanish and local cuisines includes highly-recommended Causa, a cold chicken or shellfish potato pie with tomatoes and avocado; Tamal, a hot dry corn mash filled with hot peppers and chicken or pork and wrapped in banana tree leaves for slow cooking; a chicken and cheese stew known as Ají de Gallina is a personal favorite; Papa Rellena, a potato dough stuffed with spiced ground beef, grilled chicken, charcoal-cooked chicken with fries and a spicy sauce; Escabeche soused fried fish or chicken in a spice and herbs sauce.

Lima is located just a few hours from Pisco so you will want to try are from the Pisco Sours.
In the highlands, they have over 3000 kinds of potatoes, high protein grains Quinoa, and it is a vegetarian’s paradise. Heated in a firewood oven, earthenware of the highlands gathers odors and flavors linked to earth. Meats, tubers, grains and herbs are used in a great variety of simple but tasty dishes. Favorites in this area are Pachamanca: beef, lamb, pork and guinea pig cooked on hot stones with broad beans, potatoes and humitas, in a hole covered with leaves and soil, Papa a La Huancaína, boiled potato pieces under yellow pepper and cheese cream, Humitas; Ground corn enveloped in its own leaves for cooking, Sopa de Maíz Morado con Pollo; Soup of Purple corn and Chicken, Lomo Saltado; Alpaca cooked with tomatoes, onions, cilantro, and potatoes, and Pesque: Quinoa Stew. We will also be experiencing much of the New Andean Cuisine from the New International chefs with dishes such as Sesame-Crusted Tuna and Penne Rigate in Pisco Cream Sauce, Guinea Pig Confit with Rocoto Peppers, Beef Tenderloin in Red Wine and Onion Sauce, served with raisin rice, Tropical Chicken Curry with Bananas, Peaches, and Strawberries, Duck and Rice Stew with Coriander.

This tour includes international airfare from Miami (US), on non-holiday dates. You do not need to fly via Miami; Yampu will fly you the most direct way to your city of destination. Depending on your travel dates and proximity of travel, we will quote you the most economical surcharge from your city or country of origin.

Additional information on this trip:

• Days of Week the Trip can Start:
  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
• Dates this trip is NOT available for online booking (please submit a regular request):
  20 June - 30 June
• Visited Cities:
  Lima, Cuzco, Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu