The 15 Best Tours in Lima

Premium Paracas & Huacachina Day Trip from Lima with Sunset Toast - Paracas morning: quick snacks, then straight to the port

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7,380 reviews · 16 hours (approx.) · from $99Our pick

Paracas penguins, Ballestas speedboat, Pisco tasting, and Huacachina sand dunes by luxury bus with Wi-Fi, sandboarding, and sunset toast.

“This excursion was the best bang for your buck. Everything was clearly explained and well organized from start to finish. The guide was very friendly, knowledgeable, and made the experience even better. Everything was on point, and I would absolutely recommend this excursion to anyone visiting.”

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Full Day Tour From Lima: Paracas and Huacachina Oasis

2.Full Day Tour From Lima: Paracas and Huacachina Oasis

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,694 reviews · 18 hours (approx.) · from $57

Full-day Lima trip to Paracas and Huacachina with Ballestas wildlife cruise, pisco tasting, and dune buggy plus sandboarding.

“Best experience for someone looking to have a full day of fun and adventure. This company handles everything for you from the beginning to the end, and you ride in a comfortable bus, not those little buses.”

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Lima Ultimate Peruvian Food Tour

3.Lima Ultimate Peruvian Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,845 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $105

Small-group Barranco Lima food tour with ceviche, lomo saltado, live pisco sour, fruit gelato, and art stops.

“Small group of 5. Marcus was a great guide. Tour started a little slow with the first stop. After that it picked up. The Chinese place we watched the cooking in the kitchen. We watched making the ceviche and the sea bass was great. To end the end we had pisco sour and then gelato. Great tour and we got some history to go with it”

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Lima Half-Day City Walking Tour (Small Groups)

4.Lima Half-Day City Walking Tour (Small Groups)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,508 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $24

Small-group half-day Lima walk hitting Plaza San Martín, Plaza Mayor, and San Francisco catacombs, with guide-led history and hotel transport.

“A great introduction to the historic center of Lima. Covered all the important points in a short period of time. Silvana was an excellent and patient guide.”

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Paracas and Huacachina Exclusive Sunset Picnic Tour

5.Paracas and Huacachina Exclusive Sunset Picnic Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,398 reviews · 17 hours (approx.) · from $135

Private Lima tour to Paracas and Huacachina with Ballestas wildlife boat, La Caravedo pisco lunch, dune buggy and a sunset picnic.

“This was an absolutely amazing experience of discovery, wanderment and adventure! From the island to the Pisco tasting. The natural beauty combined with aquatic wildlife revealed beautiful coves and rock formations. There were sea lions, penguins, vultures nestled into the rocks. The food at the vineyard was delicious as was the pisco tasting. The grounds are quite beautiful. The star capped exhilaration of the day was the sand buggy ride with sand boarding! Appeared dangerously daunting yet revealed an incredible thrill of excitement. Topped off by a magnificent sunset in the dessert. Our guide kept everything flowing and organized.”

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Unmissable Visit To Paracas, Huacachina And Sunset In The Oasis

6.Unmissable Visit To Paracas, Huacachina And Sunset In The Oasis

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,138 reviews · 17 hours (approx.) · from $70

4 a.m. Lima pickup for Paracas boats, Culturpisco pisco tasting, and Huacachina dunes with buggy rides, sandboarding, and sunset.

“Good tour, but its long, so make sure you are prepared with water, snacks, extra battery pack. The best part is the desert and buggy.”

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Paracas, Ballestas Islands and Huacachina Guided Tour

7.Paracas, Ballestas Islands and Huacachina Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,100 reviews · 17 hours (approx.) · from $75

Paracas wildlife on Ballestas Islands, Pisco tasting at Ica's Pisco Nietto, and Huacachina dune fun on a long 17-hour day

“With a pick-up at 5am and drop-off at 11pm, it was a very long day, but it never felt that way. Comfortable bus, well-planned itinerary, relaxed pace. Fellow travellers were all relatively younger Latin Americans, so tour was almost entirely in Spanish (one of the guides would provide summary translations). Unique sights visited, not your typical Peru adventure.”

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Epic Paracas & Huacachina – Day Trip From Lima

8.Epic Paracas & Huacachina – Day Trip From Lima

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,041 reviews · 17 hours (approx.) · from $57

A long, early day trip from Lima to Paracas and Huacachina: Ballestas Islands boat tour, pisco tasting in Ica, and dune buggy plus sandboarding at sunset.

“Great activity. Long day but comfortable ride. I would suggest purchasing the optional dinner for the 4 hour ride back to Lima.”

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#1 Reviewed Lima Cooking Class

9.#1 Reviewed Lima Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 995 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $48

Hands-on Lima cooking class in Miraflores. Make Causa de Pollo, Ceviche Limeño, learn pisco history, sip a Pisco Sour, take recipes home.

“I genuinely had the most fun ever at this cooking class. Giuliano is amazing and patient and really great at what he does. The food tastes great and it’s a beautiful space. PLEASE go check this out.”

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Lima Highlights All-Inclusive

10.Lima Highlights All-Inclusive

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 778 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $110

Lima city highlights in 7 hours with private transport, lunch and fruit tasting, plus San Francisco monastery and catacombs included for $110.

“Our tour guide, Renzo, was fantastic! On a scale of 1-10, I’d give him a 100! He was very knowledgeable about the history of Lima and all the stops we made on the tour and took the time to make sure he answered all of our questions. I’d definitely go on another tour with Renzo!”

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Peruvian Cooking Class, Local Market Tour & Exotic Fruit Tasting

11.Peruvian Cooking Class, Local Market Tour & Exotic Fruit Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 744 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $65

A 4-hour Lima market tour plus hands-on Peruvian cooking class with exotic fruit tasting, meals, and hotel pickup for $65.

“A fabulous introduction to the Peruvian culture. It was a lovely way to learn about cooking traditions and a perfect opportunity to taste a variety of delicious Peruvian food. A very well organised tour.”

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City Tour Panoramic Bus Departure From Larcomar

12.City Tour Panoramic Bus Departure From Larcomar

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 733 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $35

4-hour panoramic bus tour from Larcomar to Lima’s historic center, with an official guide and a included visit to Museo Santo Domingo.

“It was fun to ride the double decker bus from the Miraflores district to the historical center and back while having hearing a narration of the buildings and areas we passed by. Once at the historical center, we went with our guide Elizabeth who provided detailed explanations on the sites and was very patient with ny elderly parents who needed a little more time walking around. This was not a hop-on/hop-off tour but it worked well for my family with limited mobility to see the town without rushing into and out of the bus.”

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Lima: Ultimate Peruvian Food Tour

13.Ultimate Peruvian Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 700 reviews · 4 hours · from $105

Taste Lima in Barranco on a 4-hour food walk: ceviche, lomo saltado, pisco sour, fair trade chocolate, and local sweets.

“Everything was excellent. David our guide so informative and so nice person, all food stops very, very good, A great introduction not just to Peruvian cuisine, but also to Peruvian culture and people, Top, top 😊”

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Discover Lima: Love Park, Historic Center, and its Catacombs.

14.Discover Lima: Love Park, Historic Center, and its Catacombs.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 696 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $35

Half-day small-group Lima highlights from $35: Love Park, Plaza de Armas, San Francisco catacombs, plus pisco sour.

“Tour 17th Jan - Our group was only 4 people so felt like a private tour. The guide was excellent but I can’t remember her name. The traffic was bad as there was a festival the next day. Included pisco sour tasting which was good fun. Also pickup from our hotel was on time so very good too.”

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