Callao: Ceviche Route and Dining Experience
Barranco District, Peru
Discover the authentic flavor of El Callao on a seaside food tour. Taste ceviche, causas, and Callao flavors while learning about the history and culture of the cruise port.
Highlights
- Discover Callao through its most authentic and traditional flavors.
- Try ceviche, bread with pejerrey, causas, and other seafood delicacies.
- Explore Callao Monumental, Chucuito, and La Punta with a local guide.
- Combines cuisine, history, culture, and views of the Pacific Ocean.
Description
Discover Callao through an experience that combines cuisine, history, culture, and tradition by the sea.
8:00–8:30 a.m. Pick-up from your hotel in Barranco, Miraflores, or San Isidro.
Your tour will begin with a visit to the Minka Market, where you'll discover the variety of fresh seafood and some of the essential ingredients of Chalaca cuisine. You will then enjoy a stop in front of the historic Real Felipe Fortress to try coffee and a traditional pan con pejerrey (bread with Peruvian smelt), one of the most iconic flavors of the harbor.
You'll then continue to Callao Monumental, strolling through its streets and alleyways, visiting the Main Church, and admiring colorful expressions of street art that reflect the identity and cultural transformation of this area.
The culinary experience will continue with a food tasting of authentic street cart ceviche paired with chicha morada. Later, in Chucuito, you'll try a trio of causas with different seafood flavors.
One of the highlights of the sightseeing tour will be a food tasting of Peruvian ceviche accompanied by ceviche-style scallops, chalaca-style mussels, octopus with olives, and a refreshing Pisco Sour.
Finally, you'll arrive in La Punta, where you'll take in the coastal scenery and views of the Pacific Ocean before returning to your hotel, wrapping up an experience designed to help you discover Callao through its flavors, its history, and its deep connection to the sea.
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Return to the initial pick-up points.
Includes
- Private round-trip transportation
- Bilingual tour guide
- Bread with pejerrey food tasting
- Causa marina food tasting: 2 flavors
- Street cart ceviche + chicha morada food tasting
- Ingredients for the demonstration class on ceviche, choritos a la chalaca (mussels with tomato, onion, and chili pepper), conchitas acebichadas (scallops in ceviche), pulpo al olivo (octopus in olive sauce), and pisco sour
- Assistance throughout the sightseeing tour
Excludes
- Lunch
- Breakfast
- Gratuities
Easy cancellation
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
