Cusco Photo Day Tour

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Duration:5 hours to 6 hours (approx.)
Location: Cusco, Peru

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The Cusco photo day tour is the only one that will take you to the touristic and untouristic places of the Incan Capital. Visit unknown incan streets, traditional markets, catacombs underneith a monastary and typical local places unexplored by mass tourism. Get photography tips from your photography guide, no matter if you use a phone or camera and enjoy the real Cusco from a different perspective.

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We start the morning at 09h30. We meet in the main square, Plaza de Armas outside Mcdonalds. We move up to Santa Ana and have a quick breakfast in UMA Café at 10:00. After breakfast, we move up the street for a magnificent unique perspective from the Arch of Santa Ana. This ancient arch has a vantage point to photograph the city and barely anyone knows you can actually go to the top! We move down into San Pedro market around 10h30. Also known as the Central Market (Mercado Central), the San Pedro Market is one of the most traditional and classic places to photograph in Cusco. Built by the famous Gustave Eiffel in 1925, this location concentrates the local Quechua residents and is usually busier and more attractive in the morning. Entering this market is a different experience. You’ll find everything from fresh fruit and veggies, natural medicines, people having a meal next to cow heads for sale, lots of crafts and an entire world of Quechua influences and amazing colors. At 12:00 we move to Plaza San Francisco and visit San Francisco de Assis Church, convent, and catacombs. The San Francisco Church is one of the oldest and most forgotten wonders of the city. We will visit this convent/church and explore its history and architecture. We will explore the underground catacombs, the church, choir area with amazing carved cedar chairs and one of the highlights - the Bell Tower, where you can enjoy an impressive view of the city. We will also visit the outdoor patio, designed with superb detail in the Spanish colonial style. At 1 pm there is a mandatory stop in the main square (Plaza de Armas). There’s no escaping the main plaza. It concentrates so much history about the Incan empire! Explore this area with a more photographic approach but get to also learn a little bit about the history of Cusco. Then we move up to San Blas neighborhood and have our lunch stop in San Blas Market. Lunch is quick and simple but delicious. A healthy local sandwich of your choice and fresh fruit juice. San Blas market is known for an alternative vibe, healthy food options, and few tourists. Around 14:00 we move out of the market and explore the San Blas Neighborhood. The oldest and most beautiful neighborhood in Cusco. Known as the location where all artists live in the city. This area has some hidden gem locations that make for amazing street photography and not a lot of people know about them. We will take you there along some mandatory stops like the “Mirador de San Blas” where you can have an amazing overview of the city. At around 15h00 we have the option either visit a local, traditional Chicheria, serving the drink chicha made from fermented corn, this is a very local spot and a perfect way to get to experience some of the true local culture, if this doesn’t take your fancy we have the option to visit a local bar with the best view in Cusco, here we can relax and drink a pisco sour while overlooking the entire city, you’ve earned it! Also very important about this tour : Cusco's dynamic changes daily! So some locations in it's streets are not open every day! We leave this as a surprise as it is not garanteed. But we always pass by the places and if open we go inside to show you some hidden gems of Cusco! Fingers Crossed!

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Posted By : D3722NKlarss
The views from Dan’s unique viewpoints were fantastic, we were the only ones going these places. Also the visit to the indigenous community in 4200m altitude, being the only tourists, was quite an experience.
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Posted On : 2024-06-20 03:43:12

Posted By : H1135NSedwino
Great experience, not only do they have a great knowledge of Cusco and will take you to see some great and intresting areas but they also have an extensive knowledge about cameras and photography great for experienced individuals or someone who just bought a camera and is getting into photography.
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Posted On : 2024-04-29 16:48:02

Posted By : jeremycP7822VG
I have just done a Photo Trek with Andean for the second time, it is always a delight for the eyes and the mind, the guides are fantastic, I recommend 100%.
Thanks again I hope to come back a third time.
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Posted On : 2023-08-05 13:12:09

Posted By : stevetanyaTexas
I have written hundreds of reviews and believe in the power of feedback; I hope my review is helpful.

We met up with our guide, Noe, in the lobby of our hotel. Noe was excellent from A to Z. He took us to some less touristy spots as well as some of the normal spots and helped us capture memorable pics.

Noe is a local and helped us understand some of the history, culture and even foods the locals eat.

This was our first full day in Cusco and it was a great way to orient us to the city.

We even asked Noe to take us to a non-touristy, locals-only restaurant for lunch and that was very memorable and gave us an insight into everyday life for locals.

I highly recommend this tour especially for those who want to make sure they come away with some great pics and memories.

Bravo, Noe. ¡Gracias!
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Posted On : 2022-12-06 11:59:08

Posted By : C1185MHalanf
I recently did this tour with Dan. Overall excellent experience and would highly recommend it. I was picked up from my hotel on time, went to the outskirts of the city, near the Christ statue, and then slowly walked down into the city. Dan knew all the best areas for picture taking, and provided excellent advise for camera angles, settings, perspectives. I used a DSLR camera as well as iphone.
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Posted On : 2022-09-22 15:45:44

Posted By : M7030
I started off with a day tour with friends around Lima with Dan and had a lot of opportunities for awesome photos of wonderful vistas of Lima, and got some great photo tips :)
Then I spent 4 days with Noe on photo tours based out of Cusco. We started with the Alternate Rainbow Mountain, which was amazing!
Then we continued with getting outside the city and seeing some amazing landscapes and learning more about landscape photography.
My favorite day was when we went to visit a local family up in the mountains and learned about portrait photography.
Bernardino cooked us a wonderful lunch and his family was so welcoming!
My favorite moment was when we all piled into the van and drove up to a scenic spot overlooking a lake, and we all just sat there and enjoyed each other’s company :)
Bernardino’s son even let me try to play his recorder lol
Noe is a great photographer and guide and was so patient with my friend and I, and by the end of the 4 days he had both of us shooting in manual..that’s quite a feat!
I highly recommend Andean Photo Expeditions and would love to go back and take some more tours with them, especially to the Amazon!
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Posted On : 2022-09-14 21:26:56

Posted By : Kulwant_S
We were apprehensive when booking the Cusco Photo Day Tour as this was our first photo walk/tour! We met sharp at the fixed time & place on that bright day and rolled for our photo walk. Dan led us to photographic interest points we would surely otherwise have missed. He guided us about the angle of shoot and point of view and shared bunches of tits & bits with us - every street we went to. He knows the area and shooting locations well and helped us see compositions.
Dan is delightful company and an excellent conversationalist. He also takes care of the interest of not-so-photo enthusiasts in the group. The best part is the gentle pace that he set for the tour. Everyone could comfortably walk through the City of Cuzco (3,400 m above sea level )and soak in the town's vibes. We never knew how the time flew as we travelled from the soft morning light to the golden evening glow appreciating Cusco's people, architectural features, streets, arches and staircases. Throughout the day, we happily fired the shutter and got some nice captures & keepers.
Cusco Photo Day Tour with Dan is Highly recommended (4.9/5). The only drawback I found was the tour's duration, which could be extended by + two hours. Finally, after the photo tour, I had no apprehension before writing this review.
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Posted On : 2022-07-20 09:12:13

Posted By : j_rgensM4565FN
I did a Morning Photo Shooting Tour with Noe Turpo Cruz in Cusco which I can thoroughly recommend. We started our tour around Plaza de Armas taking some photos of the Cathedral and Iglesia La Compania from a position allowing reflections of the churches in a fountain. We then continued and shot some photos with star effects into the sun under the arcades of the Plaza. At the upper part of San Blas we photographed the famous Gate as well as the street and buildings winding down to the town centre. Attending the Procession of Locals during the Meeting of the Mary Statue of Santa Ana with the One from Poroy was my personal highlight being the only Western Tourist there while Inti Raymi was going on. This opportunity allowed a non touristic photography of locals and scenes of the procession. Towards the end of our session we walked down to Mercado San Pedro taking pictures of several shopkeepers. Without Noe it would simply have been impossible to visit as many locations as we did within a relatively short time frame and getting access to people who were willing to be photographed. Noe not only gave me a lot of tips for composition but also encouraged me to shoot in full manual mode in the future making better use of the function buttons of my camera. A short photo critique and some advice on Lightroom post processing functionalities, I had not been aware of, completed our seession. Noe is a very creative, talented and experienced photographer so that I enjoyed our common tour a lot. He is empathic and an excellent mentor on what to improve in ones photography. It was a real pleasure being with him on the Cusco Morning Photo Shooting Tour and I can strongly recommend to engage him for photography in Cusco.
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Posted On : 2022-07-03 06:26:09

Posted By : stacys531
I enjoyed the photo tour with Pedro. We saw the major attractions and we had access to a couple of special vantage points to take in city view. We visited a couple of local markets and had lunch at one. This is a great tour to get introduced to Cusco.
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Posted On : 2020-02-17 16:30:53

Posted By : Zuny5
Very interesting city visit of Cuzco. Pedro is very knowledgeable and brought me to very nice places around the city for great pictures and tailored the visit according to my interests. He also gave me many great suggestions about restaurants, tour and shopping in Cuzco. I highly recommend the tour.
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Posted On : 2019-11-06 09:27:09