Cooking Class in the Sacred Valley, Local Market, local Farm and Salt Mines

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What You’ll Experience
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1 day 6 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 10 guests
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English, Spanish
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Explore the culinary wonders of the Sacred Valley with a cooking class beside a lagoon. Visit a vibrant market, a farm showcasing organic produce, and the historic Maras Salt Mines.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Our cooking classes are distinguished by being the only experience that is lived outside the city, in the Sacred Valley; it is a culinary adventure that is lived on the edge of a lagoon, surrounded by nature and beautiful landscapes.

Visit to local Market of the Urubamba

This local market is very colorful typical of the sacred valley, affords a very colorful and unique experience. Here we will see local families selling things such as fruits, vegetables, flowers and natural medicinal plants.

Visit local farm

It is a unique experience of knowing the medicinal plants, flowers, organic vegetables, quinoa plant, and the guinea pig farm.

Salt mines of Maras

There are thousands of little plots filled with salty mountain water that evaporates with the intense sunshine, making salt crystal buds up to forming a thick layer that after a month is extracted by the local families


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What You Get

Tea and coffee
• Entrance fee: Salt Mines • Meal: Lunch Ceviche and Pisco Sour • Visit: Tour in the Local Farm • Chef for cooking classes • Visit: Guinea Pig Farm
Dinner

Good To Know

  • • Tour Type: Culinary Adventure • Good For: Those with a sense of culinary adventure • Difficulty: Easy • Climate: Cold, sunny with wind in the months of April to November • Humidity: Dry • Rainy season: December to March • Pick up Time: 8: AM • End time: 6: PM • Considerations: This journey will take about full day
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers

What You’ll Experience

Cooking Class in the Sacred Valley, Local Market, local Farm and Salt Mines Homestay Journey offer Peruvian cooking classes where you will learn how to make an exquisite Ceviche, one of our most famous national dishes. As an introduction to our cooking class, you will learn to make the Peruvian national drink, the famous Pisco Sour. Our cooking classes are distinguished by being the only experience that is lived outside the city, in the Sacred Valley; it is a culinary adventure that is lived on the edge of a lagoon, surrounded by nature and beautiful landscapes. Visit to local Market of the Urubamba This local market is very colorful typical of the sacred valley, affords a very colorful and unique experience. Here we will see local families selling things such as fruits, vegetables, flowers and natural medicinal plants. Visit local farm It is a unique experience of knowing the medicinal plants, flowers, organic vegetables, quinoa plant, and the guinea pig farm.

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The pick up will be in the city of Cusco or in the Sacred Valley Urubamba

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Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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from  $251.50 
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Please note that the time is in Peru Standard Time.
Free cancellation (24 hours notice)
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Earliest available date: May 14, 2026
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals
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