Puno to Cusco Route of the Sun Bus Tour with Buffet Lunch
From €41 per person
See availability →The Puno to Cusco Route of the Sun bus tour covers the journey in one day with four guided stops, a buffet lunch of Andean dishes and a bilingual guide.
Rather than a plain transfer, the Puno to Cusco Route of the Sun bus tour turns the long road north into a day of ruins, high passes and village churches. The bus is climate-controlled, has a toilet on board and carries oxygen for the altitude, and a bilingual guide talks you through each stop.
The first break is at the Pucara Museum, where the story goes back to the Late Formative Period and to the first big settlement of the Titicaca basin. Later the road climbs to Abra La Raya, the top of the route between the two cities, a watershed ringed by Andean peaks.
Lunch is a buffet in the Marangani and Sicuani area, built on Andean cooking: you pick beef, chicken or fish, then add salads, sweets and herbal teas.
- Pucara Museum, for the earliest big settlement of the basin
- Abra La Raya, the pass that divides the regions
- Raqchi, with the Inca Temple of Wiracocha and its 15-metre walls
- Andahuaylillas, with a 16th-century Jesuit church whose interior is full of gold leaf and murals
The day ends at a private bus terminal in Cusco, with a VIP waiting zone. A welcome snack box, tea and coffee are served during the ride. Entrance to Pucara, Raqchi and Andahuaylillas is paid in person on arrival, because it goes directly to the communities.