Puno Walking Tour: Cathedral, Museum and Huajsapata Hill
From €41 per person
See availability →A Puno walking tour of about an hour and a half through the cathedral, the Carlos Dreyer Museum, Huajsapata lookout and Laykacota market, led by a local guide.
This Puno walking tour sets out from the Plaza de Armas, where the cathedral shows off its Andean-Baroque style: carved native motifs, two towers and gilded altarpieces where Catholic and Andean symbols meet. Your local guide, who speaks Spanish and English, explains what you are looking at.
Next is the Carlos Dreyer Museum, a small museum of textiles, burial-tower models and pottery from before the Incas. A short climb takes you up Cerrito Huajsapata, with the lake and the city laid out beneath you.
Back down, the route passes through the Laykacota market, known as the Witches' Market, where herbalists and family stalls sell muña, coca and ritual offerings. Then come the Arco Deustua, a 19th-century monument to the heroes of independence, and Parque Pino, the city's meeting place. The walk finishes at the church of San Juan Bautista, linked to the devotion of the Virgen de la Candelaria, where you go inside quietly when it is open.
- Entry tickets to the cathedral and the museum
- Guide in Spanish and English
Tips and personal expenses are not included. It is not suitable for children under 5.