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The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.

Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.

In port at Cusco, the bucket-list move is Machu Picchu: Private 2-Day Overland Journey from Cusco. Below: 6 bucket-list things to do on a Cusco port day — worth weighing against whatever your ship offers.
Machu Picchu: Private 2-Day Overland Journey from Cusco
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Machu Picchu: Private 2-Day Overland Journey from Cusco

Stand inside the Lost City of the Incas on an immersive private overnight adventure — scenic train, expert archaeologist guide, and a luxury lodge at the foot of the citadel. The single most iconic thing you can do in all of South America.

Book it Machu Picchu: Private Tour Guide Service (2–3 Hours) $98 per person
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Sacred Valley Private Day: Pisac Ruins, Market & Ollantaytambo
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Sacred Valley Private Day: Pisac Ruins, Market & Ollantaytambo

Journey through the heartland of the Inca Empire in a private vehicle — clifftop agricultural terraces at Pisac, an artisan market overflowing with colour, and the towering fortress of Ollantaytambo. The Sacred Valley in a single, perfectly curated day.

Book it Combo Sacred Valley Pisac Moray Salt Mines and Ollantaytambo $89 per person
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Sacsayhuamán & Qorikancha: Private Cusco Inca Highlights
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Sacsayhuamán & Qorikancha: Private Cusco Inca Highlights

Walk the colossal limestone ramparts of Sacsayhuamán — stones weighing 300 tonnes fitted with razor precision — then descend to Qorikancha, the golden Temple of the Sun, its walls once sheathed in 700 solid-gold panels. Inca civilisation at its most staggering.

Book it Inca Trail 4-Day Hiking Tour to Machu Picchu from Cusco $932 per person
Run by Qochas Chincanas · 4.80 from 22 reviews
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Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca) Private Sunrise Trek
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Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca) Private Sunrise Trek

Hike to one of the world's most surreal natural wonders — a Himalayan-scale ridge stripped in bands of crimson, gold, jade, and violet by millennia of mineral deposits. A genuine high-altitude adventure that rewards with views that defy photography.

Book it Rainbow Mountain Tour from Cusco | All-Inclusive Vinicunca Hike $75 per person
Run by Agência Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain · 4.40 from 99 reviews
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Via Ferrata Sacred Valley: Iron-Clipped Cliff Adventure
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Via Ferrata Sacred Valley: Iron-Clipped Cliff Adventure

Clip onto steel rungs and traverse a sheer Andean cliff face above the Sacred Valley — part rock climbing, part hiking, entirely exhilarating. The most dramatic adrenaline experience the Cusco region offers, with valley views that stop your breath.

Book it Sacred Valley Via Ferrata and Zipline with Lunch $160 per person
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Cusco Food & Market Immersion: Private Culinary Walking Tour
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Cusco Food & Market Immersion: Private Culinary Walking Tour

Plunge into the aromatic chaos of Mercado San Pedro with a local chef guide, taste your way through Andean superfoods and street bites, then cook and eat a private lunch of Novoandino cuisine in a colonial kitchen. Cusco's culture told entirely through flavour.

Book it Cusco Food Walking Tour & Central Market $60 per person
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