Our place where we live – Cusco or Cuzco – since the 90’s became the Meca of tourism industry in South-America therefore it become very cosmopolitan but luckily it still keeps the essence of being an Ancient capital for the biggest Empire ever in America, the only one in the southern hemisphere, come and join our Tours Cusco on foot and unveil our history through the eyes of Local Tour Guides | We have implemented our Free Tours Cusco in the afternoon so that none can miss the magic of this city(history, culinary, culture, local people, nightlife, more), in our Day Tours(Tours last 2.5 to 3 hours) you will have a free guided historical centre on tip basis.
NOTE: All our free city tours in Cusco (10am – 1pm – 3:30pm – 10am Sundays) are the same or similar, so you can only take one free tour.
Free Tour Meet up Time: 3.30pm from Monday to Saturday – if you like a free tour on Sundays follow me here.
Meeting Place: Regocijo Plazoleta in front of CHICHA restaurant.
How to find our Meeting Place? Use as Landmark the Chicha Restaurant(we are in front of it) or The City Hall (we are in front of it), there are many Choco Museos, priorize Regocijo.
Walking Tour Length: 2.5 to 3 hours.
Our Happy Official Tour Guide wears: Inkan Milky Way Logo on the Yellow Vests, look for this at the Correct Meeting Place.
To bring: Warm Cloth, Hats, sunglasses, walking shoes and a jumper.
Price: FREE – Donation basis.
To Consider: You might get confused with other people, pls show up at the correct meeting point & Our free tours in Cusco are operated by Inkan Milky Way Tours Cusco, a 100% Indigenous Peruvian Co, follow us here.
This itinerary is changeable-flexible as per many reasons (festivals, strikes, holydays, high season & low season, car traffics, rainy season, etc.) if you are a BLOGGER, TOP RATED CRITICIZER ON TRIPAVISOR, LONELY PLANET AGENT or JUST A PERSON THAT LOVES WRITING HIS/HER TRAVEL EXPERIENCES, PLEASE HAVE A LOOK TO OUR POLICIES, that way you avoid MISSUNDERSTANDINGS NONETHELESS we will DO OUR BEST so that you can HAVE A GREAT EXPERIENCE with us.
Join us at Regocijo plazoleta at 3:30pm, just 50 meters AWAY from the Plaza de Armas, we are in front of the Choco Museo, look for Inkan Milky Way Cusco logo on the Yellow Vests, See our Google Map of Inkan Free Tours by Foot Cusco.
Tour starts approx. at 3:40pm.
San Francisco Plaza & Saint Claire Arch & San Pedro Church (outdoor explanation).
San Pedro Market, designed by Alexander Gustave Eiffel in 1928, learn about Local Life and culture of Indigenous people.
Plaza de Armas (Main Square) & Acclla Wasi Temple (outdoor explanation).
Palace of Pachaquteq (outdoor explanation), the 9th emperor & Palace of Inca Tupac Yupanqui (outdoor explanation), the 10th emperor.
Peru is the Land of the Inkas and The Land of the best coffees as well, learn about best Peruvian Kopi Luwak.
Our Meeting Point is Regocijo plazoleta, just 50 meters AWAY from the Plaza de Armas, we are in front of the Choco Museo, Google our Cusco Meeting Point Map here.
Don’t get confused in the plaza de armas or plaza espinar, we don’t gather our customers in those places.
All our free tours end up near the Plaza de Armas at San Agustin Street 269 (just 3 min away from plaza de armas).
This is our Philosophy for our Free Tour: Pay what you think the tour was worth¡, our free tours are from good to great quality, in simple terms, they are decent tours and decent tours should be rewarded Generously, Not with coins such as 2 soles or 5 soles.
Let us mean ourselves clear: Pay What It's Worth is Not Pay what you can or what you like”. In New York, some free tour companies have the philosophy of “Pay what you like”, and this really good because New Yorkers are big Tippers however we are in South America where there are many tourists who don’t even have the Tipping culture.
Apart from this consider that your tour guide relies entirely on your tips, since no one of them are funded by NGO´s or the government. Tips are also shared among the whole team. Most tourists tip between twenty to thirty soles, this is subject to change according to the quality of the tour.
- Always Warm Clothes (if it is rainy or cold, don’t blame your tour guide).
- Walking Shoes, NO flip flops in Cusco city.
- BIG SMILE and WILLINGNESS TO WALK.
- All our free tours in Cusco are in English.
- Si no puede realizar nuestro free tour a las 10am, Ud. siempre está invitado a realizar los free tours a la 1pm o 3:30pm (De lunes a sábado), sin embargo los guiados son en Ingles.
From Monday to Saturday at: 10am, 1pm and 3:30pm.
Every Sunday at 10am only (there is no other meet up time).
No, all our free tours in Cusco have the same or very similar itinerary, so you can only take one.
You can always leave our free tour, if you have other tours or activities, however Don’t forget to tip your tour guide, Don’t escape, Don’t run away, Don’t walk away, Don’t ignore your tour guide, Don’t pretend that you don’t know our walks are tip based, Don’t pretend that you forgot to bring some tip.
All our Cusco Walking Tours last about 2.5 to 3 hours, approximately 1.6 km – 1 mi. in distance, therefore we kindly ask our tourists to HAVE that AVAIABLE TIME.
05 tourists, otherwise will be cancelled, for more info go to: our policies.
20 tourists either for English or Spanish, for more info go to: our policies. From time to time we have large groups and one tour guide to manage the whole group, please don’t blame on your guide or the team, simply because most attendees don’t book in advance so cannot take a decision beforehand.
Groups or Families of 11 or more are more than welcome to contact us before reserving and according to our available tour guides and available spot in our free tour whether we will accept or reject your participation in our free tours. From experience we know that large groups have the tendency to NOT pay attention to the Tour Guide´s explanation which is so disrespectful for both the guide and other attendees.
However if you happen to forget to book your large group, you can always show up at the meeting point, we will take care of you, just don’t expect the best of the best, remember it is free tour, if you want the best from the best look for a private tour.
NO, our free tour service is a group service, you will join other attendees.
Even if you are 20 people, we still say no, because from experience we know that big groups of friends or mates Do Not pay attention to our Tour Guide’s explanation. Because of this reason, we advise you to take a Private tour (pre-paid) however if you want to take our free tour, you must contact us in advance so that you can join our GROUP service (Not private).
- When it comes to Protests we might cancel our free tour, this can happen without a previous notification, so we ask for your understanding in advance.
- If there are Festivities, we might cancel also.
- If rainy, the tour itinerary may be changed but the show must go on! Unless it is too rainy.
Yes, you can as long as you are capable to walk and stand on your feet for some minutes while your guide explains about some historical spots.
Unfortunately the answer is NO, because most streets in Peru are not yet designed for Wheelchair users, this issue is out from our hands to solve. We kindly encourage you to take a private tour instead, make sure you have a person that can help you.