Cusco Photo Day Tour: Explore Hidden Incan Streets and Local Markets

Capture the essence of Cusco on a unique photo day tour. Explore hidden Incan streets, local markets, and catacombs, and receive photography tips from your guide.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Andean Photo Expeditions - We start the morning at 09h30. We meet in the main square, Plaza de Armas outside Mcdonalds.
    We move up to Santa Ana and have a quick breakfast in UMA Café at 10:00. After breakfast, we move up the street for a magnificent unique perspective from the Arch of Santa Ana. This ancient arch has a vantage point to photograph…
What's Included
  • Expert local guide
  • All taxes, fees, and handling charges included
  • Professional photographer guide
  • Gratuities included
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
Additional Information

The Cusco photo day tour is the only one that will take you to the touristic and untouristic places of the Incan Capital. Visit unknown incan streets, traditional markets, catacombs underneith a monastary and typical local places unexplored by mass tourism.
Get photography tips from your photography guide, no matter if you use a phone or camera and enjoy…

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Michaelmw7673kj
Jul 15, 2024
Exceeded all expectations! - Excellent 12 day trip.Dan our tour guide met out every need, and too extremely good care of each individual of the group.
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D3722nklarss
Jun 20, 2024
Visiting the magnificent sacred valley . - The views from Dan’s unique viewpoints were fantastic, we were the only ones going these places. Also the visit to the indigenous community in 4200m altitude, being the only tourists, was quite an experience.
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H1135nsedwino
Apr 29, 2024
For Beginner or experienced - Great experience, not only do they have a great knowledge of Cusco and will take you to see some great and intresting areas but they also have an extensive knowledge about cameras and photography great for experienced individuals or someone who just bought a camera and is getting into photography.
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Jeremycp7822vg
Aug 5, 2023
Delighted for the second time - I have just done a Photo Trek with Andean for the second time, it is always a delight for the eyes and the mind, the guides are fantastic, I recommend 100%. Thanks again I hope to come back a third time.
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Stevetanyatexas
Dec 6, 2022
Excellent Choice - Great Memories - I have written hundreds of reviews and believe in the power of feedback; I hope my review is helpful. We met up with our guide, Noe, in the lobby of our hotel. Noe was excellent from A to Z. He took us to some less touristy spots as well as some of the normal spots and helped us capture memorable pics. Noe is a local and helped us understand some of the history, culture and even foods the locals eat. This was our first full day in Cusco and it was a great way to orient us to the city. We even asked Noe to take us to a non-touristy, locals-only restaurant for lunch and that was very memorable and gave us an insight into everyday life for locals. I highly recommend this tour especially for those who want to make sure they come away with some great pics and memories. Bravo, Noe. ¡Gracias!
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C1185mhalanf
Sep 22, 2022
Best day in Cusco - I recently did this tour with Dan. Overall excellent experience and would highly recommend it. I was picked up from my hotel on time, went to the outskirts of the city, near the Christ statue, and then slowly walked down into the city. Dan knew all the best areas for picture taking, and provided excellent advise for camera angles, settings, perspectives. I used a DSLR camera as well as iphone.
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M7030
Sep 14, 2022
Photo tours around Cusco - I started off with a day tour with friends around Lima with Dan and had a lot of opportunities for awesome photos of wonderful vistas of Lima, and got some great photo tips :) Then I spent 4 days with Noe on photo tours based out of Cusco. We started with the Alternate Rainbow Mountain, which was amazing! Then we continued with getting outside the city and seeing some amazing landscapes and learning more about landscape photography. My favorite day was when we went to visit a local family up in the mountains and learned about portrait photography. Bernardino cooked us a wonderful lunch and his family was so welcoming! My favorite moment was when we all piled into the van and drove up to a scenic spot overlooking a lake, and we all just sat there and enjoyed each other’s company :) Bernardino’s son even let me try to play his recorder lol Noe is a great photographer and guide and was so patient with my friend and I, and by the end of the 4 days he had both of us shooting in manual..that’s quite a feat! I highly recommend Andean Photo Expeditions and would love to go back and take some more tours with them, especially to the Amazon!
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Kulwant_s
Jul 20, 2022
Glorious day at Cusco - We were apprehensive when booking the Cusco Photo Day Tour as this was our first photo walk/tour! We met sharp at the fixed time & place on that bright day and rolled for our photo walk. Dan led us to photographic interest points we would surely otherwise have missed. He guided us about the angle of shoot and point of view and shared bunches of tits & bits with us - every street we went to. He knows the area and shooting locations well and helped us see compositions. Dan is delightful company and an excellent conversationalist. He also takes care of the interest of not-so-photo enthusiasts in the group. The best part is the gentle pace that he set for the tour. Everyone could comfortably walk through the City of Cuzco (3,400 m above sea level )and soak in the town's vibes. We never knew how the time flew as we travelled from the soft morning light to the golden evening glow appreciating Cusco's people, architectural features, streets, arches and staircases. Throughout the day, we happily fired the shutter and got some nice captures & keepers. Cusco Photo Day Tour with Dan is Highly recommended (4.9/5). The only drawback I found was the tour's duration, which could be extended by + two hours. Finally, after the photo tour, I had no apprehension before writing this review.
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J_rgensm4565fn
Jul 3, 2022
Cusco Morning Photo Tour - I did a Morning Photo Shooting Tour with Noe Turpo Cruz in Cusco which I can thoroughly recommend. We started our tour around Plaza de Armas taking some photos of the Cathedral and Iglesia La Compania from a position allowing reflections of the churches in a fountain. We then continued and shot some photos with star effects into the sun under the arcades of the Plaza. At the upper part of San Blas we photographed the famous Gate as well as the street and buildings winding down to the town centre. Attending the Procession of Locals during the Meeting of the Mary Statue of Santa Ana with the One from Poroy was my personal highlight being the only Western Tourist there while Inti Raymi was going on. This opportunity allowed a non touristic photography of locals and scenes of the procession. Towards the end of our session we walked down to Mercado San Pedro taking pictures of several shopkeepers. Without Noe it would simply have been impossible to visit as many locations as we did within a relatively short time frame and getting access to people who were willing to be photographed. Noe not only gave me a lot of tips for composition but also encouraged me to shoot in full manual mode in the future making better use of the function buttons of my camera. A short photo critique and some advice on Lightroom post processing functionalities, I had not been aware of, completed our seession. Noe is a very creative, talented and experienced photographer so that I enjoyed our common tour a lot. He is empathic and an excellent mentor on what to improve in ones photography. It was a real pleasure being with him on the Cusco Morning Photo Shooting Tour and I can strongly recommend to engage him for photography in Cusco.
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Stacys531
Feb 17, 2020
Off the beaten path - I enjoyed the photo tour with Pedro. We saw the major attractions and we had access to a couple of special vantage points to take in city view. We visited a couple of local markets and had lunch at one. This is a great tour to get introduced to Cusco.
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