Prices checked on Sep 11, 2026Things to do in Lima
Discover the nightlife of Lima, admire beautiful and illuminated colonial buildings, and experience the local culture in the Historic Downtown of the city. See the creepy and mysterious Catacombs of Lima. Explore a network of tunnels, underground rooms and find remains of people who lived hundreds of years ago. Visit a unique park with a complex of water fountains that release jets of water up to 80 meters high. Enjoy a wonderful show of lights, colors and magic at night.
Make your way to the Magic Water Circuit, the Guinness World Record holder for the biggest complex of water fountains in a public park. The fountains have different forms and sizes and release jets of water up to 80 meters (262 feet) into the air. Have your camera ready to capture a magic show of light, color, music, and images. Later, visit the historic side of Lima and explore its streets at night. After pickup at your hotel, admire the illuminated Cathedral of Lima, an architectural jewel that has a Renaissance-style facade. Stroll around the Main Square, see beautiful buildings like the Government and Municipal Palace, then experience the nightlife of the colonial side of Lima on Chabuca Granda boulevard where you can find try local desserts and typical drinks such as picarones, churros, arroz con leche, emoliente, chicha morada, among others (tasting not included).
Visit the historic side of Lima and explore its streets at night. Admire the illuminated Cathedral of Lima, an architectural jewel that has a Renaissance-style façade. Stroll around the Main Square, see beautiful colonial buildings like the Government and Municipal Palace. Visit a local pisco shop to try artisanal wines, piscos and fruit liqueurs.
Experience local life and stop at different street food spots to try the authentic food options such as anticuchos, butifarra, picarones, mazamorra or arroz con leche. Refresh yourself drinking a glass of emoliente (roasted barley grain drink) or a chicha morada (purple corn drink).
Lima: Water Magic Circuit, Downtown and Street Food Tour lasts about 4 hours. The itinerary has 3 stops.
Prices start at $69 per person for this Lima experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
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The experience is available in EN, ES.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 9 participants.
Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Excellent tour, Maria our guide explained very well the history of the church and the catacombs, as well as other interesting facts of Lima. The waters show very nice and entertaining. Mention apart Maria's willingness and kindness that she had with my grandmother as she presented some problems as an older adult but Maria helped a lot so that she could also enjoy the experience. 10000% recommended
This was a great tour. They picked us up from the hotel on time. There was water and cookies waiting for us in the van. It ended up being a private tour for the two of us. We drove around the city for a little while looking at sites. Our tour guide spoke excellent English and gave a nice history of the buildings. We stopped first at the convent and catacombs and she was able to skip the lines to get in and keep us ahead of all of the other tour groups to avoid the crowds a bit. We went around the square and saw the city buildings as well. There was a wedding that we stopped to watch for a bit. She then took us to the water circuit show and showed us the fountains and the history of each and recommended the best places to watch the water show. It was very nicely done and all of the entrance fees were included (except 2 soles for the bathroom in the water circuit if you needed it).
Jessica was the most remarkable tour guide. I encourage you to request her services and plan around her availability. We take Viator tours a lot, in various countries, and we have NEVER been as impressed by a tour guide as we were with Jessica. The church and catacombs were cool and the fountains were fun. Jessica was amazing.
An amazing tour with beautiful views. Also the tour guide was phenomenal and very knowledgeable. I would totally do it again.
From pick up to drop off this tour was awesome. Kenyi skillfully drove us from site to site in busy traffic. Walter was a wealth of knowledge explaining the Convent,catacombs,historic downtown and Circuito Magica Del Aqua.Always seeing if we had any questions. Walter also took pictures for us and video as our phone wasn’t taking good pictures.He forwarded them to us after the tour so we have some great pictures and video. A fun professional tour we really enjoyed
Wow!!! We were all so so impressed, I can completely see why this is the best water show in the world. Unbelievable, and only for 4 PEN! Make sure you buy yourself a churro too
Our tour guide was awesome!! Explained everything in detail and easy to understand. Very knowledgeable in her area of the toyr
Catacombs were fascinating. Mayrol was very informative. and full of knowledge. The water show was spectacular
Guide was great. Just seemed to spend more time in traffic then at the attractions but I suppose that’s just Lima. Catacombs fascinating and fully explained. Water fountains bit of a let down. Just a projected show onto the fountains
This is a great way to see the catacombs and light show. Although you could see these places more cheaply independently, the combination of a knowledgeable tour guide (we had Susan show us around, she had so much local knowledge… right down to the best photo opportunities) and transport (we had Kenyi drive us around) allows you to get much more out of the experience, whilst feeling very safe.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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