4 Best Restaurants in Chivay, The Southern Andes and Lake Titicaca

Set along the highway to Cabanaconde near Cruz del Condor and surrounded by ample fields, the hotel Kunturwassi is best known for its excellent organic restauran. All the food, including meats, is sourced or raised locally. You can go hiking or take a horseback riding tour after your meal.

Expect a good mix of inexpensive Peruvian and North American staple dishes, including thin-crust pizzas, at this restaurant-bar on the main square. It makes a stop in Yanque all the more pleasant.

This long-standing Peruvian restaurant, tucked on a corner of Chivay's Plaza de Armas, serves reliable and tasty alpaca, chicken, and beef mains that include lomo saltado and pollo chimichurri (grilled chicken with piquant sauce), as well as a choice of pastas to quell comfort-food cravings. Excellent and inexpensive espressos pair up with crepes and a variety of cakes. This is a great place to linger prior to visiting Cruz del Condor.