All about taxis in cusco

15 marzo, 2024

HERE. you may read all about taxis in cusco. Cusco city is a high ranked as a tourist destination and mobilize within it is a pre-requisite, we tell you what you need to know about taxis in a beautiful city like cusco, with 1 205 527 inhabitants according to the 2017 national census conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) and an area of 71 987 km2 being 5.6 percent of the national territory which is constituted as a fifth largest in Peru.

How to recognize an official taxi in cusco?

Very easy and simple to identify all taxis have a sticker that says authorized taxi in the front, a yellow and black checkerboard that says taxi in the central part, side area, both sides, cap at the top saying taxi, and most importantly, properly identified and uniformed driver, all of these undoubtedly go through a strict and rigorous supervision by the local government, so if you are on vacation in Cusco and want to take one of them to your destination, they are very easy to order, authorized taxis in Cusco do not use an app, they are at the service of the Cusco population and tourists.

These are the requirements for the authorization of independent taxi ( authorized taxi) for nowdays, which is put into effect after the approval of the local Municipal Ordinance N°005-2021-MPC, which modifies the local Municipal Ordinance N°035-2017-MPC

On the other hand, persons affected by the COVID-19 can join the ranks of authorized taxi drivers, this was supported by Justo Mejia Zuñiga, general secretary of the Union of Cusco Taxi Drivers, in addition, that vehicles from 800 to 1100 cm3 and weighing less than 1000 kilos (small-size vehicles) are considered for the service of the population of Cusco, this is still under discussion.

Taxis dedicated to tourism service in cusco

Tourist activity in cusco is of great demand because we have one of the seven wonders that is the majestic machu picchu, therefore cusco city receives an approximate of 1.4 million tourists after Lima city according to DIRCETUR, then it means 54.8% of the total, and a deficit that was by the COVID-19, that means that of every 10 families a 7. 5 % of them work in the tourism sector, so in a majority, the issue of transportation is essential for the movement of tourists to the sightseeing attractions so there are a lot of taxis that provide services to various sightseeing attractions, a large part of the economy is due to tourism sector, at the same time, the mining royalties for natural gas royalties located on the site of quillabamba town; then as we see the high season between months of April, May, June, July, July, August, September, October during these months many of our colleagues drivers can provide transportation services as a taxi to tourists, that leads us to have a constant training of customer service in taxi also we can improve and change our fleet of vehicles to more modern ones to make taxi tour service throughout the region of Cusco and Sacred Valley.

Why is there a taxi drivers group at the airport?

Cusco airport called Alejandro Velasco Astete is named after the honor of the first peruvian pilot who crossed the andes from lima city to cusco city in 1925, at present time the cusco airport operates with a limited schedule of flights between 06:00 hours to 22:30 hours, and receives an average of 4 million passengers annually after lima city is who CORPAC manages the cusco airport (Corporación Peruana de Aeropuertos y Aviación Comercial S. A) therefore it is for this reason that the Alejandro Velasco Astete internacional airport convenes a public tender for the competition of taxi services within the airport, after an arduous selection, the winning taxi company is granted the license to operate for a certain period, these taxis go through an arduous and constant training for customer service as they are also properly uniformed and identified, and their cars are of a single color to distinguish themselves from the rest and regulate their own rates, this makes tourists think that there are many options to take a taxi.

Can I take a taxi to the sightseeing attractions?

of course, they are one of the best options to explore these tours, taxi tour is definitely a quick and easy option to visit these sightsseeing places, and favorite cities that we have always wanted to know certainly we could do it throughout the year so to make the sightseeing tours is not just venture and already, is definitely plan the activities that we will do, deduct our budget and above all specify the means of transport that we will use to move from one place to another.

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Taxis are the favorite means of transportation for tourists despite of finding a variety of means to move in the cities, tourists tend to make frequent use of the taxi on a large scale for the security it provides, besides being a means that offers privacy and does not depend on what other passengers want. The Cusco region has a large number of taxis that transport the hundreds of thousands of people who usually visit these sightseing places. All about taxis in cusco.

How is the informality of taxis in cusco?

Due to the demand of the local government to follow the demanding requirements to become an authorized taxi, we are a regular percentage working the taxi service in cusco, so it would lead to lead that there is still a certain percentage of taxi drivers who are in the process of formalization. Cusco city maintains in its ranks more than 20 thousand taxis working in taxi service, however there are only 3,400 taxis that have the corresponding authorization to provide taxi service, while the rest have become informal, since they have not met the 1250 cylinder capacity and the weight of one ton. So for a change, this would not lead to the loss of cab services due to informality, on the contrary, it would be an unfair competition.

Who supervises the taxi service in cusco?

This is done by Gerencia de Transito, Vialidad y Transporte through people wearing yellow vests, who are daily in the historic center of Cusco enforcing the rules.

Why do i see modern taxi in cusco?

Modern taxis are given due to the large influx of tourists coming to the Cusco city to visit our majestic Machu Picchu, and the sacred valley, due to the high number of visitors that leads to improve the taxi service by our local drivers, offering their services in modern taxis for the future but later may have some recommendations and positive ratings, that would mean that the driver would be doing a good job.

How dangerous is it to take a local taxi in cusco?

Cusco city has the lowest percentage of insecurity, it should be noted that it is not dangerous to take a taxi in Cusco, usually before taking a taxi, it is advisable to know the destination of arrival, and ask for the rate before boarding one of them.

You can get a taxi in several way:

1.- Ask at your hotel for a taxi.

2.- Call a taxi company.

3.- Or take a taxi on the street

4.- Or book a taxi with our company which is CUSCO TAXI

*Note. Most taxis when they take foreigners on board, pretend to give you an additional tour or take you to a hotel for a commission, it is up to you to accept it, so that we will tell you all about taxis in cusco including secrets

How does our company contribute to the tourism sector?

The tourism sector is one of the most important contributors to the economic growth of the country, which contributes to the eradication of poverty being one of the main objectives of sustainable development, our activity in tourism represents one of the main economic activities creating foreign exchange as well as one of the fastest growing sectors in recent years.

Cusco Taxi contributes in the following way:

We promote the creation of new jobs, we generate new service tenures, we are at the forefront of change, we encourage the improvement of new fleets, we promote the improvement of the quality of our services.
We promote the improvement of new fleets of vehicles and service in optimal conditions, which generates tourist satisfaction.
We improve the quality of life of our drivers, by improving their economic income which migrates to quality services and products, thus improving their living conditions.
We attract investment to incorporate new vehicles to our company.
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How we differentiate ourselves from others

Cusco Taxi is a highly ranked company in the cusco region of high standards of service, which our main objective is customer satisfaction.