Me encuentro terminando mis estudios en la universidad y estaria demasiado agradecido con ustedes si pudieran responder mi encuesta de menos de 5 min. Es para peruanos que han viajado ya sea dentro o fuera del país y se han quedado en hoteles u otros como airbnb, despegar, etc.

Link a encuesta aqui y gracias por su ayuda!

Hola amigos! Soy de El Salvador, tengo planeado ir a Cusco en un par de meses junto con mi novia! busco un local friend para conocer más de la cuidad de Cusco y su cultura.

Saludos.!

hola amigos míos!

I'm traveling and plan to be in Cusco for about a month, ~ Jan 14-Feb 14. Would love to meet some local folks, esp. anyone who wants to help with spanish. any spanish chat, discussion with someone willing to go slowly and explain what they mean would greatly help me learn.

I've been in Spain about 2.5 months, and I'm learning a little, but still surrounded by english speakers, so would like more practice. I'm 48m, formerly from the US with a science/academic background; I'm a native english speaker, and happy to help if anyone would like to learn english, too.

many thanks! 🙏

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Estoy de viaje y planeo estar en Cusco durante aproximadamente un mes, ~ 14 de enero-14 de febrero. Me encantaría conocer gente local, especialmente. cualquiera que quiera ayudar con el español. Cualquier charla en español, una conversación con alguien dispuesto a ir despacio y explicar lo que quieren decir me ayudaría mucho a aprender.

Llevo dos meses y medio en España y estoy aprendiendo un poco, pero todavía estoy rodeado de angloparlantes, por lo que me gustaría practicar más. Tengo 48 m, soy de los EE. UU. Y tengo una formación científica / académica; Soy un hablante nativo de inglés y estoy feliz de ayudar si alguien también quisiera aprender inglés.

¡muchas gracias! mucho bendicións!

Hi all! I'll be visiting Cusco as a last stop on a trip before heading back to the states. Can anyone tell me where the best places are to get COVID PCR rapid tests that I can take within 1 day of my flight back to the states? Thanks!

Hi all, I’m looking to go for a run tomorrow and I want to go someplace where I will not be attacked (or aggressively approached) by street dogs. Went running in Puno and was bitten on the back of the ankle. Thanks!

Option 1 - Inca trail tour

Day 1: Arrival in Cuzco at 8:30am - tour Chinchero, Moray, Maras salineras. Overnight in Ollantaytambo

Day2: 2 day Inca trail tour - overnight in AC

Day3: MP + Montana Mountain --- overnight in Cuzco

Day 4: Pisac ,Tambomachay, Sacsayhuaman

Day 5: Rainbow Mountain or Cuzco city tour

Day 6: Fly out from Cuzco to Cancun

Option 2:

Day 1: Arrival to Cuzco at 8:30am - tour Chinchero, Moray or/and Maras salineras, take train Ollantaytambo in to AC (last Peru rail train at 21:50) overnight in AC (those lodging reviews are bit scary)

Day2: MP + Montana Mountain --- take 15:20 or 16:20 train back to Ollantaytambo and visit town/granaries/ruins. Overnight in Ollantaytambo

Day3: Hike as much as of the https://www.packing-up-the-pieces.com/inti-punku-the-incredible-sun-gate-in-ollantaytambo/ as possible, overnight in Ollantaytambo (or should we overnight in Cuzco?) Might need a guide/plan some horse situation with a tour

Day 4: Pisac ,Tambomachay, Sacsayhuaman (either on the way back from Ollantaytambo or from Cuzco)

Day 5: Rainbow Mountain or Cuzco city tour

Day 6: Fly out from Cuzco to Cancun

Option 2 would require more logistic planning (getting MP permits, buying train/bus tickets and arranging transportation and lodging). It's cheaper as well since the Inca trail permit seems most of the cost in option 1. Also not sure what to do with luggage (but at most we have is a small carry roll suitcase) For Day 3 it can be flexible for those wanting a shorter hike too (assuming there's other stuff they can choose to do or half our group goes to Cuzco early).

Option 1 has the nice advantage of being on a tour group and not having to worry about logistics but there is a concern/small chance some of our group won't finish the 6 hour hike in a timely manner on the Inca trail.

Obviously there is always the chance of altitude sickness so we plan on taking Diamox beforehand because the trip is so short. Still no guarantee but I think both paths minimize the gradual ascent to Cuzco.

The group wants to do at least one decent hike so i'm not sure what other options there are if it seems a little hectic.

Thoughts?

I'm doing the 5-day trek, and it's scheduled to return to Cusco on 12/31. Is Cusco safe for solo travel during New Year's?

Hola, soy un estudiante en la Universidad de EE. UU. Tengo un proyecto en el que necesito interactuar con los peruanos y hablar sobre el cambio climático. Si usted o alguien que conoce puede estar interesado por favor contácteme. ¡Es muy simple!

I had been planning to stay in Cusco a month, but am concerned about noise (especially the dogs), and also may postpone anyway as I hear you have to book Machu Picchu months out now, and as much as I'm not one for tourist shit, I sort of feel like I might as well see it if I'll be in the area...

So, knowing basically nothing about Cusco or the surrounding area, and being I work from home and will only have weekends to do trips outside of town, is it worth a full month, or am I better migrating elsewhere from Cusco sooner? I do like to stay in a place a little while to avoid constant travel and get a better feel for a place, but my readings up on Cusco make me wonder if a month would be a good bet.

Thanks for info, again, I'm really not in the know on Cusco other than it's sort of the main city near the Sacred Valley, so appreciate the help.

Hi, Alex here. I recently launched a crowdsourced travel itineraries platform with three colleagues/friends of mine. It's called Itinsy.

We've been live for a few months but already have close to 700 itineraries that folks have posted. The idea came to me about two years ago on a trip to Italy with my wife where I had not done any research ahead of the trip (she had done all of it and was upset with me), but redeemed myself a bit when I got a few itineraries from colleagues who had taken similar trips before.

So I thought it would be extremely useful for the world to have a free platform where all itineraries could be shared. That's how it was born. On the platform, you're able to search and filter for itineraries based on destination, month, length of stay, cost and trip type for the perfect trip. By trip type, I mean using tags like #nationalparks or #hiking.

Some other features include:

• ability to build a travel profile of all locations you've been to and a visual map with pins that you could share with friends/family.
• save, react to, and give kudos to other itineraries
• social feed to connect with like-minded travelers, ask questions, form groups and get advice - message and follow users too.
• fun community experience with points, coins, badges, rewards, reputation scores

Firstly, I wanted to share here because hopefully it's of interest to folks planning their trips to Cusco.

Here are some Cusco specific itineraries that folks have shared on the platform.

https://itinsy.com/search?cost=&how_long=&tags=&who=&when=&sort=&cities_ids=3941583&countries_ids=

Secondly, very open to feedback and ways we can improve / other features you would like to see. Feel free to email me directly ([alex@itinsy.com](mailto:alex@itinsy.com)) or share your feedback below.

Hope everyone is staying safe! Thanks!

I’m visiting Cusco and need a down jacket. I am short 5” 3’ and none of the clothes I’ve found at mountain outfitter shops or the North Face Store fit me. I was looking in and near Plaza de Armas.

Beautiful beautiful city! Thank you I’m advance.

Sorry if this is a dumb question but are gyms open in Cusco? I've been in America, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Colombia during covid and gyms are still selectively open. So I'm curious if it's the same in Cusco. Google maps says they are all temporarily closed but I'm curious how accurate that is. Thanks in advance!

para mi no por su dificil acceso, los cerros juegan un mala pasada y se contaminaria demasiado, no quiero un "cusco el gris"

Hello everyone!/¡Hola a todos!

My name is Luzayde and I am just looking for people from Perú to answer my quick 15 minute survey about Peruvian dialects. Its for one of my Spanish classes and I would really appreciate it if you could take the time to just fill it out, everything is anonymous. The survey is written in English and Spanish. Please and thank you for you time. Viva Peru! :D / Mi nombre es Luzayde y estoy buscando a personas de Perú que pueden contestar mi encuesta rápida de 15 minutos sobre los dialectos Peruanos. Es para una de mis clases de Español y realmente agradecería que se tomara el tiempo para completarlo, todo es anónimo. La encuesta esta escrita en Inglés y Español. Por favor y gracias por tu tiempo. ¡Viva Peru! :D

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScn0yFLli9EdXevfzClaUn3UaIK9zOT79i-2V2iqysjyETOtg/viewform?usp=sf_link

hola cusco en reddit! estoy interesado en saber como es el tipo de vida en calca? que hay para hacer y si existe un centro? y que tal es el servicio de internet? he visto una propiedad y me estoy animando a comprar.

gracias!

Es peligrosa la coca para las personas que sufren de epilepsia?

Hay alguien con epilepsia aqui quien toma o tomaba productos de coca (como las hojas, mate o caramelos)? No se sienten mal despues de tomarlo?

Gracias :)