Staying in cusco, peru for 3 months: Any recommendations

keeffe2001

I'm doing a year backpacking around the world with 4 friends. To try and keep things cheap we are only doing a few weeks in oz and getting an apartment for 3 months in cusco, peru. Heard great things about the place but does anyone have any recommendations for places to look up or trips to make?

dory

I'm sure with three months you'll discover everything anyway but I might as well mention a few things.
The horse riding is amazing, and that's coming from someone who dislikes horses! It's just the fact that you're out in the middle of nowhere, you can see for miles over the mountains and there seems to be no one but yourselves, then you happen across some tiny village, it's pretty cool.

What months you going in? I went water rafting in the dry season (our summer) and it was terrible, lovely boat ride along the river but not white watery at all!

Can't think of anything else, hmm....get the tourist pass to see the sights, buy a funky hat, get great food and Coca tea in the Irish pub (the one that's up a stairs, the other one with the fire is not so cool).

Are you by any chance part of the 5 guys travelling the world of the 'Great Friday' fame??

keeffe2001

thanks dory for that, I think we're going to avoid the white water rafting.

'Great Friday' it is!!! will you be attending?

Gauge

Paddy O Flahertys is the Irish pub with the stairs. Nice little place! There's a place around the corner from in called Jacks, with the same owners, and it does the most amazing food. There's always a queue but it's worth it, the breakfasts in there are to die for, my friends and I still pine for the food and juice drinks there

Can't recommend much else unfortunately, wasn't there for too long Make sure you suss out the horse riding places carefully if you do decide to go, get recommendations if possible- some of them are dodgy and the horses are miserable, but there's loads of them so you'll be able to find a decent one no problem.

tuff1

jaysus 3 months is a while to stay in cusco imo. theres a bunch of inca stuff to see around the city, and as previous posters have said rafting and horse riding. if ur into the whole partying thing you cud work in a bar in a hostel(loki or the point) and ull save on room and food costs. other than that tbh i cant see how ur going to make up 3 months. :pac:

dory

keeffe2001 wrote: »

thanks dory for that, I think we're going to avoid the white water rafting.

'Great Friday' it is!!! will you be attending?

I hope to make it, yea.

And to those who are saying it's a long time; they have a plan. Volunteering from what I've heard on the travelling grapevine. Don't think anyone would plan to just hang around Cuzco for three months, lovely and all as it is.