Your Ultimate Travel Guide to Cusco 🇵🇪 Backpacking Peru

I absolutely loved Cusco. So much so that I decided to settle there for 1 month on my backpacking trips. There are SO many things to do and places to eat so in this video, I give you all my best recommendations for Cusco.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:05 Accommodation
03:29 Excursions
07:14 Things to Do
08:44 Where to Eat
13:20 Cafes
14:27 Nightlife
16:01 General Tips
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[@charlesjustinego2719]

I cannot stress enough how you just saved my life and made me less anxious about my solo South America trip happening in 3 weeks! You've been really helpful with all these videos you have posted!

[@meanderingmaxwells8957]

I love your travel tips videos, so informative!

[@CodingIsFun]

Thanks for putting this together. Very helpful! 🙏

[@link2299]

Love the video, you do such an amazing job of explaining. I went to Cusco in 2020, it was one of the best travel experiences of my life.

[@GabrielBiff]

Amazing video guide! I’m going to Cusco in January and this really got me excited!

[@elena_a-2023]

This is wonderful Christianne! I am planning a trip next year and this is all the inspo I need. I have not returned to my country of origin in a long time. Thank you for this.

[@leesaw6]

Yayyy this is perfect, I have a trip planned for end of next month! Unfortunately, there’s civil unrest going on, hopefully I can put this guide to use soon!

[@patriciamacedo6479]

I loved your tips! Thanks

[@nikolawright1241]

This series is making want to go back to Peru so bad! I hope I can get there again one day

[@lhollybow]

Excellent wrap up. Thanks.

[@jabbahawk422]

wonderful video! I will definitely come back to reference these tips when I go to Peru next year :D

[@lenny9311]

Omg how I love your videos, I have just discovered your vlogs and you are so inspiring! Thank you! I found as I am researching a solo trip from iquitos to colombia and home from panama. It's a very last minute decision but I hope to leave somewhere at the beginning of February, I'd love to hear about your iquitos leg of your journey. Who knows we could cross paths one day! I find you very inspiring, I haven't travelled properly for years but now my kids are up I am ready to go on another adventure, I'm from Belfast but I speak fluent Spanish, your journey is amazing and I love your guts and enthusiasm !

[@EvanandLemon]

THANK YOU for this video!!!! We always appreciate your guides💛

[@BackpackingBananas]

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[@matthewheah801]

i like how you summarized all the to-go places in just 18mins. saved my time on researching!

[@TravelingisFREEDOM]

This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!

[@socool19100]

Thank you so much for this video - really helpful and well produced!! Very glad you’re safe and have now left Peru.

[@BackpackingBananas]

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[@bhl1997]

Super helpful video! Thank you! Going to Peru in October!!!

[@GreatCityAttractions]

Well done Backpacking - always enjoy the footage.

[@luneluna99]

Ahh I think I would add Peru to my next year trip ! Thanks !

[@spanishclasses4013]

Thanks for sharing this video! I'm from Peru.

[@annaanna1627]

Really great and useful info on Cusco!

[@littliofficial]

Love your update！

[@Jazzvibesicl]

What a wonderfully put together video!

[@BackpackingBananas]

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[@cryptolife77]

Very Informative yet concise information about Cusco, great for those who are going. You were born to do this Backpacking, a natural speaker. 👍

[@BackpackingBananas]

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[@chrissiarte]

Great Video. So excited to go to Peru soon! :)

[@23Madeiras]

Just landed back in London after a week in Cusco. Thanks for much for the recommendations! I stayed at the Nao Victoria and did the Salkantay. Loved the dinner at Morena 😍

[@musikinmeinemkopf394]

Fantastic video!

[@EmmaNicole]

This was so helpful!!

[@literalleigh]

This video is great! I am going in September and using this as one of my many guides.

[@GreatCityAttractions]

Hope you enjoyed it.

[@LaurieLogan99]

Great video! Thanks

[@angelc925]

Thank you for this video.

[@paulprice7482]

great video, you are so right about the uneven ground with the cobbles etc I lost count of the the times I stumbled

[@BackpackingBananas]

They are lethal 😅

[@mathias7686]

very clear and detailed!

[@honouraf]

THANK YOU!! This was so helpful! Planning on going in April if its safe by then!

[@BackpackingBananas]

Hopefully! 🤞🏼🤞🏼

[@adventure_outdoors]

Saving this for when I can hopefully visit Peru later ☺️

[@BackpackingBananas]

🥳🥳

[@ahillvfr]

Amazing and very informative guide 👍 you should be sponsored by the local tourist board for all the hard work of promoting the region. Great job 👏 and what a fantastic place to visit.

[@BackpackingBananas]

I wish! 😅🙏🏼

[@aidandoherty8004]

great video. very insightful

[@GreatCityAttractions]

Would have to agree.

[@francybohan]

I have started binge watching you videos in the last week or so. You have persuaded me to move to Australia in the summer as opposed to November/December next year, when I had originally planned. I love your content and I cant wait to travel around South and Central America because of you. Big ups from Ireland. If you ever come back to Ireland, you should visit the west coast 👌 id be happy to give you a tour, if you're up for it 🥰

[@BackpackingBananas]

That’s amazing! 🥹❤️

[@brianoc6057]

Following

[@passionspotatoes9182]

I absolutely loved Peru, but the altitude sickness in Cusco was brutal. Not being able to sleep or breathe properly has sadly put me off going to certain countries in that part of the world. I'll just experience them through your videos 🙂

[@BackpackingBananas]

Haha I TOTALLY feel you! It very much affected my breathing and sleeping - I don’t think I would’ve wanted to stay much longer than I did

[@mypianonikki8704]

Hello Christianne, thank you for this great travel guide! I love it!!! I’m thinking about traveling to Peru next year and have started to think about which wear and gear I still have to buy for this trip. If you could make a video (or maybe comment here?) about what things (wear and gear) you actually used from your packed things and what you recommend to definitely bring (at least) for a backpacking trip to Peru, that would be really awesome. I’m a minimalist packer and I don’t want to pack too much stuff yet all the things needed. It’s going to be my first trip to a mountain area and I’m somewhat really lost regarding wear and gear. If anyone else reading this has any recommendations, I‘m super thankful for any advice as well. Regards and love from snowy & christmassy Germany

[@billmccaleb7481]

That altitude would get me for sure! You do look quite knackered on some of those hikes...or were you hungover? lol Food looks delicious, with the exception of the guinea pig. You're the only one i know that would eat that then go to a vegan restaurant! Peru still looking amazing...

[@czartross]

Hey, i just saw your video and it’s in deed the best explanatory video that i have seen about Peru and getting to know Cusco. I am a spanish native language. I send it to my wife because we’d like to visit next year. She was also astonished of the quality and the level of explanation, but she doesn’t speak english. I tried the CC’s but they were also in english. I was wondering if i can collaborate with you and translate this to spanish, so this video can get to many more people. Hit me up if this is something you’d be interested in! Again, thanks for such a great video.

[@Emma_Elisabeth]

I should be in Cusco right now! But had to turn back to Lima after waiting by a road blockage for 15h on the way to Arequipa 😭😭 your very lucky you just managed to get on before it all started, I have to fly home from Peru having only seen Lima and huacachina :(

[@BackpackingBananas]

Oh I’m so sorry to hear this 😭😭

[@Emma_Elisabeth]

Oh no, good luck!

[@hellomoto4906]

Ultimate travel guide to anywhere - go to a hostel and talk with people about what they’ve done in the area.

[@BackpackingBananas]

👌🏼

[@giggletitty]

Hey! That's my friend's band (Nuna Beat) in the beginning of your video!

[@jordanholladay4391]

love your videos!! what were the costs of your excursions?

[@lucyduncan2702]

Hey! Think you mentioned you had Hoka shoes - which ones do you have? Do you recommend them? Trying to decide which shoes to use for South America! For all the trails!

[@ibelieve4852]

Actually Wado Sushi Restaurant is very good jn Cusco! Love it!❤

[@mahimabansod]

Have been following your videos to plan a trip to Peru. Would you be able to recommend were to leave your stuff when you are hiking for 4 days. Carrying a laptop, what a safe option to leave it or take it along ?

[@antarachatterjee3063]

Hello Christianne! Addicted to your vlogs! Quick check - Are you in Cusco now ? How is the situation now ? Is it safe to travel there now ? Thank you ❤

[@BackpackingBananas]

Im sorry I left Cusco about 6 weeks ago, I heard the situation is not good at all right now

[@brianoc6057]

What the weather like in December

[@frawldog]

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[@raykelly2854]

What month was this video shot in? Great video.

[@BackpackingBananas]

November 😊

[@crnaprovider]

What month did you go?

[@marcoprolo7318]

Peru is too mineral for me but I can too go to Cotsco!

[@sophsbookss]

Christianne! Did boarder officials ask you for your yellow fever vaccine/did you need to get it before leaving??

[@BackpackingBananas]

Nope

[@MK4lyfe]

Hi! Just want to ask what the situation is like in Peru with the protests? Do you find it difficult to get around or do certain things? Thanks!!

[@BackpackingBananas]

I have left Peru now. But I have heard the situation is not good and you can’t move around. Keep your eye on the news before travelling!

[@jessisjourney]

Hi! I ordered from your Solo shop well over a month ago and haven't received any updates about my order. I've emailed the provided email address in the confirmation and it came back saying it was no longer valid and I tried the email on your website and Instagram accounts and never got a response. Would love to hear back from somebody about what is happening. Thanks!

[@BackpackingBananas]

Oh I’m so sorry to hear this Jess! The new contact email is [e-mail] Sometimes emails do go into spam so I’ll get the team to double check this for you xx

[@jessisjourney]

@@BackpackingBananas Thank you!

[@tijay8507]

You sounded so American when you said amenities, the Brit pronouncation is A-meen -a- teas and the Yanks say A men a teas LOL

[@BackpackingBananas]

Haha I didn’t even know this 😅

[@Animex100pre]

Welcome to Peru 🇵🇪🙋🏻, to the culture and history of this Great Country of South America 🙋🏻 I hope you had a good time 😁

[@domy6827]

rock scene?

[@callana9852]

I love guinea pigs...the idea of eating them is the same as eating my dog..it's just so twisted to think about this is the only part that would put me off peru

[@BackpackingBananas]

😅😅 fair

[@Jazzvibesicl]

It’s an interesting concept- but think for example in India we wouldn’t dream of eating cows, but here in the UK it’s completely normal. They are all animals at the end of the day I don’t think one is weirder than the other

[@SkyKangaroo]

"relatively fit.. and not hungover" HAHHAH

[@BackpackingBananas]

😂😂😂

[@nickybutt9733]

Not possible to go there now, state of emergency and Cusco airport shut

[@BackpackingBananas]

Hopefully this doesn’t last long 🙏🏼

[@maartjevankampen1706]

alpacca risotto?!?!?!

[@MichaBrans]

Hi, didn't you check the news before posting? Peru is in a state of emergency and traveling to Peru is highly not recommended. I would advise you to remove the video immediately and repost it when the situation calms down again.

[@BackpackingBananas]

Of course I am aware of the news. I just left Peru myself. This video is designed to help people plan their trips for the future. It is the viewers own responsibility to assess current travel conditions as to when they travel themselves. What you’re suggesting is like asking every KZbinr to remove every video of Peru on the internet just because you can’t travel there right now which is a bit ridig don’t you think? 🥱

[@MichaBrans]

@@BackpackingBananas I don't agree with your comments but it's of course up to you. You post a video just last day as if you just left or maybe still there. This gives your watchers the impression that all is safe there. At the moment it's not even possible to reach Aguas Caliente from Cusco as the train services are down so people will get trapped. Older videos won't have the same effect.

[@BackpackingBananas]

@@MichaBrans and i will continue to post the videos I filmed over a month ago, they are designed to help plan your itinerary in Peru, not inform about current affairs, that is what the news is for

[@walkietalkietraveller2932]

@@BackpackingBananas Top Banana ! Thank you for releasing your ultimate guide to Cusco video. obviously, it will not be influencing me, or anyone else in their right mind, to rush to an airport, train station, or bus station and attempt to immediately travel to Cusco...not that it is even possible to do that given the current situation... which everyone is already aware of...unless they live in a cave ! as you state, correctly - the latest political developments and current affairs are indeed what the news is for. no one turns to your channel for that information. however, you do have 179,000 subscribers and others who haven't subscribed, yet, who wish to continue following YOUR journey, as you travel... as some of us have done for years. therefore, this video is completely valid and of great interest to the majority of us viewing. that is one reason why you are continuing to satisfy your audience by giving us the quality product we have become used to. personally, i am interested to see the latest and most up to date tourist related content you, or anyone publishs. right now, is the perfect time for me to review your latest video releases, while considering how i might choose to spend my time in and around Cusco and elsewhere in the region. not today. not tomorrow. but IN THE FUTURE, once the current turbulence has subsided. please keep up the excellent work you do and continue publishing your videos.... as and when it best suits you. thanks and merry christmas.

[@jeffreymore6799]

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