Am I missng out on Peru by seeing 'only' Cusco and Machu Picchu?
I'm visiting Peru this summer. At the moment, I am planning on spending 2-2.5 weeks in the Cusco/Sacred Valley region, with a trek (maybe Salkantay or Choquequirao?) and several day trips thrown in. I'm not currently planning on seeing anything else in Peru, and I'm starting to second guess myself I guess?
My reasoning is that I'll be exhausted and broke following 1 month in Colombia and the Amazon, and that staying in one hostel/airbnb for a stretch and gently exploring my surroundings will be a wecome break. Also, take the time to adjust to altitude. I'm flying home straight after.
However, I could fly into Lima, bus to Arequipa/Puno and maybe La Paz in 1.5 weeks, then 1 week for a condensed Cusco itinerary. This sounds more expensive and tiring, but I will probably never get the chance to see any of these places again in my life. And I am not sure if the experience of Peru I will get by staying in Cusco will be a very artificial, touristified version that I will be sick of after a week.
If it helps I am a foodie and a bad but enthusiastic photographer, and try to seek out amazing places in nature. I am less bothered by 'must-see' tourist attractions (was planning on skipping Machu Picchu in favour of other sites until family/friends talked me out of it) in favour of wandering around local neighborhoods with the locals doing their thing. Thanks for your thoughts.
Submitted May 06, 2019 at 05:05PM by ytyrup http://bit.ly/2PReDoX
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