Seniors Enjoy Rural Sicuani

CNN runs what they called “Photos of the Day” and Sicuani, Peru was included. CNN selects from user-submitted photos. Seniors will have to “thumb through” several neat photos before you come to a Bolivian woman tending her sheep.

What neat photos. I found the small town, 12,000 feet high in the Andes known for its Indian markets for llama skins and alpaca wool, to be totally fascinating and invite you to check it out personally.

This village reminds me of my visit to Chichicastenango in Guatemala, a village famous for its parish church…baroque facade and sculpted high altar. In Sicuani, sheep, alpacas and llamas dominate the horizon and main street is quite dark. The simplicity of the environment is what makes a visit here an adventure and seniors will enjoy the pastoral quietness that dominates the village.

This comment by visitors at the modern Wikkamayu Hotel tells it all: “Liked this one a lot – pretty decor, lovely pisco sours. Check out took an age, ‘though! Left us a little rushed for time, but to be fair, we were quite a big group, leaving at 6 am, and I think it overwhelmed reception staff.”

 Seniors Travel Out Of The Way

You may be one of the thousands of tourists who head for Cusco on your way to Machu Picchu. Very few travelers make their way to Sicuani when visiting Peru, and this is what makes it an adventure.  Now instead of heading north go south for 2 hours on Hwy 35 to Sicuani. Senior travelers may have to shrink the map a few times to find both cities, but give it a go and enjoy the photos.

A paved road runs southeast from Cuzco to Sicuani, at the southeastern edge of the Department of Cuzco. It continues to Puno, on the shores of Lake Titicaca, then on to the border with Bolivia. The highway, the Valle del Sur, is a stretch running south east of Cusco to Sicuani and boasts lesser-known, but equally important, Inca and pre-Inca Sites. Senior travelers will want to search these out.

Combis run every 15 to 20 minutes between Cuzco and Sicuani, and more frequently to the villages and towns in between. You can fly in with Yauri Airport just 61 kilometers away from Sicuani and Fausa Airport, 71 kilometers away. Enjoy  exploring in exciting Peru.  jeb