Great Views and Rural Living at Chaskana Rural Guesthouse, Sencca, Cusco

My boyfriend and I stayed at Yommy’s place for over a month. It was a beautiful experience to wake up to the stunning views of the hills around us, the house is located up in Sencca which is higher than Cusco, it was perfect for us as we got to spend most of our time out of the city and in nature, we still visited Cusco most days as it was so easy to do, there is a bus stop right outside the house that takes you straight to the center for 1 sol, its about 20 mins away. Yommy is a tour guide, so we went with him and his brother just behind the house to go Zip-lining and do the Tarzan Swing, it was so cool. They made sure we were safe and the experience itself was breathtaking. I would recommend talking to Yommy about any tours you are interested in. The house itself is small and cosy, it gets cold sometimes but there is a fireplace and fire wood just outside the house. The kitchen is kitted out with pots and pans, plates and glasses, as well as a blender, which we made lots of use of. There is a sun room, which gets very warm, I enjoyed doing Yoga here most mornings, there is also a cute little garden as well. we loved living in this rustic house and when we come back to Peru we hope to stay here again.

If you want to experience the Peru life, this place is offering a chance to live 20 minutes away by bus from busy Cusco. Buses are 30 seconds away from the house, and there is basically a bus waiting for you. Yum has been a great host. Know that sometime there is water and sometime not. There was moment without electricity, just be opened to experience it. Yom and the neighbourhood ( Kim, Silver the dog) were fun to be with.

A perfect situation for my long stay in Cusco. The Atau family were ideal hosts and always available for any situation beginning with transportation from the airport on my arrival. As a licensed tour operator and guide, Yom was an invaluable source in planning access and providing information about all the important sites in the area that are worth visiting. The guesthouse is also fantastic and fit perfectly with my needs. Very clean and spacious with a functional kitchen, a great shower and a cozy woodstove which always made for a nice way to wind down after doing touristy things in the hectic city. Yom even made sure I had plenty of kindling and firewood the whole time. Not for everyone but if you want a taste of real Peruvian local culture and a quiet spacious retreat with access to all that the Sacred Valley has to offer, this is the place to stay!

We loved staying in this house in the outskirts of Cusco. Waking up every morning to a stunning view of mountaintops. Seeing rural life lived, right outside your windows. Sitting in front of the wood stove in the evenings and getting warm. Wonderful fellowship with our hosts: Rachel & Yom and Chaska and Raimy. A trip to lake Titicaca with our host family was one of the many highlights. We also enjoyed taking the public bus into Cusco, and browsing around the many fascinating streets of Cusco.We enjoyed having Yom as out tourguide to Machu Picchu, Santa Helena and are looking forward to another trip with him next week. We can HIGHLY recommend Yom as tourguide, you can always find him at Chaskana travel.We would love to return to Chaskana rural guesthouse and we highly recommend it.