More information about the accommodation in Peru

A - Girls orphanage - location
The main volunteer house and girls orphanage: Pasaje Mariscal Gamarra A1 28 28.
As of December 2011, 14 girls. There are 3  volunteer apartments with usual facilites, hot water etc.
Chemist 1 minute
Bus from 4 in the morning to 10 at night – are minibuses used locally but volunteers tend to use taxis more.
Taxis are available  24/7 a short journey costs around 5 soles (soles is the currency of Peru), during the night from 10pm - 5am 1 or 2 Soles extra is charged
Cash Machines and ATM 5 minutes walk
Phone booths 2 minutes
Cyber cafes 2 minutes 1 sol per hour
Laundry 5 minutes 5 or 6 soles per kilo
Bars plenty around
Distance from Cuzco Airport: 7 minutes by car

B- Coordinator's house

Your English speaking coordinator who is also the orphanage founder and manager lives closeby at Las Garderias casi Parque Las Palmeras
Occasionally volunteers stay in a 4 bed  appartment here with hot water. It is centrally located with all the usuall facilities on your doorstep.

C –Boys orphanage

Address: Pasaje Mariano Melgar K-12 Urbanizacion Mercados Unidos, Zarzuela, distrito de Santiago Cusco. This house is also known amongst the children as La casa de mi padre, my father's house. As of december 2011, 18 boys reside here.
There are also 13 rooms for volunteers to stay, all with private bathrooms
With less doorstep facilites than the girls orphanage, volunteers tend to do their main shopping once a week
Taxi: 3 or 4 Soles

D -Casa Rural de Poroy/New

100 metres from the Estacion de Poroy; (Poroy train station) next to the Panamericana motorway .
In contrast to the orphanages, this daycentre looks after and provides activities to some of the city's most deprived children to  prevent them begging on the streets of the city and leaving their families.
The volunteer house is 30 minutes by bus from Cuzco (1.50 Soles) and 15 minutes by taxi (10 to 15 Soles). Facilities are limited at this rural village, although there are plenty of bars, there is no bank or ATM

Currency exchange on 02/12/2012  1 Peruvian Sol = 0.24 pence.

See locations on Google Map: http://g.co/maps/9w3g4

What next?

If you would like to book over the phone or simply ask more questions please call us on 01603 627 007 See related video ' How to book'
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