Resources
Youth travel and Peru guides
Practical answers for families choosing an international youth trip, alongside stories about the culture, food, language, and people travelers encounter in Peru.
HXP alternatives: how to compare LDS youth trips
Comparing HXP, Illuminate/RISE, and Kuska? Use these questions to evaluate faith, service, safety, group size, cost, and the kind of growth each youth trip is built to create.
parentsCusco: the city where ancient empires and modern culture meet
The Inca capital, the Spanish conquest, and the living city travelers arrive in today — a short history of Cusco and why the trip starts there.
bothInca-redible Food: Kuska's guide to Peruvian cuisine
Ceviche, lomo saltado, ají de gallina and more — a tour of the dishes that make Peru the culinary capital of the Western Hemisphere.
teensWhat does Kuska mean?
"Kuska" comes from Quechua and translates as "together" — the two reasons that word shapes how our trips are designed.
bothIs that a llama? Wait, what is a vicuña?
Peru's national animal, and the four trips across nine years in which meeting one marked a turning point — the story behind the Kuska name and mark.
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