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Peru Travel Vacations
In this section you will find complete information that will help you to prepare your Peru Travel Vacations, and know some important details about the destination of your choice. See also our Useful Travel Tips Section |
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Lima
Location
Central Coast, 154 meters above sea level. (505 feet)
Population
Metropolitan Lima and Callao 7'497,000 inhabitants (2000)
Weather:
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Temperature:
180C/640F
Climate seasons:
• Summer: December 22nd. to March 21st.
• Autumn: March 22nd. to June 21st.
• Winter: June 22nd. to September 22nd.
• Spring: September 23rd. to December 21st.
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In general, Lima is the entrance door to Peru. Through its International Airport "Jorge Chavez", with direct flights and connections with the main cities of the world. From Lima, you will be able to begin trips to all the cities of the interior of the country, to discover and enjoy all the tourist attractiveness of this millennial country.
Historical Center: (declared "World Heritage Site" by UNESCO). During the colonial time, the city of Lima, headquarters of the Viceroy, was walled, and in this area the main Spanish constructions were built constituting invaluable historical monuments. San Francisco's Convent, also declared "World Heritage Site" for the artistic jewels that it possesses and for their beautiful architecture.
Archaeological places: The geographical area of Lima before the Spanish foundation in 1535, was inhabited by diverse pre-Inca towns and then dominated by the Incas, who have bequeathed magnificent constructions and temples, conserved and restored, outstanding Pachacamac, Puruchuco, Cajamarquilla, Huaca Pucllana, among others.
Museums: To come closer to the millennial Peruvian culture, Lima has diverse museums, the best ones of Peru, on which you would be transport in the archaeological, historic and artistic ambits. The museums of Lima keep the richest collections in the whole Peruvian past.
Rimac: Urban center located in the north bank of the Rimac river, in which you will be able to find beautiful colonial constructions, museums and the famous "Plaza de Toros de Acho" (Bullfight Plaza of Acho).
Barranco: District of Lima called "The city of the Mills", gentle place visited by poets, artists and bohemians. At nights it offers big cultural and amusement shows.
San Isidro and Miraflores: These are two districts of Lima that are characterized by the modernity of their constructions and services, and today they concentrate most of the best hotel establishments, restaurants, shopping centers, show centers, and the banking, commercial and managerial system.
Highlights:
• El Callao
• Natural Reserves
• Lima at night and Entertainments
• Beaches
• Shopping and Craftsmanship
• Lima at Night |
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Nazca
Nazca as destination is a unique place in the world, full of mystery and mysticism, where you can find wonderful lines of immense figures and lines, of spectacular perfection, works of a very old Peruvian civilization: the Nazca lines.
Location:
Central Coast, 1,929 feet (588 m.) above sea level
Distances:
460 Km (286 miles) from Lima
135 Km (84 miles) from Ica
205 Km (127.4 miles) from Paracas
566 Km (351.8 miles) from Arequipa
Population:
19,661 inhabitants
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Declared "Archaeological World Heritage Site" by UNESCO (1994). Located in the arid Peruvian coastal plain, some 400 km south of Lima. The Nazca lines and the pampas of Jumana cover about 450 sq. km. These lines, which were scratched on the surface of the ground between 500 B.C. and A.D. 500, are among archaeology's greatest enigmas because of their quantity, nature, size and continuity. The lines depict living creatures, stylized plants and imaginary beings, as well as geometric figures several kilometers long. They are believed to have had ritual astronomical functions. In order to appreciate the lines in all its magnitude, it is only possible from an airplane in flight. Nazca, is a gentle town, slowly developing; in which its main economic activity is based on the agriculture and the trade.
Tourism to this area is related directly with the Nazca Lines and other archaeological complex as Cahuachi, Estaqueria, Chauchilla cemetery and Paredones. In the city you will be able to find many ceramic artisans whose style remembers to their ancestor. Nazca has comfortable hotels, restaurants, banks, Internet cabins, and an aerodrome.
Highlights:
• Nazca Lines
• Nazca Culture
• Maria Reiche
• Aqueducts of Nazca (Puquios) - Cantayoc. Archaeological place: North of Nazca City
• "Paredones" (walls) Archaeological place: North of Nazca City
• Cahuachi. Archaeological place: South of Nazca City
• Estaqueria. Archaeological place: South of Nazca City
• Chauchilla. Archaeological place: South of Nazca City
• Sacaco. Archaeological place: South of Nazca City
• Planetarium Maria Reich. Located in Jr. Bolognesi Nº 300 - Hotel Nazca Lines.
• Punta San Juan de Marcona Reserved Area. Located in the coast area, to the west of the Nazca city. it is an extraordinary marine ecosystem of great biodiversity; it has a little extension of 54 hectares and has the biggest population of sea lions (seals) of the Peru concentrates.
• Pampa Galeras Natural Reserve
• Ica
• Paracas
If you visit Nazca, you can continue your trip to Cusco by bus (12 hours) or go directly to Arequipa City (8 hours). These trips are at night and thus you will gain a day if you do not return to Lima
We recommend you visit combined Paracas and Nazca. Make the most of your Peru travel vacations.
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Paracas
Paracas is an excellent nature and biodiversity destination for the nature and water sports lovers, it also offers cultural historical attractiveness and it is a good alternative to enjoy relaxing moments.
Location:
Central Coast, 16.4 feet (5 m) above sea level in front Ocean Pacific
Distances:
152 miles (245 km) from Lima
46.6 miles (75 km) from Ica
127.4 miles (205 km) from Nazca
Population:
1,196 inhabitants
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Paracas is spa, a peninsula, a bay, a pre-Inca Culture and a National Reserve. Its amazing for birdwatchers and hikers.
Very close by a picturesque creek of fishermen called El Chaco and a residential area are located. It is the starting point to visit the fantastic attractions that are located in its surroundings.
We recommend you visit combined Paracas and Nazca. Make the most of your Peru travel vacations.
Highlights:
• Paracas National Reserve Nature and ecology lovers will find the only marine reservation of Peru in this place Considered as one of the richest and most uncommon ecosystems in the world declared "Natural World Heritage Site" by UNESCO.
• Paracas Culture
• Paracas Peninsula Where you can find, on a sandy hillside, the enigmatic figure of the chandelier is found. The best way to appreciate this figure is from a boat in a tour to Ballestas Islands.
• Bay of Paracas
• Spa of Paracas Located in the province of Pisco; is located at 9.3 miles (15 km) of the city and port of Pisco. It is a place of gentle beaches and sunny weather most of the year.
• Ballestas Islands
• Julio C. Tello Site Museum
• Tambo Colorado Archaeological Complex
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Huaraz
Callejon de Huaylas & Huaraz Travel Guide
It is an excellent destination in one of the most fascinating natural places, with cultural attractiveness, for the adventure and ecological tourism.
Location:
Northern Andes.
Distances:
248.5 miles (400 km) from Lima to Huaraz
298 miles (480 km) from Trujillo to Huaraz, via Pativilca.
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In the valley, dry and temperate, semi-tropical, average temperature 16.6°C (61.88°F) during the day, and 12.6°C (54.68°F) during the night. Rainy season from October until April. The weather in the summits is freezing.
"Callejon de Huaylas" is a paradisiacal place, called this way to the central section of the Andean valley formed by the Santa River, contained between the Cordillera Blanca (White Mountain Range) and the Cordillera Negra (Black Mountain Range). It possesses excellent weather the whole year. It was the cradle of great millennial civilizations, outstanding Chavin Culure.
The starting point to know all the attractiveness of the "Callejon de Huaylas" is the city of Huaraz, arriving there by terrestrial way from Lima, since regular flights do not exist. The trip for itself is a very pleasant experience because of the beauty of the landscapes that can be appreciated during the trip
The advisable time to visit this area is a minimum of three days
Huaraz: Is the capital of the department of Ancash, and is located in the heart of the "Callejon de Huaylas". It has comfortable tourist services that allow you to enjoy a pleasant trip.
Those are the oldest buildings of carved stone in Peru and any other town or culture did not overcome their highest architectural techniques. Due to this UNESCO considered as a World Heritage Place
Place of incomparable scenic beauty, natural landscapes in which outstand the Cordillera Blanca, and the fauna and flora characteristic of the area. Due to this UNESCO considered as a World Heritage Place.
Natural scenery of captivating beauty, with more than 35 snowy mountains that overcome 6,000 meters (19,685 feet) of altitude and with more than 650 lagoons with turquoise blue waters. Excellent destination for the practice of mountain sports.
Highlights:
• Callejon de Huaylas
• Mountaineering in the Peruvian Andes
• Huayhuash Mountain Range
• Chavin Archaeological Site
• Cordillera Blanca (White Mountain Range)
• National Park of Huascaran
• Chavin de Huantar
• Towns in "Callejón de Huaylas": Catac, Recuay, Monterrey, Aija, Marcara, Carhuaz, Mancos, Yungay , Caraz.
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Arequipa
The White City - "World Heritage Site" by UNESCO
Location:
Southern Peru, Andean zone, 2,335 meters above sea level. (7,660 feet)
Distances:
Today Forecast:
From Lima 633.8 miles (1,020 km)
From Cusco 388 miles (625 km)
From Puno: 201.9 miles (325 km)
From Colca Valley 111.8 miles (180 km)
From Tacna 248.5 miles (400 km)
Population:
762,000 inhabitants
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Arequipa is the capital of the department of Arequipa, furrowed by the river Chili and it is located in the slopes of the Misti Volcano, 5,822 meters above sea level (19,101 feet), and very near to the volcanoes Chachani 6,075 meters above sea level (19,931 feet), and the Pichupichu 5,425 meters above sea level (17,798 feet).
Also known as the "Ciudad Blanca" (White City) for the numerous and magnificent constructions of temples, convents, big houses and palaces in white ashlar sculpted as filigree. It also possesses an excellent climate with almost 300 days of sun a year, with transparent blue sky.
Arequipa also offers an exquisite cuisine, beautiful landscapes of countryside, majestic volcanoes, the Colca Valley, challenges and adventures in Colca Canyon, natural reservations, and the heat of friendly people willing to make the tourist enjoy their visit to Arequipa.
Arequipa is the second larger city of the country and the most important of the south of Peru, constitutes the main pole of economic development due to their multiple resources and to their irrigation projects that favor mainly to the agriculture and the cattle raising; industry of milk products and leathers. It has a modern hotel infrastructure.
Historical Center of the City of Arequipa: Cultural World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Arequipa conserves one of the best architectural treasures in the colonial time of Peru, expressed maybe in the best way in its temples and religious convents and beautiful elegant big houses in colonial-mestizo architecture. The ornamented architecture in the historic center of Arequipa represents a masterpiece of the creative integration of European and native characteristics, crucial for the cultural expression of the entire region
Arequipa: Quechua Language = Ari quepay - Yes, stay.
We recommend you visit combined Cusco and or Puno with Arequipa. Make the most of your Peru travel vacations.
Highlights:
• Museums: Anthropological Museum of the Catholic University of Santa Maria, Archaeological Museum of the National University of San Agustin, Santury Museum Juanita Mummy's collection, City Museum.
• The Colca Valley
• Tourism of Adventure: The Colca Canyon, the deepest on the Earth. Also for hiking lovers, they have the possibility to get to the high and snowy crater of the volcanoes Misti and Chachani.
• Nature & Biodiversity in Arequipa: National Reserve Salinas and Aguada Blanca, and the National Sanctuary of Mejia Lagoons.
• The Valley of the Volcanoes: With more than 80 volcanoes in magnificent landscape that looks like a moony landscape.
• The Countryside: (La Campiña)
• Santa Catalina de Siena Monastery
• Arequipa City - World Heritage Site
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Cusco: Machu Picchu Hotel in Cusco Peru
Cusco-Peru has many and deserved titles, such as "Historical Capital of Peru", "Archaeological Capital of America" and "World Heritage Site" by UNESCO
Location:
Andean Area in the south of Peru, 11,151 feet (3,399 m.) above sea level.
Distances:
Current Conditions and Forecast
From Lima 724 miles (1,165 Km) (by Nazca)
From Arequipa 388 miles (625 Km)
From Puno: 241 miles (389 Km)
From Puerto Maldonado (Tambopata): 331.25 miles (530 Km)
Population:
291,000 inhabitants
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The origins of Cusco get lost in the night of times. Archaeological excavations made us know that primitive residents inhabited the valley of Cusco (except for its bottom, then marshy) near three millenniums ago.
The cultural coalition Andean-Hispanic, has determined very special characteristics in its architecture and population, city of incomparable beauty in the world, which conserves with pride their customs and traditions, at the same time progressively is incorporated to the modernity. To this is added the privileged geographical scenery, of beautiful landscapes, in which has been developed.
Cusco, is Peru's most visited tourist destination, and the wealthy attractiveness of the city and its areas around, as well as "Ciudad Perdida de los Incas" (Lost City of the Incas), Machu Picchu, transforms it into one of the main tourist attractiveness of the world, offering an excellent quality of tourist services
Also called Cusco and Qosqo
We recommend you visit combined Arequipa and or Puno with Cusco. Make the most of your Peru travel vacations. |
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Machupicchu Machu picchu Peru
"The Holy City of the Incas" - "The Lost City"
"World Heritage Site" by UNESCO
About citadel of Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu
Peru is the country's most mystical place, a monument to divinity, where people can feel that they are a creation of God.
The high sense of spirituality that inhabits this place seems to transport its visitors to a place where everything "in an unimaginable way" is possible.
It is a place where strange forces of nature allow the individuals to reach an incomparable cosmic state, a state that can only be experimented in Machupicchu.
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It is one of the most popular archaeological sites of the world, and therefore, the most visited attraction in Peru.
The Citadel of Machupicchu (Quechua language "Old Mountain") is known throughout the world for its amazing ruins and its unusual location on a high mountain overlooking the mighty currents of the Urubamba river.
Even today nobody has been able to solve the mystery how the builders and designers managed to transport the huge blocks of limestone to the top of the mountain required for the construction of the city.
Machupicchu is located 2300 meters above sea level (7546 ft.), at 112 km. (70 miles) from Cusco, in the Urubamba valley in the lowest part of the Sacred Valley of the Incas in a area of direct access to the upper jungle.
Without doubt, Machupicchu was part of a very big complex of fortresses which defended the Andean lands in Sacred valley of any assault from native people out of the jungle.
Having Huaynapicchu as a background they divided Machupicchu in four sectors. Northwest is located the area that was probably used for the main religious purposes, that includes a Plaza named by Hiram Bingham as "Sacred Plaza", also the temple of the "Three Windows", "The Sacred Temple", the "Priests Mansion", and the "Intihuatana" that is a large block of limestone used during Inca ceremonies.
The "Intihuatana" (Quechua "place where the sun is bonded") is a solar observatory that allowed the Incas to keep track of the seasons of the year and the flow of time based on the shadows caused by the sun over the stone.
The largest residences are located on the northeast of the complex. The most luxurious residences and also a watch tower are located on the southwest of the complex and therefore it is assumed that this part of the Citadel was probably the heart of all the urban activities.
To the southeast of the complex are located the smallest and most humble of the buildings built around very narrow streets, close to numerous terraces constructed for agricultural purposes as denoted by the existence of a very complex aqueduct system in this area. In the lowest part of the terraces is a cemetery, where during a search were discovered 135 skeletons and 109 of them were identified as females. This fact has allowed historians and archeologists to believe that Machupicchu's inhabitants were mostly females that could have been the chosen ones of the Inca, fleeing from Cusco when it was overrun by the Conquerors of Spain and seeking refuge in Machupicchu that, by the way, was never discovered by the Spaniards.
Since 1981 it has been declared Historical Sanctuary as well as World Heritage Site by UNESCO because of its archaeological importance as well as its unique flora such as the orchids that you may find aplenty.
During the time of the Incas, Machupicchu was reached following a mountain trail at 3281 ft. over the left bank of Urubamba river. This trail went through the following locations where interesting ruins in typical Inca style can still be found and visited, if you decide to follow the Inca Trail: Patallacta, Huallabamba, Runku Rakay, Sayacmarca, Phuyu Pata Marca and Huiñay Huayna.
The minimum recommended time to visit and trip to Machu Picchu-Peru is one day (from Cusco).
Highlights:
• Machupicchu "The Sacred City of the Incas"
• Historical Center of Cusco City
• Pre-Columbian Art Museum
• Sacred valley of the Incas
• Surrounding areas of Cusco City
• Archaeological park of Sacsayhuaman
• Mountain Sports and Adventure in Cusco
• Folklore and Crafts in Cusco
• Historical Sanctuary of Machupicchu
• Inca Trail - Machupicchu
• Orchids in Machupicchu
• Ecological Travel to Machupicchu
• See Hotels in Cusco-Peru
• Machu Picchu-Peru
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Puno, Titicaca Lake International Adventure Travel
If you are thinking about taking an International Adventure Travel: Puno - The Folkloric Capital of Peru - is a must!
Location:
South Andean zone, plateau, 12,555 feet (3,827 m) above sea level.
Distances:
Today Forecast:
817 miles (1315 km) from Lima
201.9 miles (325 km) from Arequipa
241.7 miles (389 km) from Cusco
91,9 miles (148 km) from Desagüadero (frontier with Bolivia), and
69.6 miles (112 km) from Desagüadero to La Paz (Bolivia).
Population:
91,900 inhabitants
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Puno is the capital of the department of Puno. It was founded with the name of "Villa Rica de San Carlos de Puno" in 1668, by the Viceroy Count of Lemos, to end with the problems of possession of the silver mines of Laicacota of the brothers Gaspar and Jose Salcedo.
Puno has been denominated the "Capital folklorica del Peru" (Folkloric Capital of Peru) by the wealth of its artistic and cultural expressions. Especially through the dance; there are registered more than 300 from the 1,500 existing in the national environment, autochthonous dances that reach their biggest manifestation in the celebrations of the Feast of the "Virgen de la Candelaria" and the Regional Competition of Autochthonous Dances. Due to its variety and landscapes, Puno is perfect as an International Adventure Travel destiny.
The native resident of Puno is of the ethnos Aymara (the 12.9% population of Peru); their language is the Aymara. For the subsistence in height average of 4,000 meters above sea level (13,122 feet) and with a cold climate, they have achieved an excellent adaptation. The color of its skin is dark, high lung capacity and development of the thorax; they have two more litters of blood then the average, with high content of red globules, what grant them great physical resistance.
Many of them are dedicated to the elaboration of beautiful crafts and fine fabrics in alpaca wool.
In the plains and mountains of Puno it will be common to find clusters of llamas and alpacas, being the area of more intense development of this cattle raising, originating beautiful panoramas in places where trees and vegetation almost not exist.
Highlights:
• Puno City: Plaza de Armas, the Cathedral, La Casa del Corregidor 17th Century (Deustua Nº 576), the Arco Deustua, Hasajpata Park and the new Mirador del Condor
• Lake Titicaca: The highest navigable lake in the world where going through their waters is to travel by beautiful landscapes having for nice scenery the snowy mountain of the Cordillera Real (Real Mountain range) of Bolivia. Inside the lake exist a protected area of the natural ecosystem, you can also visit the islands of Uros, Taquile and Amantani, or carry out a small cruise to Bolivia.
• Museums Museo Municipal Carlos Dreyer (Municipal Museum Dreyer) located in Conde de Lemos Nº 289 and the Museo de Arte Popular de Puno (Museum of Popular Art of Puno).
• Uros Floating Islands: Lake Titicaca's top tourist attraction
• Taquile and Amantan Islands
• Titicaca National Reserve
• Umayo Ecological reserve
• Folk and Art in Puno
• Candelaria Virgen Feast and Diablada
• Surrounding Cities of Puno: Cities Pomata, Juli and Chucuito (colonial jewels.)
• Archeological Places of Puno: Tiahuanaco, Pucara and then the Inca. The best legacies are the chullpas of Sillustani and the fortress and citadel of Pucara and his Museo Litico Pucara |
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Trujillo "The capital of the spring"
Location:
North coast, 111.5 feet (34 m.) above sea level.
Distances:
346 miles (557 km) from Lima.
128 miles (206 km) from Chiclayo.
182.7 miles (294 km) from Cajamarca.
Population:
652,000 inhabitants
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Trujillo City is the capital of the department La Libertad. It was founded in 1534 (before the foundation of Lima), located near Chan Chan, capital of the pre-Inca Chimu Nation, in a valley of great cultural hegemony.
Very near the city you will find numerous and wonderful archaeological monuments of the Mochica and Chimu cultures, outstanding Chan Chan's citadel, declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Trujillo is also famed by the traditional celebrations of the Marinera's National Contest (Peruvian dance's contest), the International Festival of Spring, Competition of "Caballos de Paso" (Peruvian "Paso" horses), Exhibition of "Caballitos de Totora" (small rafts made out of straw of the region), Biannual of Contemporary Art and International Festival of Ballet, for what is also called the "Cultural Capital of Peru."
Trujillo is an excellent destination for those who look for experiences in the archaeological and historical environment. A city of rich colonial architecture and very important archaeological centers of the pre-Inca era.
We recommend you a combined visit to Chiclayo and Trujillo
Highlights:
• Historical Center of Trujillo: it conserves some houses and Colonial churches in very good condition, a beautiful Main Square; constructions of the Republican and Modern age that give Trujillo a charm and elegant excellence.
• Archaelogical Places: Chao, Viru, Moche and Chicama valleys. Chan Chan citadel, Huaca del Sol y de la Luna, Huaca del Dragón, El Brujo.
• Museums: Archaeological Museum of the Universidad Nacional de Trujillo (National University of Trujillo).
• Moche Route - New Destiny
• Peruvian Horses
• Marinera: Peruvian Typical Dance
• Surrounding areas: Huanchaco and Chicama Beach for surfers.
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Chiclayo "The city of friendship"
Location:
North coast, 95 feet above sea level (29 m)
Distances:
474 miles (763 km) from Lima.
128 miles (206 km) from Trujillo.
160.3 miles (258 km) from Cajamarca.
130.5 miles (210 km) from Piura (via Morrope)
Population:
517,000 inhabitants
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Chiclayo is a part of Peru where the tropical sun, desert oases and the fresh sea breeze come together. Legend has it that the god Naylamp sailed here together with a vast retinue thousands of years ago to found his empire. In fact, many ancient civilizations saw the strategic advantage of controlling this region, which today is a major business hub in northern Peru, where routes come together from the coast, highlands and jungle.
Chiclayo City is the capital of the department of Lambayeque, which gave rise to the pre-Hispanic cultures as Mochica, Sican or Lambayeque and Chimu.
Chiclayo City is a skilful and economical power city from the north of the country. Located on a productive valley, where agriculture activities are very important, outstanding rice production, sugar cane and cotton. It is a strategic point in the middle of many highways and roads connections.
The kindness and warmness of the people from Lambayeque had worth the nickname of "capital of friendship"; being very religious and having devotion to "Cruz de Chalpon", that each year celebrate a great festival that joins a lot of pilgrims in Motupe from all the country.
In Monsefu and Eten, expert craftsmen, descendents of the Mochicans (important pre-Incas culture) work with straw and fine yarn, and ceramics.
Highlights:
• The Lord of Sipan in Huaca Rajada: The Royal Tombs Of Sipan Museum
• Moche Route - New destiny in Peru
• Lobos de Tierra and Lobos de Afuera Islands
• Archaeological Sites: Hundreds of archaeological centers located in the valleys of Zaña, Lambayeque, La Leche and Motupe, where the pre-Inca cultures, Lambayeque, Sican, Mochica and Chimu. Also see the pyramids of Tucume.
• Bruning Museum: Museum and investigation center, located in Lambayeque 17 km. Great collection of ceramic and metallic pieces, fabrics and jewels, of the pre-Incas regional cultures.
• Sican National Museum: Exhibits all aspects of the Sican people and their culture.
• Surrounding Areas: the Bosque de Pomac (Historical Sanctuary). Towns as Lambayeque, Monsefu, Eten, Zaña, Ferreñafe, Santa Rosa and Pimentel, or Salas (the town of wizards and sorcerers.)
• Ask about the typical food of Chicalyo
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Iquitos Iquitos-Peru
Location:
North forest, 347 feet above sea level (106 m.a.s.l)
Distances:
627 miles (1,009 Km) from Lima, by air
615 miles (990 Km) from Pucallpa, by river
Population:
367,000 inhabitants
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Weather:
Tropical humid, maximum temperature 99.9°F (37.7°C), Temp. Minimum temperature 58.6°F (14.8 °C) Season of rains from November to March.
Iquitos is Peru's ideal place for lovers of the ecological tourism, and for the ones who want to feel an intimate contact with the virgin nature of the Amazon forests. From the city you will be able to go to lodges into the jungle, and for the most adventurous and fearless you can arrive to parks and natural reservations, full and plethoric with exuberant flora and fauna, with many undiscovered places, and many alive species unknown by science.
Iquitos is the capital of the department of Loreto, located in the middle of the Peruvian forest, less than 4° south of Ecuador, and next to the left river bank of the Amazon River.
The population of Iquitos in its great majority are natural descendants of regional wild tribes and of the miscegenation. Iquitos is also famed by the quantity of men that arrived to the city and lost their bachelorhood, because of the affection that women in this region give to the visitors. Iquitos is one of Peru's most warmth cities due to its people's temper (very noble, cheerful, and lover of the amusement). The population has many myths and legends, some occult; there is a great diffusion of the folkloric medicine and the faith to be cured with those medicines based on the great quantity of medicinal plants that exist.
In the city you will be able to find crafts of the wild tribes, as well as enjoy an excellent cuisine and typical drinks and beverages.
The typical public transportation in the city is the "mototaxi" or "motocar", it is a motorized tricycle used for passenger transportation with a very economic rate. There are also taxies in conventional cars that generally don't have air-conditioning. In the city you can rent a motorcycle or an automobile.
"For all those that want to escape for a moment of the concrete forests, infernal noises and pollution of the big cities, wanting to have a close encounter with paradisiacal places in the virgin jungle of the Amazonian, without any other noise than the one the birds, monkeys or insects make, Iquitos is a great opportunity and an excellent selection." . Iquitos-Peru is a must! You will take it in your heart!
Highlights:
• Pacaya Samiria National Reserve
• Allpahuayo Mishana Reserved Area
• Ecological Tourism: Amazon River Abundant botanical and zoological species, in lustful landscapes in those in which you can go and be lodge for some time, or in the Parks and Natural Reservations. Or if you prefer a cruise by the Amazon River, or a simple ride in a boat
• Municipal Museum: Located in the Tavara Street block 2. Handmade works of the natives, ethnographic and with regional fauna.
• "Quistococha Zoo"
• Native Communities in the Amazona Jungle
• Ask for the Typical food in Iquitos
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Puerto Madonado: Tambopata: Explores Inn
The entrance door to the "Peru Ecological Paradise"
The Garden of the Eden of Peru
Puerto Maldonado Location:
South Amazonian jungle, 610 feet (186 m) above sea level.
Distances:
331.25 miles (530 Km) from Cusco.
Population:
28,818 inhabitants
Weather:
Tropical humid. Rainy season from November to March
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Puerto Maldonado, Tambopata, and Manu
It is said that the Amazon forest is the only place that gives one the sensation of witnessing the dawn of time. Thousands of visitors are drawn to the diversity of the area's forests and rivers, arriving in the city of Puerto Maldonado, the capital of the department of Madre de Dios, ready to set out on a journey filled with excitement and discovery.
Founded July 10, 1902, the city was named after explorer Faustino Maldonado, who paddled up the Madre de Dios River to the point where it comes together with the Tambopata River.
Puerto Maldonado is the gateway to three national parks in the Peruvian Amazon featuring an extraordinary diversity of wild species of flora and fauna: the Manu, Bahuaja-Sonene and Tambopata-Candamo.
The Manu National Park is the largest protected natural area of its kind in Peru. Spreading across the departments of Cusco and Madre de Dios, the park covers the entire Manu River watershed.
A boat ride down the Tambopata or Madre de Dios Rivers takes one to the Bahuaja-Sonene (Tambopata-Heath) National Park, while the Heath River leads to the Pampas del Heath, a unique savanna area wedged in the heart of Peru's tropical rainforest and a haven for unique animal species.
The Tambopata River leads to the Tambopata Candamo Reserved Area, which is famous for featuring the greatest diversity of species of mammals, trees, insects and birds on Earth.
Festivals in Madre de Dios, such as San Juan in June or Tourism and Ecological Week are good reasons to taste regional dishes and take a refreshing dip in Lake Sandoval or go fishing on Lake Valencia, while visitors can spot countless species of plants, fish and fauna in general.
Puerto Maldonado is located in the confluence of the rivers Tambopata and Madre de Dios; it is characterized by their notable delay in the economic development, due to the lack of appropriate communication roads. Its population, in its majority is conformed by native jungle tribes, dedicated to tasks of extraction of natural resources, wood, fruits, gold, etc., with limited production means.
However, the difficult conditions of life in the area have allowed them to be and conserve one of the virgin natural scenarios in the whole planet, having parks and natural reservations of Amazon forests, of singular characteristics in the world.
It is the best destination for the lovers of the nature and biodiversity, and also for those who look for adventure, in paradisiacal places, of exuberant vegetation, in which infinity of animal species inhabit, many of them, only exist in these forests.
The special characteristic of the jungle of Madre de Dios department is due to masses of cold air coming from the southern Atlantic, during the months of June, and they originate an abrupt descent of the temperature, reaching 5°C or less. This eventual meteorological phenomenon is denominated, in the area, as the "friaje".
This situation, in the evolutionary process during hundred-thousand years, originated the disappearance of many species of reptiles, because of being of cold blood, and when existing less predators, and the adaptation of others, it is already allowed the subsistence and evolution of species missing in other places of the earth, inclusive in the Amazon area. Existence of animal species and unique vegetables in their gender.
These forests still have many places to discover and also many unknown species alive for the science.
Aborigines
In the virgin forests of Madre de Dios department, inhabit jungle tribes, as the Ese'eja, Machiguengas, the Huarayos, the Mashcos, the Arasaris (practically exterminated), the Huachiparis, the Shirenis, the Iñaparis, the Amaricaris, almost all incorporated to the civilization by evangelical missionaries, but they conserve much of their ancestral customs.
This population has many myths and legends, some of them mystical; there is a great diffusion of the folkloric and quack medicine on the base of the great quantity of medicinal plants that exist.
Highlights:
• The Mau National Park
• Tambopata Candamo Reserved Area
• The Amazonian
• Wildlife Observation in the Rainforest
• Peruvian Nature and Biodiversity Destinations |
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