Travel to Peru

MACHU PICCHU

 If you are going to travel to Peru, Machu Picchu is a must stop travel spot. It is South America’s most popular tourist attraction and was recently designated one of the world’s new seven wonders. Machu Picchu’s journey starts in the former seat of the Incan empire, Cusco with its historical buildings, before heading through the geographically and archeologically rich sacred valley.


 LAKE TITICACA

Lake Titicaca is the world’s highest navigable lake at 3810 meters and one of the largest at 10,000 kilometers in volume its sapphire blue waters are known as the birthplace of the Incan gods and home to per Incan civilizations such as the Aymaras living on the man made Uros Islets that have changed little over the millenniums.







NASCA LINES

Another must see are the Nasca Lines. It was lost to the world until it surprised pilots in 1921 when they flew over this flat and desolate region of southern Peru. They looked down and saw lines and carvings extending as wide as 65 kilometers featuring such forms as a monkey, a spider, a pelican, hummingbirds, a whale, a dog and perhaps even an astronaut or space alien. Archeologist are still debating the what, how and why of these fascinating tokens of a lost civilization.




 

 AREQUIPA COLCA CANYON

On your journey in Peru visit the Arequipa and the Colca Canyon. Arequipa and the Colca Canyon represent the urban and rural southern Peru at its best. Arequipa is the “white city” so named because so much of its extensive and exquisite architecture has been carved out of ashen volcanic rock. The pristine Colca Canyon offers opportunities for whitewater rafting, rock climbing, hiking, encounters with communities unchanged by colonization and even dinosaur tracks.

HUARAZ 

 

And then there is Huaraz perched at 3028 meters Huaraz has always been a Mecca and magnet for rogue adventures ready to risk everything scaling a rock or a flakier. Forget about Huaraz as a city still barely recovered from a devastating earthquake over thirty years ago. This area made famous by the film Touching the Void also offers some of the greatest opportunities for mountain biking, rafting, kayaking, bird watching, paragliding, skiing and spectacular sightseeing.

IQUITOS

And last but not least on your journey in Peru is Iquitos. For many Iquitos is a gateway to Paradise. Here you will encounter Monkeys, Macawa, Herons, Hawks, Turtles to Toucans which overwhelm any visitor.

Charted boats provide the opportunity to see many of these creatures as well as the eye opening foliage and flowers which serves as their home. Iquitos is home to the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, home to 100 species of mammals, 500 species of birds and 250 species of fish. There are also local museums and opportunities for shopping.

If you have already had the opportunity to visit this magnificent land please tell us about your adventure.