Peru Travel

eru has a cultural richness to the height only of the great and ancient civilizations in the history of mankind. This country has many tourist attractions because of its culture, history, geographic regions and gastronomy. Being an important country in the archeology of the Americas, has more than one hundred thousand archaeological sites.

The Peruvian territory is made up of diverse landscapes, moors, valleys and high peaks of the Andes separate the coastal desert to the west and the Amazon to the east.

Peru Travel

Visitors have the opportunity to go to the Amazon or go back to the past to live pre-Incan Andean traditions, Incan, colonial and republican, manifested in the varied cuisine Peruvian, art, communal customs, music, in the use of Llama as an Andean pack animal on a hike, a través de paisajes nevados de la Cordillera Blanca, of the Andes, by Inca trail, outside and inside of Cusco, around the mysterious temple of Chavin de Huantar and general in the Andean region of this country.

Peru is an ideal place for lovers of adventure tourism, being possible to practice different kinds of sports, as rock climbing or mountaineering, canoeing, biking in the snow, trekking, paragliding and hang gliding, surf and many other ways to attract visitors. It is interesting the variety of adventures that tourists can take in this country because of the variety of climates and geographic shape of its territory. For example, simultaneously when the coast is summer in the mountains is winter and in the jungle the climate is tropical.

Tourists wishing to visit the territory step by step, have the opportunity to practice experiential tourism in Perú or rural tourism, in families who have prepared their homes to accommodate tourists and show them the way of life, their customs and traditions such as plowing cattle, making bread, take part in ceremonies payment to land, respect the forest, grow food in the area, walks to nearby attractions and many other native customs preserved from the past.

In the tour of the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu or Qhapaq Ñan is possible to revive myths and ancient traditions in contact with local people during the tour of the ancient routes of Ollantaytambo, Besides being able to appreciate the exuberant nature, unique landscapes, hundreds of species of orchids and colorful birds.

Tourist Destinations in Peru

The most visited destinations in Peru are the cities of Lima with its historic center as a point of entry into the country and Cusco characterized by its Inca and colonial architecture. The main attractions of Cusco is the Sacred Valley of the Incas and Machu Picchu, chosen as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World.

Major tourist destinations in southern Peru are cities like, Ica, Arequipa, Nazca, Paracas, Cuzco, Puno, Ayacucho and Puerto Maldonado, with large architectural attractions, cultural and natural.

In the central Andean region of Peru, a destination of great importance is the Callejon de Huaylas, in the Ancash region, headquarters adventure tourism with its great tourist attraction Huascaran National Park

On the north coast of Peru is located in the city of Trujillo where is the Citadel of Chan Chan the metropolis built in adobe Latin America's largest and the second in the world. Trujillo also found the traditional beach of Huanchaco, Huaca El Dragon or Arco Iris (Rainbow Temple), Temple of the sun and Temple of the Moon. belonging to the Chimu culture.

In Chiclayo, Lambayeque region's capital is located the Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum and the Túcume Archaeological Complex among many other tourist attraction of this city northern Peru.

Peru Travel

Peru Travel

Tourist Destinations in Peru

Main Destinations in Peru