PERU TRAVEL PLANNER

Peru Travel Guide

Peru Travel Guide gives you the complete information that you need for your trip to Peru. Trekking is a great way to see the country. The most popular route is the classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Other popular routes are the Cordillera Blanca, Colca Canyon, Trek Ausangate and Salkantay Trek where beautiful landscapes will cross all the way. Take a sleeping bag with you, since the nights in the mountains can be very cold, also carrying a flashlight can be helpful, bring plenty of water to hydrate. A good acclimatization is necessary before going to the excursion, it is recommend drinking coca tea, it will helps you to avoid soroche (high sickness).

Peru offers others alternatives, such as Titicaca Lake in Puno, where you will be in contact with the community that will show you their lifestyle. If you are an adventurous person and you love being in contact with the nature, Rainforest is another excellent destination which shows the diversity of flora and fauna, if you want to be away of the noise of the city here you are able to get into the jungle only with the sound of the animals and nature. Lodges in the jungle are made by materials of the zone.

Peru is located in central western South America. It covers an area of 1'285 .215 km2. It borders on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, southern Chile and Bolivia, in eastern and Brazil and the west by the Pacific Ocean. Its territory comprises different landscapes such as valleys, plateaus and high mountains of the Cordillera of the Andes spread west to the desert coast and the Amazon to the east. Peru is one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world and major mineral resources.

Peru's weather is diverse due to the influence of the Andes and the Humboldt Current. The central and south coast has a subtropical arid or desert weather, with an average temperature of 18 ° C and annual rainfall of 150 mm. In contrast, the north coast has a tropical arid weather due to the tropical sea, with an average temperature above 24 ° C and rainfall during the summer. When occurs the phenomenon of El Niño, the average temperature of the entire coast rises, with highs over 30 ° C and the rainfall increases significantly in the north and central coast.

Highlands have different climates like sub-humid areas between 1,000 and 3,000 meters, with temperatures around 20 ° C and rainfall between 500 and 1,200 mm per year; cold weather between 3,000 and 4,000 meters, with annual temperatures average of 12 ° C and frost during the winter; Puna weather or frigid weather, in areas between 4,000 and 5,000 meters, with an average temperature of 6 ° C and annual rainfall of 700 mm and snow or cold weather in areas by above 5,000 m, with temperatures below 0 ° C.

In the jungle there are two types of climate, the humid subtropical climate in the high forest, with rainfall greater than 2,000 mm per year and average temperatures around 22 ° C, and the tropical humid climate in the low forest, with rainfall range of 2,000 mm per year and average temperatures of 27 ° C.54

Seasons
Summer: From December to March
Autumn: From March to June
Winter: From June to September
Spring: From September to December

The official language of Peru is Spanish, also there are many native languages, like Quechua, which is the most important, and another language is the Aymara. Peru’s currency is Nuevo Sol. Peru is considered one of the 12 diverse countries, with a great variety of ecosystems and flora and fauna. Throughout most of the coast lies the wilderness of the Pacific, while in the north coast and valleys of the Maranon, extends the equatorial dry forest, a type of ecosystem like a tropical savanna comes from the convergence of the Amazon influents, Andes and the tropical rainforest of the Pacific. The mangroves are in the mouths of the Tumbes and Piura rivers. The most widespread and mega-diverse biome in the country is in the Amazon forest, which is divided into lowland and highland jungle.

Peruvian cuisine is considered one of the most varied and original in the world, has the greatest variety and diversity of dishes, there has been more than two thousand different soups on the coast and just over 250 traditional desserts nationally. The cuisines of Peru, include Creole cuisine, northern and Lima, the Andean gastronomy, Chifa (Chinese food) and Amazon cooking. Perhaps the most representative dishes are the ceviche on the coast, the pachamanca in the highland and juane in the jungle. Between the traditional drinks are the famous pisco, chicha de jora, traditional liquor of the highland. In the jungle, prepares masato, indigenous liquor made from fermented cassava.

The Jorge Chavez International Airport is located in Callao, 10 km from downtown Lima. It is Peru's main airport, because it concentrates the majority of international and domestic flights in the country serving about 11.800.0002 passengers per year. The airport is known for its huge projections on connecting flights between the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe. For fourth consecutive years has been chose as the Best Airport in South America, ranking between the first places of the world ranking. There are a total of 25 airlines operating at the airport, with flights to 59 domestic and international destinations. The airlines with international flights are: Lan, Taca, British Airways, American Airlines, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, Air France, Sky Airlines, Tam, United Airlines, among others. And the airlines with domestic flights are: Lan, Taca, Peruvian Airlines and Star Peru.

From Lima you can take domestic flights to Arequipa, Andahuaylas, Cajamarca, Chiclayo, Cuzco, Huanuco, Huaraz, Huanuco, Iquitos, Juliaca, Jauja, Piura, Pucallpa, Puerto Maldonado, Tacna, Tarapoto, Trujillo and Tumbes.