Peru travel Welcome to Peru, the most fascinating destination in South America. Visit Lima Peru, and its other wonderful cities: travel to Cusco, explore the incredible sites of Machu Picchu, Choquequirao, Sillustani or Kuelap, overfly the Nazca Lines, go into Manu rainforest, navigate the Titicaca Lake or walk the Inca Trail.
Practice your favourite adventure sport in the coast, rivers or mountains, or be in touch with the widest variety of flora and fauna of the Peru Amazon jungle. Peru is blessed with a rich and ancient past and a vibrant present, making it one of South America's most popular travel destinations. Heir to ancient cultures and a rich colonial tradition, Peru is a magical spot which involves one of the richest biodiversities of Earth, and is a melting pot of different cultures who together are forging the promise of a better future.
Taking a trip to Peru means to live an experience that you will never forget! The country is divided in 3 well-distinguished types of terrain: the Coast with a approx. 3000 kilometers long fringe of land , 50 to 80 kilometers wide, crossed by green valleys separated by desert plateaus; the Andes mountain chain with its snowcapped peaks, deep valleys & canyons and never-ending winding roads and the Amazon rainforest covered by a lush and evergreen forest crossed by wide and meandering rivers (see map of Peru).
With this variety of terrains it is no wonder that Peru is also becoming a heaven for the adventurous type of traveler who wants to get away from the threaded paths and see more out of the way places, appreciate less conventional ways of living, and perhaps also feel the high adrenaline trying some of the adventure type of sports available such as whitewater river rafting, off-road Mountain biking, cross country horseback riding, hot air ballooning, paragliding, and birdwatching, among others. Hotels in Peru : Peru has an important hotel infrastructure and accessibility by air and land.
It offers 7,068 lodgings, 27 five-star hotels, 24 four-star hotels and more than 460 three-star hotels; 36 airports equipped to receive commercial flights and 9 ready for international flights: Lima, Arequipa, Chiclayo, Pisco, Pucallpa,Iquitos, Cusco, Trujillo and Tacna. 19 airlines operating international flights, 7 airline companies offering domestic flights. More than 73,000 kilometres of highways, 8,865 of which are asphalted (see map of Peru .)
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