Peru Excursions

Peru Excursions as an experienced Peru travel agent offers many places to see in Peru. Our options range from beautiful Andes Mountains, colonial cities with lots of historical ruins, to tropical rainforests with an amazing, exotic wildlife. It is also great to meet the local people, learn about their culture, lifestyle and see their beautiful and very colorful traditional clothes.

 

Pacific Coast:

 

The Peruvian coastline offers visitors a wide range of possibilities, with tranquil seas in some parts and crashing breakers in others. Peru's beaches unfold one after another, in a startling variety of natural landscapes. All of them can be reached via the Pan-American Highway.

Pisco - Paracas is a fairy important port, which lies about 235km (150 miles) south of Lima. It is the first town usually visited by tourists.

Islas Ballestas offer close-up views (without allowing visitors on the islands) of the habitat's rich roster of protected species, including huge colonies of barking sea lions, endangered turtles and Humboldt penguins, red boobies, pelicans, turkey vultures, and Red-footed cormorants.

The Nazca Lines are the most extraordinary legacy left by a culture that flourished in 300 BC. The lines are a series of complex designs, some up to 300 meters long, which can only be seen in their true dimension from the sky, from an altitude of at least 1,500 feet. The Nazca culture is not believed to have been capable of manned flight. But the question remains as to how they crafted the drawings, what technology they used and what purpose the lines served.

 

Andes Mountains:

Cusco located at 10,900 ft. above sea level in the Andes Mountains in Southern Peru, continues to be the center for tourists. In its streets, historical centers, churches, pubs and cafes you can hear not only Quechua and Spanish spoken, but such diverse languages as English, French, Japanese, German, Italian or Dutch. Cusco was recognized by the United Nations as an International Cultural Heritage Site in 1983. Located in the department (or province) of Cusco, the 2-day Inca Trail or 4-day Inca Trail to Machu Picchu  are Peru's most popular trekking routes and possibly one of the most spectacular walks in the Americas. It forms part of the more than 23,000 km of roads built by the Incas across South America. Each year, some 25,000 hikers from all over the world walk the 43 km stone-paved trail, built by the Incas to get to the impregnable citadel of Machu Picchu, deep in the Cuzco cloud forest.  Sacred Valley is located in both sides of the river Vilcanota and their tributaries. Because it is a very fertile area, the Incas established their towns to both margins of the river. These villages still exist and preserve the majority of their traditions and a lot of constructions.

Arequipa lies about 2,325 meters (about 7,100 ft) above sea level in the mountainous desert of the western Andes.  Some wildest terrain in Peru surrounds the major city of Arequipa.  This is a land of active volcanoes, thermal springs, high altitude deserts and world’s deepest canyons.  Arequipa is a beautiful city, surrounded by spectacular mountains.  The most famous is the volcano El Misti (5822 meters above the sea level), which looks fabulous with a snow-topped peak.  Arequipa should be especially delight for those interested in secular colonial architecture.  Santa Catalina Monastery is a walled city within a city. Enter the gates into the adobe brick walled community of the Santa Catalina de Siena Monastery in Arequipa, Peru and step back 400 years in time. A must-see in the White City of Arequipa, Santa Catalina Monastery was established in 1579/1580, forty years after the city was founded. The monastery was enlarged over the centuries until it became a city within the city, about 20000 sq. /m. and covering a good-sized city block. At one time, 450 nuns and their lay servants resided within the community, closed off from the city by high walls. Santa Catalina monastery is one of the most fascinating religion places in Peru and South America.

 

Lake Titicaca is the world's highest lake navigable to large vessels. It lies 12,500 feet (3,810 m) above sea level in the Andes Mountains of South America, astride the border between Peru to the west and Bolivia to the east.It covers some 3,200 square miles (8,300 square km) and extends in a northwest-to-southeast direction for a distance of 120 miles (190 km). It is 50 miles (80 km) across at its widest point. A narrow strait, Tiquina, separates the lake into two bodies of water. The remnants of an ancient people, the Uru, still live on floating mats of dried totora (a reedlike papyrus that grows in dense brakes in the marshy shallows). From the totora, the Uru and other lake dwellers make their famed balsas--boats fashioned of bundles of dried reeds lashed together that resemble the crescent-shaped papyrus craft pictured on ancient Egyptian monuments.

 

 

Tropical Rainforest:

 

This is a dreamland for those who love tropical rainforest, nature, incredible biodiversity and exotic adventures. The nature reserves offer a wide range of adventurous activities from exploring wild untouched rainforest, bird watching to fresh water fishing. Starting point for our jungle excursion is Iquitos, Tampobata Candamo or Manu.