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Peru
is a true hiker's paradise. Practically all of the sierra,
including valleys, plateaus and mountain ranges including
trekking circuits of various degrees of difficulty.
However, only a few have been discovered as commercial
trekking routes.
Buggies and sandboarding has become
popular on the sand dunes near
Huacachina, an ideal
area to take to the steep sandy slopes of the desert.
The
Peruvian Andes provide an incomparable spot for mountaineering
and make Peru a magnet for lovers of South American
mountains. There are many reasons: a unique concentration
of mountains and relatively few mountains climbers;
mild weather almost all year-long, and relatively easy
access to sites that are nevertheless cut off from hectic
city life.
Peru,
a land where Nature appear to have crafted the geography
to create challenges for those venture into the wilds,
could be catalogued without fear of exaggeration as
the New World's adventure sports paradise. An there
are plenty reasons: Peru is a land where snow, steep
mountainsides, raging rivers and breath-taking landscapes
alternate with deep green lakes and dizzying canyons.
All one needs here is a little imaginations and some
courage -or folly- to become, almost without realizing
it, an adventure.
The
Peruvian coastline (3,000 Km) offer water sports fans
a wide range of possibilities, or perhaps just go fishing,
try a local cuisine or take in the surroundings, ruffled
by gentle sea breeze. We invite you to discover Peru's
beaches for yourself. Surf in Chicama, the world's longest
wave, windsurf, scuba and more.
The Inca
Trail to Machu Picchu: Part of the
23,000 kilometers (approximately 14,000 miles) of roads
built by the Incas in South America, this is Peru's most
famous trekking route and possibly one of the most
spectacular in the Americas. Every year; some 25,000
hikers from around the world walk along the
extraordinary 43 kilometers of this stone-paved road
built by the Incas leading to the unassailable citadel
of Machu Picchu located in the depth of the Cuzco
jungle. The journey starts in the village of
Qorihuayrachina, at kilometer 88 of the Cuzco -
Quillabamba railway and takes three or four days of
strenuous walking. The route includes an impressive
variety of altitudes, climates and ecosystems that range
from the high Andean plain to the cloud forest.
Travelers will cross two high altitude passes (the
highest being Warmiwañuska at 4,200 m.a.s.l.) to
culminate the hike with a magical entrance to Machu
Picchu through the Inti Punko or Gateway of the Sun.
One of the main attractions along the route is the web
of ancient settlements built in granite rock by the
Incas like Wiñay Wayna and Phuyupatamarca immersed in an
overpowering natural scenery. Hundreds of species of
orchids, multicolored birds and dreamlike landscapes
provide the ideal backstage for a route that every hiker
should walk at least once. (more
information ..)
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