Lima Outdoors
PARAGLIDING AND HANG GLIDING
Taming the wind. Free flight lovers will feel overjoyed by what they can do in Lima. Miraflores provides flyers the experience of soaring over the city and the ocean. Likewise, along the Costa Verde boardwalk in Lima, you can fly above the ocean waves and enjoy a bird's eye view of the city. Also in Lunahuaná.
WHITE WATER RAFTING AND KAYAKING
The best place is Lunahuaná, 180 Km. south to Lima, 30 minutes from Cañete. For adventure activities and sports, particularly canoeing and rafting. Recommended season May to August.
SURFING
Waves all year long. The Peruvian coastline is bathed by Pacific waves all year long. In the coast of Lima are the southern beaches, great surf beaches are
Punta Rocas, site of one World Qualifying Series surfing tournament, Pico Alto, whose waves are compared to those in Hawaii, Punta Hermosa, Señoritas and Caballeros.
MOUNTAIN BIKING
Biking and Downhill. Traveling the routes of the past. Part of the attraction to mountain biking through Peru is the opportunity to discover ancient Incan and pre-Incan trails, visit archeological sites and picturesque villages, as well as to ride through different ecological tiers in just a few hours. There is one route, starting in the town of Olleros, south of Lima, where you can descend 3,600 meters (11,808 feet) in a ride that is just 70 kilometers (113 miles) long. Pachacámac.
TREKKING
Peru and Lima are a true hikers' paradise. Practically all of the sierra, including valleys, plateaus and mountain ranges include trekking circuits of various degrees of difficulty. However, only a few have been "discovered" as commercial trekking routes. The recommended places are in protected natural areas of Lima and the Andean zone of Lima.
BIRDWATCHING IN LIMA
The department of Lima has several protected natural areas where you can find endemic birds of Peru and migratory birds. Lima offers many scenarios as coast, marshes, deserts and Andean zone as Santa Eulalia Canyon where the condors are flying. Peru Bird-Watching.
Adventure and Sports E-Guides in Peru - (free download)
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LIMA PHOTO GALLERY
- Caral
- Cementerio Presbitero Maestro
- Chorrillos
- Huaca Pucllana
- Huancaya Valley
- Magic Circuit of the Water
- Miraflores
BIRDS OF LIMA - PHOTO GALLERY
- Birds in Andean Valley - (Cañete, Canta and Santa Eulalia Valleys)
- Birds in coastal marshes in Peru # 1 (Swamps of Villa)
- Birds in coastal marshes in Peru # 2 (Swamps of Villa)
- Birds in coastal marshes in Peru # 3 (Medio Mundo and Paraiso)
LIMA - SEE ALSO...
- Lima Travel Guide
- Historical Center of Lima
- Museums in Lima
- Religious Monuments in Lima
- Colonial Mansions in Lima
- Around Lima
- San Isidro and Miraflores
- Barranco
- El Rimac
- El Callao