With approximately 27
million habitants .43% of the population are indigenous
Indians who mainly inhabit the highlands and speak
Quechua although a few speak Aymara in the Lake
Titicaca region and an area of 1,285,216 km2, Peru
contains some of the most varied geography in South
America, comprising three distinct regions: the
dry coastal desert, the Andean highlands and the
Amazon Basin. The capital city is Lima, located
12º south of the equator on the Pacific coast.
The time zone in the whole country coincides with
Eastern Standard time in the U.S. and is five hours
behind GMT. Peru has two official languages: Spanish
and Quechua, the language of the Inca Empire. English
is spoken by some people, mostly in the major tourist
areas. For the last 22 years, the government has
been a republican democracy. Currently, the president
is Alan Garcia Perez.
Although the Amazonian lowlands make up more than
half of Peru only about 6% of the population live
there. People of mixed indigenous and Spanish blood
(known as mestizo) make up about 38% of the population,
15% white and the remaining 4% are black, Asian
or from other backgrounds.
PERU
TREKKING, CLIMBING, HIKING AND WALKING ADVENTURE
HOLIDAYS IN PERU
The magic of the Andean world, is not only in the
shades of its millennial culture, in the fabulous
constructions of the prehispanic architects, in
the incomparable beauty of its picturesque landscapes;
but rather it also seduces with the charm of its
Andes, magnificent for hiking, climbing and trekking,
its chains of mountains like Cordillera Blanca and
Cordillera Huayhuash that tempt climbers and trekkers
from the whole planet.
It was in the decade of the 80s when adventure sports
began to be developed with more intensity in Peruvian
lands. It was an authentic awakening, a discovery
that the old paths were potential paths for the
lovers of trekking and cycling to ascend to the
summit of a mountain - sacred and protective guardians
according to the inhabitants' beliefs of the Peruvian
Andes - it was excitingly an unequalable experience
and that the abysses of the mountain range, could
be crossed by fragile paragliders.
The cultores of trekking, rock climbing, ice climbing,
hiking, horse riding, off road, mountain biking,
mountaineering and other adventure sports, would
be able to breathe the winds of adrenaline in Peru,
the mythical earth of the children of the Sun.
There will always be an opportunity to practice
a sport activity that will take one to the limit
of emotion and frontier of risk. Prepare yourself
to be part of this fantastic Peru adventure trips
and check the challenges that are also part of the
attractiveness of the Andean region.
PERU TREKKING, CLIMBING, HIKING AND WALKING
ADVENTURE HOLIDAYS IN PERU
The magic of the Andean world, is not only in the
shades of its millennial culture, in the fabulous
constructions of the prehispanic architects, in
the incomparable beauty of its picturesque landscapes;
but rather it also seduces with the charm of its
Andes, magnificent for hiking, climbing and trekking,
its chains of mountains like Cordillera Blanca and
Cordillera Huayhuash that tempt climbers and trekkers
from the whole planet. See
a summary of our peru treks, climbing and day walk
trips
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