Peru General Information

Perú with approximately 30 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.

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.

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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.

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