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Peru

Latitude: -12.05 S Longitude: -77.05 W Capital: Lima

 
 

Travel in Peru

A total of 106 members have visited 249 locations in Peru.

Together they have written 619 travel stories and uploaded 6455 pictures from Peru.

Last visit in Peru was made 2009-10-31 by dilleybug who was in Iquitos.

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Short introduction to Peru

After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980. In recent years, bold reform programs and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity and drug trafficking have resulted in solid economic growth.

Source: World Factbook

Most pictured locations in Peru

  1. Cusco
  2. Machu Picchu
  3. Sorochuco
  4. Pacora
  5. Lima

  6. Arequipa
  7. Huaraz
  8. Trujillo
  9. Chiclayo
10. Cajamarca

11. Cuzco
12. Puno
13. Iquitos
14. Chachapoyas
15. Chivay

16. Huacachina
17. Tambopata
18. Huanchaco
19. Colca
20. Ollantaytambo


Most written from locations in Peru

  1. Lima
  2. Cusco
  3. Arequipa
  4. Cuzco
  5. Urubamba

  6. Machu Picchu
  7. Puno
  8. Pacora
  9. Ayacucho
10. Trujillo

11. Iquitos
12. Chiclayo
13. Nazca
14. Huaraz
15. Ica

16. Miraflores
17. Huacachina
18. Huancayo
19. Ollantaytambo
20. Aguas Calientes

 


Travel stories from Peru

Walls of Sacsayhuaman. Taken 2008-05-06 in Cusco, Peru by traveler haroula.

Cusco

We arrived from Pisac in the morning and arrived in Cusco in the afternoon. I would like to mention that in Cusco, near the town square, some hostels will try to charge $80 US. Keep looking! You c...

  
Andean Girls in Cuzco. Taken 2002-07-14 in Lima, Peru by traveler aditi.

Back to USA

This morning we went to the main square in cuzco, before our flight back to lima. There was this huge parade there with schoolchildren and military officers and government officials. it was a big deal...

  
Walking the ruins. Taken 2009-10-05 in Ollantaytambo, Peru by traveler dilleybug.

Ricky Ticky Tumbo - ollantaytambo - remember that book?

We traveled through the sacred valley at what seemed at the time to be a slow pace. The sacred valley is lush and... well, sacred! There are numerous ruins that the inca created to form places of rit...

  

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Peru external links

Selected links to recommended web sites with information about Peru

 1.  

Peru on Lonely Planet
Peru travel information, images, facts and more.

 2.  

Peru on Wikipedia
Lots of user contributed links and information on Peru.



 
 
 

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