Iquitos: a Sweaty, Spectacular Springboard to an Amazon Adventure
Story by Colin Quinn Iquitos is a special kind of hot. It’s a smothering, deodorant-defying heat that makes you feel like a bear in a sauna. Wearing a down jacket. Visiting in the winter won’t help either, because there isn’t one. It’s close to the equator and in the heart of the Amazon, so the temperature […]
Peru’s Regional Dishes: the Coast, the Andes, the Amazon! (FOOD: Part 2)
It almost goes without saying that Peruvian cuisine is massively influenced by its three diverse geographies. On the Pacific Coast and in the Amazon Rainforest, it’s about fish. In the Andean highlands it’s about potatoes—lots and lots of creamy, yummy potatoes! Here’s part two of Carla Bragagnini’s snapshot on what to expect from food in Peru […]
Cabo Blanco, Peru: The Place that Enchanted Ernest Hemingway
Story by Nicanor Millan There is a quaint town in northern Peru that goes by the name “Cabo Blanco,” one that embraces its world-record holding status, one that attracted stars such as Marilyn Monroe and Joe Dimaggio, that erected a bust of the American writer Ernest Hemingway, and is now a one-street wonder that holds […]
Travel Guide Peru: from Cusco to Lima to Arequipa, the Andes, Amazon and Pacific Coast
Peru has become one of the world’s top travel destinations. A South American country sliced by the Andes—the world’s longest mountain range—that’s covered in rainforest and bordered by balmy Pacific Ocean coast. Over the past three decades, as adventure travellers and world-culture enthusiasts have flocked to it by the millions, its tourist infrastructure and adventure options […]
The Colca Canyon: In the Valley of the Condor
Not far from Arequipa, Peru’s second-largest city, is the incredible Colca Canyon, where ancient villages lie on terraced slopes and the mighty Condor is known to soar. As I sit on a bench, with my head in my hands, noticeably pale-faced and feeling dizzy, three village children play around me, giggling to each other. “How can they […]
Is Saddling Up in the Andes the World’s Best Adventure?!
Most people don’t know horses are not native to Peru. That’s probably because horseback riding in the Andean highlands has got to be one of the world’s greatest adventures! By Carla Bragagnini Did you know that Peru is famous for its caballo de paso: a breed of horse with Spanish and Moorish royal lineage? Horses are, of […]
What I Learned at the Larco in Lima
When I walk into the Larco in Lima it’s nothing like I expect—no grand halls hidden from view or camouflaged by the building’s modest exterior. Instead, I enter a rather sprawling, low-rise, white-stucco and once-private mansion with an unassuming entryway that is tucked into the residential neighbourhood of Pueblo Libre in Peru’s beautifully raucous, stunningly […]
Sandboarding, Dune-buggying & Caving: Adventure Add-ONs to Consider!
Caving: Peru’s Really Cool Underground Scene Not a lot of travellers head to Peru for caving, so it’s not a strongly developed scene. But its uniqueness garners two thumbs up from me. Tarma City (outside of Junin) has the Huagapo Cave, which was discovered in the 18th century. It’s so large that the dimensions are […]
72 hours in Cusco | Acclimatizing in Inca Territory
Are three days in Cusco, Peru enough? Of course! The ancient Inca capital of cobbled streets, plazas and a dramatic central square is a popular base to acclimatize, with plenty of attractions Story and Photos by Desiree Anstey Soprano high whistles direct traffic from narrow, stone-slabbed streets. There’s screeching of brakes and honking of horns, but […]
