Rafting and Kayaking in Peru’s Water Playground
From the Amazon River that snakes through Peru to its canyon rivers and Pacific shoreline, taking to the water is one of the best ways to see Peru! Story by Carla Bragagnini Feature Photo: PROMPERU Organized rafting, kayaking and similar water-vessel adventures are absolutely abundant in Peru — from calm water to Class V rapids, with […]
The Birds-Eye View: Peru is a Birdwatcher’s Paradise
STORY BY CARLA BRAGAGNINI FEATURE PHOTO: Alfonso Zavala/PromPeru) When I was young, some Canadian friends visited our home in Lima after a cruise trip to the Galapagos Islands. During our outdoor lunch, they spotted it on a branch – an unseen bird from their Galapagos birdwatching checklist. They ran toward the red-breasted bird with notebooks […]
Peru by Train: Travelling by Spectacular Andean View!
Peru has some of the world’s most spectacular train trips, designed specifically with travellers in mind. Active tracks for passengers today are privately-operated, and though they don’t span the entire country, routes have been revitalized and redesigned over the past two decades as amazing travel journeys. PeruRail and IncaRail are (two separate) non-government (privately-operated) railway companies, and […]
Exploring Peru’s Neighbourhoods and Highlands by Bike
Though the Incas ran their empire without ever using a wheel (never: just think about that!), today cycling is one of the best ways to explore the nooks and crannies of Peru. By Carla Bragagnini Cycling adventures have never been more popular as an international travel option, mostly because countries like Peru not only have […]
Sandboarding, Dune-buggying & Caving: Adventure Add-ONs to Consider!
STORY BY CARLA BRAGAGNINI 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 Chawaytiri Weavers of Peru’s Sacred Valley (In The Land of Ayni: Part 2)
Explorer Jeff Fuchs heads to the community of Chawaytiri — the “village of the llama” — where weaving is not just tradition but artform. Story by Jeff Fuchs, Photos by Outpost Colours shimmy in the sun, and the slow pleasant inebriation of thin-aired altitude, mid-afternoon haze and coca-high are all playing nicely in my head. Not […]
Surfing: Is Peru the Real Big Kahuna?!
Surfing is big deal in Peru, what with the Pacific Ocean defining its entire western border. STORY BY CARLA BRAGAGNINI The origins of the now-sport but once-likely utility-activity can apparently can be traced back at least 2,000 years ago to the pre-Incan Moche civilization/people, which existed in the north of Peru. Famously, one Moche pottery artifact […]
Cabo Blanco, Peru: The Place that Enchanted Ernest Hemingway
In a twist worthy of magical realism (the literary genre that’s enchanted travellers to South America), Cabo Blanco is a kind of sketch of Hemingway’s famed book about the bucolic little spot on the Pacific of Peru. Story by Nicanor Millan There is a quaint town in northern Peru that goes by the name “Cabo […]
In Between Instagram: Tips from an Expat on Getting Around Peru
By Colin Quinn Peru has everything an adventurer could want: beaches, mountains, rainforest, ancient sites, colonial history and modern cities. But if you want to brag about visiting all these epic places, you have to get there first. And therein lies the fun. The “how you get there” is rarely as photogenic as the “once […]
