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Travel to the Amazonas region and visit: Huembo
It would be safe to assume that a majority of you have never heard of Huembo – but perhaps you’ve heard of the famous Spatuletail hummingbird? This creature is endemic to the Amazonas region in...
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PHIMA Voyages: Private Nature Reserve of Chaparri
PHIMA Voyages Voyage through dry forests, view rescued animals and animals in their natural habitats; become a part of an experience where the whole community is involved. Find out how. What is it...
View ArticleHuacho: the place to be to practice water sports.
Published in El Comercio Translated and adapted by Natasha Clay La Encantada lagoon is just 10 minutes from the center of Huacho and is the perfect place to enjoy tubing and flyboarding. Huacho is a...
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Places of Peru: Tumbes #1 – A Tropical Town on the Ecuadorian Border (PHOTOS)
Peru’s northernmost coastal department holds many surprises for those willing to make the trek. Today we begin in the city of Tumbes itself, only 26 short kilometers from the border with Ecuador… We...
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Places of Peru: Tumbes #2 – National Mangrove Sanctuary (PHOTOS)
The Mangrove National Sanctuary of Tumbes is a haven for one of the world’s rarest and most sensitive ecosystems. This week, we continue our Places of Peru series in the Andean country’s northernmost...
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Places of Peru: Tumbes #3 – Cerros de Amotape National Park
We come to the bittersweet end of our journey through Peru’s northernmost coastal department in today’s Places of Peru Series. The greatest treasure of Tumbes is a close call between last week’s...
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Places of Peru – Following the Marañon #1: Cajamarca to Yurimaguas
The new Places of Peru series journeys us into Peru’s northern interior through many wonderful and diverse regions. Today we follow the Marañon River to the Amazon. From Cajamarca to Chachapoyas,...
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Places of Peru: Following the Marañon #2 – Waterway to Iquitos
If time is on your side, there is no more enriching way to experience the journey to Iquitos than going by the northern Peruvian jungle’s natural highways: the Huallaga and Marañon Rivers. Last week,...
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Places of Peru – Following the Marañon #3: Pacaya-Samiria
The Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve near Iquitos is the ideal rainforest adventure. This time on Places of Peru, we explore only a small part of the massive Pacaya Samiria Reserve near the city of...
View ArticleMarcahuamachuco: The New Machu Picchu of Northern Peru? (VIDEO)
Marcahuamachuco monument is poised to rival Kuelap as northern Peru’s most important archaeological site. Why? Marcahuamachuco has emerged from obscurity little by little in the last 7 years. However,...
View ArticleHuacho: the place to be to practice water sports.
Published in El Comercio Translated and adapted by Natasha Clay La Encantada lagoon is just 10 minutes from the center of Huacho and is the perfect place to enjoy tubing and flyboarding. Huacho is a...
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THE SUNSHINE ROUTE: Hotels On The North Coast
Many Peruvians head north when they feel it’s time to get away from it all, and with good reason. The beaches are empty and expansive, the ocean is warmer than in the south, and life is enchanting....
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Kuelap: A Walk Through The Clouds
Known by some as “The other Machu Picchu, this ancient Amazonian fortress draws visitors from around the planet. Like so many other sites of Peru, this wonderful site brings us more questions than we...
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The Old Man and His Marlin in Cabo Blanco
How did Cabo Blanco, a small fishing village in Northern Peru, become synonymous with Ernest Hemingway? Here’s a story that brings together literature, a man’s passion for the sea, and the mythical...
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Places of Peru: Tumbes #1 – A Tropical Town on the Ecuadorian Border (PHOTOS)
Peru’s northernmost coastal department holds many surprises for those willing to make the trek. Today we begin in the city of Tumbes itself, only 26 short kilometers from the border with Ecuador… We...
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Places of Peru: Tumbes #2 – National Mangrove Sanctuary (PHOTOS)
The Mangrove National Sanctuary of Tumbes is a haven for one of the world’s rarest and most sensitive ecosystems. This week, we continue our Places of Peru series in the Andean country’s northernmost...
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Places of Peru: Tumbes #3 – Cerros de Amotape National Park
We come to the bittersweet end of our journey through Peru’s northernmost coastal department in today’s Places of Peru Series. The greatest treasure of Tumbes is a close call between last week’s...
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Places of Peru – Following the Marañon #1: Cajamarca to Yurimaguas
The new Places of Peru series journeys us into Peru’s northern interior through many wonderful and diverse regions. Today we follow the Marañon River to the Amazon. From Cajamarca to Chachapoyas,...
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Places of Peru: Following the Marañon #2 – Waterway to Iquitos
If time is on your side, there is no more enriching way to experience the journey to Iquitos than going by the northern Peruvian jungle’s natural highways: the Huallaga and Marañon Rivers. Last week,...
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Places of Peru – Following the Marañon #3: Pacaya-Samiria
The Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve near Iquitos is the ideal rainforest adventure. This time on Places of Peru, we explore only a small part of the massive Pacaya Samiria Reserve near the city of...
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