About Peru
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Peru
is the country of contrasts, biodiversity and a complex geography, it is
the third largest country in Sudamerica after of Brazil and Argentina; Peru
is the country of mountains, beaches, jungle and Inka’s landescape; in adventure
travel and adventure sports (trekking and mountaineering) rivals to the
Himalayas, it is a country of color and beauty where the past lives. In
Peru is located the largest tropical mountain range in the world, Cordillera
Blanca; Cordillera Huayhuash, where takes place one of the best trekking
circuits in the world, these two Cordilleras in the Northern of the country,
other important mountain ranges are: Cordillera Raura close to Cordillera
Huayhuash; Cordillera Central located near to Lima City, Cordillera Vilcanota
(Cuzco) and Cordillera Volcanica and Chila (Arequipa) both them situated
in the South of Peru.
Getting there
All international flights to Peru arrives in Lima (the capital of Peru) thorough Jorge Chavez Airport, from this point, you will take the way of transportation to the place wherever you want to go. To get to Cordilleras Blanca and Huayhuash you must to take a bus to Huaraz from Lima, place where you can organise all the details for your trip. Since two years ago LC Busre is offering the services from Lima to Huaraz and viceversa in small airplanes, the laguage weight is limited.
Climate and Weather conditions
Depends on where you go, Peru has three distinct climates
The Costal desert: From April until November it is cloudy with average temperatures around 10 – 18°C , the summer season runs from December to April, these months it is very hot with average temperature between 20 – 36°C.
The mountain region: In the Peruvian Andes, the mountian region the winter season runs from November to April, with day time temperatures between 10 – 13 °C and in the nights they drop between 5 –8 °C; days during this season are cloudy in the morings and it rains in the afternoons and it snows in the mountains. The dry season in the mountain region runs from April to September / October, also called the Andean Summer, during this season the day time temperatures vary between 10 – 18 °C in highlands over 3500 m; the weather during these months is very stable andn ideal to carry out adventure travel in this region. The frezzing level in the mountian is about 4500 – 500 m.
The Jungle: The weather is the same that in the mountain regions, but in dry season the it gets very hot with average temperatures between 23 – 32 °C, in the nights specially in June and July temperature down to 8 – 10 °C.
Lima
Lima is the Capital of Peru, located at sea level, it is one of the most important cities in Peru, access point to all the touristic places, because in this City is located the most important Airport of Peru, the governement offices, embassies, hotels, etc.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Country Name: Republic of Peru
Area: 1 285 215 sq Km
Map reference: South America
Location: Western South America, bordering the South Pacific
Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador
Frontiers: Ecuador, Colombia, Brasil, Bolivia and Chile
Currency: S/. Nuevo Sol 1€ = 4.20 Nuevos Soles and 1 $
= 2.70 Nuevos Soles.
Population: 27,925,628 (July 2005 est.)
Languages: Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara,
and a large number of minor Amazonian languages.
Capital: Lima
President: Alan García Pérez
National holiday: 28 July 1821 (Independence day)
Administrative divisions: 25 regions; Amazonas, Ancash,
Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Callao, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huanuco,
Ica, Junin, La Libertad, Lambayeque, Lima, Lima, Loreto, Madre de Dios,
Moquegua, Pasco, Piura, Puno, San Martin, Tacna, Tumbes and Ucayali.
Religion: Roman Catholic 81%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%,
other Christian 0.7%, other 0.6%, unspecified or none 16.3% (2003 est.)
* TO KEEP ON MIND *
- Electric current: 220 V. Appliances using 110 V. will
requiere a transformer
- Local time: The time difference between Peru and Greenwich
Meridian is five or six hours, depending on the yearly season: The Hour
in Peru remains the same throughout the year.
- Teléphone: To make an international call, dial: 00 +
country code + city code + telephone number.
To call from one city to the next, dial: 0 + city code + telephone number.
For more information about Peru, visit: www.peru.info
