Peru

map of peru
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The current weather in Lima
Temperature:
20°
Year: 1999
Duration: 3.5 weeks

Peru:

Peru is one of the most diverse countries I’ve ever been. You find deserts on the coastline and when you go inlands you have to pass the high mountains of the Andes . Behind the mountains you can find rainforest. But not only is the nature very beautiful. Peru has also some cultural highlights like the Nasca lines, Inca trail and Machu Picchu.

Climate:

The climate of Peru varies widely, ranging from tropical in the montana to arctic in the highest mountains of the Andes.

In the coastal plain the temperature is normally equable, averaging about 20°C throughout the year. The coastal climate is moderated by winds blowing from the cool offshore current known as the Peru, or Humboldt, Current. The coast receives less than 50 mm

In the sierra the temperature ranges seasonally from about -7° to 21°C. Rainfall is usually scanty, but in some localities heavy rains fall from October to April. In Cuzco, in the southeastern sierra, annual rainfall averages some 815 mm. The exposed eastern slopes of the Andes receive more than 2,500 mm of rain annually.

The montana region is extremely hot and humid, although at higher elevations it is less so. The prevailing easterly winds blowing across that region gather moisture that is later deposited on the eastern Andean slopes. Annual rainfall in some districts averages as much as 3,810 mm. Most of this rain, which principally falls from November through April, eventually drains back to the montana.


Destinations

Nazca:

A group of long straight lines representing birds, fish, animals, or geometric figures carved into the desert near Nazca, southern Peru, believed to have been made around 200 bc and only visible from the air.

Colca Canyon:

The Wonderful canyon in the world at over 1km from cliff edge to river bottom, Colca boasts some of Peru's finest Andean scenery and is the most reliable place for wild condor spotting.

Inca Trail:

The Inca Trail is just one of innumerable footpaths that snake across the Peruvian Andes, but its climactic end point - the spectacular ruins of Machu Picchu - draws trekkers from around the world.

Machu Picchu:

Wonderful Inca City , It is a full place of mystic, is a monument to the divinity, in where the man really feels like a creature of the Gods, the overwhelming look of its spirit, seems to transport it to a magical place where any thing is possible, of unimaginable way. It's the one of the more famous archaeological centers of the world, and therefore, attractive tourist one visited more of Peru.

Maldonado:

is an ideal place for the lovers of the ecoturism and those that they want to feel the intimate contact with the virgin nature of the amazonian forests; from the city jungle will be able to go into in the heat of in shelters, and for most adventurous and dared the parks and reserves natural, full and full of flora exuberante and fauna can arrive until, with many places still to discover, and many living species not known by science. She is one of the zones of greater biodiversity in the world.

Quick Facts:
Capital
Lima
Government
Constitutional republic
Currency
Nuevo sol (PEN)
Language
Spanish / Quechua
Electricity
200/60Hz (North American Plug)