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Celebrations for St Rose This August in Lima, Peru

August 3, 2015 Pirwa

On August 30th, Peru celebrates a national holiday honoring St Rose, the Americas’ first saint. Even if you’re not Catholic, you’ll find plenty of entertainment- like most of the other religious festivals of Peru, the festivities include drinking, feasting, and dancing, with street vendors bustling about adding color and excitement to the proceedings. Thousands of celebrants will gather along the main streets of Lima to watch processions of the saint’s image accompanied by the flags of the countries of the Americas (a colorful reference to Pope Clement X christening St Rose the “primary saint of the New World.”)

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Buying Alpaca in Peru

July 31, 2015 Pirwa

Aug 1^st is National Alpaca Day in Peru. In honor of this, and of the fact that alpaca wool is a more ecologically sustainable choice than cashmere, we’re focusing on purchasing alpaca in Peru.

Alpaca sweaters and scarves are one of the most common purchases during visits to Peru, as they can be used during the trip (Andean nights are chilly), are highly associated with the Andean region, and are more affordable at the source than abroad. Unfortunately, the majority of these knits are actually made from a mix of lamb’s wool with alpaca. One can tell because it simply isn’t as soft- wool has to be treated with lanolin, which makes it somewhat itchy to most people.

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Adventure Travel in Peru – Our Top Picks

July 23, 2015 Pirwa

Peru is rapidly gaining on South America’s other adventure travel meccas, Chile and Uruguay. The country currently receives between 600 and 700 thousand adventure tourists annually. Many dream of hiking trips along the Andes, making their way through cloud forests, high-altitude jungle and glacial peaks. Others opt for rafting the imposing rivers which formed canyons such as Cotahuasi and Colca. Here are some of our picks for the grandest adventures that Peru has to offer:

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Peru’s Southern Circuit: Paracas, Ica & Nazca

July 23, 2015 Pirwa

From the world-famous Nazca Lines to Huacachina Oasis, the deserts of southern Peru hide valuable historical and natural treasures which attract ever more visitors each year. The southern coast is ideal for many extreme sports as well, including sandboarding, sandbuggying, wind- and kite-surfing. South of Lima, one finds a touristic route known as the Southern Circuit, which includes Paracas, Ica and Nazca.

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10 Days Free Entry + Events at the MALI Museum in Lima

July 22, 2015 Pirwa

The Lima Museum of Art (MALI) will open its doors for free for ten days, from Friday, July 24^th through Sunday, August 2^nd. It is one of the most important museums in Peru, presenting as it does 3,000 years of Peruvian history through a vast collection of more than 12,000 pieces of art. Local business Edelnor is sponsoring the event, which aims to bring the museums cultural value into the reach of everyone.