Language

The official language is Castilian Spanish Peru – Spanish. Other languages ​​are also spoken from the natives of the region, such as Quechua and Aymara. In some places in Peru you can communicate in English especially with people who provide tourist services.

Currency and Payments

The U.S. dollar is accepted in most shops, restaurants and gas stations at current exchange rate. The vast majority of the establishments accept credit cards: Visa, Master Card, Diners and American Express. Using Travelers checks is limited, please consult the establishment if they are accepted.

Electrical Energy

Electric current in Peru is 220 volts.

Most hotels of four and five star power of 110 volts and 220 volts.

Vaccines

It is advisable to be vaccinated against yellow fever when visiting the Amazon rainforest. The only specific and effective measures against the disease the vaccine is ten days before entering a risk zone. In some areas of the jungle require the submission of the license.

Immunization Office

• Jr. Independencia 121-Brena (Side Children’s Hospital)
Open: Monday to Saturday from 08:15 a.m. at 12:45 p.m.
• Jorge Chavez International Airport (Callao) Floor 1.
Open: Monday to Saturday from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

• Hospital Nacional 2 de Mayo “International Immunization Center”
Open: Monday to Saturday from 07:30 a.m. to 01:30 p.m.

Tourist Visa to enter Peru

It is not required for citizens of most countries of America and Western Europe. Citizens of Bolivia, Ecuador and Chile do not need passport or visa to visit certain regions of Peru. In this case the authorized term of stay is 90 days (extendable by Immigration authorities). Check with the Peruvian diplomatic representation in their country for more information.

What is Backpacking?

A first definition can be: form of low-cost independent international travel. But in this kind of trip be an interesting motivation: know places, cultures and people as really they are, without the boring travel agencies and the tourism places.
The most flagrant factors that differentiate backpacking from other forms of turism are:

• Use of public transportation as a mean of travel.
• Accommodation in youth hostels or spend the nigth in a tend camping.
• Very long trips (months, years).
• Use a Backpack.

The backpackers have opened the doors for the most exotic destinies, which then are offered by the travel agencies.

T he experts of the subject have not agreed on a concise definition that differentiates the backpackers and tourists.

Types of Backpackers:

These categories are defined by Camille O’Reilly, an expert on the topic.

Gap Year Backpacking: Is the people who travel around several countries in a short period of time at the end of one stage their lives, generally, in the gap year between the school and university or between university and their first job.

Life Crisis Backpacker: Is the people who travel in order to change their sedentary life; their trips are motivated by dissatisfaction.

Partyer: They are interested in finding beachs, sun, liquor and, eventually, drugs.

An especial type of backpacking is:

Flashpackers: The origen of the term itself isn’t clear, but generally flashpackers has an association with the travelers who have more disposable income in the trips.
They prefer the cheap accommodation in order to spend freely, even excessively, for activities at their chosen destination.
The Flashpackers travel with devices high-tech, like iPod, smartphone, GPS, laptop, digital camera, etc.

The Industry of Backpacking

In recent years, the backpacker’s industries has emerged.
You can find anything to travel to several countries: guides, backpacks, tents, especialized clothing, younth hostels networks and many accesories.

The blogs in the Backpacker’s community are quite important, in these web sites you can find information of travels and countries, recommendations, suggestions, pics and diaries of trips; also, you can consult the state of roads, monetary rates and other variable information in real time.

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Nazca is roughly 272 mi (440 km) southeast of Lima and 353 mi (570 km) north of Arequipa.

Since discovery by American scientist Paul Kosok in 1939, the lines on the rocky Peruvian Pampa San Jose near the small desert town of Nazca have perplexed scholars. Originally thought to be the remains of irrigation lines beyond the verdant Nazca valley, it wasn’t until they were seen from the air that the lines were recognizable as figures.

The lines are a variety of geometrical figures, trapezoids, triangles and lines, plus marine, animal and bird figures of hummingbirds, a whale, a monkey,a spider,a bird likened to a pelican, another like a condor, and one called the astronaut. They range in size up to 1000 ft (300m) across and are about 2000 years old.

As you observe the lines, you can wonder about the various theories, including the idea that the ancient culture used them to indicate underground water sources, or the older one that the lines are caused by the physical movement of underground water. There are water channels, painstakingly built of rock walls and maintained over the centuries that carry water from the mountains to a farming oasis near the figures.

The lines aren’t the only things to see around Nazca. The museum in town has archaeological artifacts. Maria Reiche‘s house, in the nearby village of San Pedro, now also a museum, is filled with her personal belongings, her maps, photos, camera, and hand-drawn sketches. She is buried in the garden. The museum charges admission and is closed on Sunday.

 

Where: Arequipa, Peru

When: Each May the 1rst

La Virgen de la Candelaria Virgen de Chapi Chapi or simply, is a Marian devotion in Peru, Patroness of Arequipa. Her shrine pilgrimages to which thousands of devotees, is located approximately 90 kilometers from the city of Arequipa in the desert place called Chapi located on the border between the departments of Arequipa and Moquegua in the district belonging to the department Polobaya Arequipa.
Their festivities are celebrated on February 2, Day of Purification, or Candlemas. However, his followers have chosen May 1, when it begins the month dedicated to Mary, like the September 8, feast of the Nativity.

Traditional pilgrimage to the Santuario de Chapi about 76 km from Arequipa. Many devotees arrive on foot. It is usual, the promise of coming 3 consecutive years to reach the Sanctuary