Monday, November 29, 2004
Prologue
The first thing that everybody asked me when i said iam going to peru was "Why Peru"??. Actually my original idea was to go to brazil.I always wanted to go to the amazon rainforest as a adventure trip. I wanted to go to Manaus.
Manaus is the capital of the Amazonas State and the hub of the whole Amazon Region. Manaus lies on the River Negro, seven kilometers from the point where the Negro meets the River Solimoes to form the Brazilian Amazon. But there were a few prblms.As i was trying to book it in the last minute most of the airline / lodge stuff have been booked. And the general advise was not to stay more than 3 days in the jungle as it might get very boring, no electricity etc etc. On that case i have to spend the next 5/6 days somewhere and there wasn't much to do in brazil other than rio de janiero( from what ever info i collected).
I started looking at other options. Amazon tributaries are there in peru, ecuador ,bolivia etc. so i was looking at all the options. I started researching about peru and the more i researched, the more i was fascinated.
Peru has got everything to offer to a tourist. The most spectacular and varied scenery in South America. Dense amazonian rainforest to the east, the beautiful high Andes in the middle and the desert pacific shore lines to the west.
The Amazon Basin, which occupies half of Peru, is one of the world's top 10 biodiversity 'hot spots' .It has little over 10% of worlds animals and species. home to varied species of birds(20% of world total).It has got the famous collpa, the macaw clay lick.
It is also home on one of the greatest civilizations the Inca's, the breathtaking Manchu picchu and the enigmatic Nazca lines. Archeological sites dating to 7000 BC .A line of civilizations ending with the great Incas. I will explain about these places in detail later.
So i decided to take this jungle/cultural tour.
Manaus is the capital of the Amazonas State and the hub of the whole Amazon Region. Manaus lies on the River Negro, seven kilometers from the point where the Negro meets the River Solimoes to form the Brazilian Amazon. But there were a few prblms.As i was trying to book it in the last minute most of the airline / lodge stuff have been booked. And the general advise was not to stay more than 3 days in the jungle as it might get very boring, no electricity etc etc. On that case i have to spend the next 5/6 days somewhere and there wasn't much to do in brazil other than rio de janiero( from what ever info i collected).
I started looking at other options. Amazon tributaries are there in peru, ecuador ,bolivia etc. so i was looking at all the options. I started researching about peru and the more i researched, the more i was fascinated.
Peru has got everything to offer to a tourist. The most spectacular and varied scenery in South America. Dense amazonian rainforest to the east, the beautiful high Andes in the middle and the desert pacific shore lines to the west.
The Amazon Basin, which occupies half of Peru, is one of the world's top 10 biodiversity 'hot spots' .It has little over 10% of worlds animals and species. home to varied species of birds(20% of world total).It has got the famous collpa, the macaw clay lick.
It is also home on one of the greatest civilizations the Inca's, the breathtaking Manchu picchu and the enigmatic Nazca lines. Archeological sites dating to 7000 BC .A line of civilizations ending with the great Incas. I will explain about these places in detail later.
So i decided to take this jungle/cultural tour.
