PERU – PERUVIAN AMAZON (Loreto, San Martin)
Boat Leticia to Iquitos.
Santa Rosa (10 minutes to cross the river from Leticia) to Iquitos. floating immigration office across the river from Santa Rosa for your entrance and exit stamps. The Colombian and Peruvian immigration offices are next to each other on this small island. Twice per day boat. Take a small boat or walk from the little bridge in Leticia and follow the muddy trail through the pueblito.
Slow Boat. 3 days (twenty stops), sleep in a hammock, slow boat also has small cabins with bunkbeds for 200 PEN ($53). Food is included, has power outlets. Bring water, mosquito repellent and toilet paper
Boats depart from Santa Rosa’s main dock every day around 18:00-19:00, except for Sundays, arrive at Iquitos on the morning of the third day. Passport stamped at the immigration office. Be sure to buy your ticket well in advance and be at the port on time.
Fast Ferry. 16h 10m – 18h 10m, ($43).
Previously, there were three ferry companies – Transtur, Golfinho, and Flipper used to depart early in the morning from Tuesday to Sunday. Now only Ferry Amazonas departs at 17:00, but you need to board as early as 15:00. Online booking is not available for Ferry Amazonas. Tickets ($67), which includes breakfast.
Ferry Amazonia – Amazon River Consortium +51 (065) 23318
sales@confluam.pe. // ferryamazonia.com
12h, 3 times a week. Schedules at facebook.com
IQUITOS World Cities and Popular Towns
Airports: Iquitos (IQT)
History, Culture, National and City Museums
Iquitos: Mi Museo Iquitos
Iquitos: Museum of Indigenous Amazonian Cultures
Architectural Delights: Iquitos: Ex Hotel Palace
Markets: Iquitos: Mercado Belén
Maritime/Ship Museums
Iquitos: Ayapua
Iquitos: BAP America
Bizzarium: Lamas Castle
TARAPOTO
Airports: Tarapoto (TPP)
History, Culture, National and City Museums: Tarapoto: Museo Chanka y de la Diversidad Lamista
YURIMAGUAS
MOYOBAMBA
DARE
Mariscal Ramón Castilla Province extreme east (Caballococha)
San Martin district (San Martin department east)
Santa Rosa island
RIO ABISEO NP WHS is home to a large number of species of flora and fauna, as well as over 30 pre-Columbian archaeological sites.
The park comprises an isolated river basin covered by forests, transitioning into a mountain landscape at higher elevations. The critically endangered Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey is known to live in the park and relies on it for its survival as a species. The most famous archaeological site in the park is Gran Pajatén, a ruined settlement that was occupied between 900 and 200 BCE, and 200 BCE to 600 CE.
This is one of the most difficult to visit WHS in South America. 3 days of travelling to see only a tiny corner of a vast national park
21-hour overnight bus from Trujillo (Chan Chan) to Tarapoto and then 3 hours by minivan/colectivo to Juanjui. From Juanjui, 40 minutes by car to Huicungo, a village on the Rio Huayabamba. 30-minute boat ride upstream to Río Abiseo which runs into Río Huayabamba, then 1.5 hours upstream to the lodge. Parts are very shallow and may need to wade. Boat into the National Park/WHS for about 30 minutes to the Catarata Maquisapa. This is the only place visited in the WHS.
Summary: Fly Lima to Tarapoto (2 hours), drive to Juanjui (3 hours). The next day, drive by car and boat to the waterfall Maquisapa (4 hours one way) and back to Juanjui the same day. Recommend stay 2 nights in Abiseo Lodge (Website) next to the park ranger house and only a 10-minute boat ride from the official NP territory. the lodge. Catarata Maquisapa 15 meters; a 15 minute walk. The lodge is in “high jungle”, not flat and low like Amazon rainforest. There’s less wildlife compared to Manu. An adventure & nature holiday.
Tentative WHS
Chachapoyas sites of the Utcubamba Valley
Sierra del Divisor National Park
World of Nature
Abiseo River Park
Alexander von Humboldt National Forest
Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve
Alto Purús NP
Cordillera Azul NP
Güeppí Sekime NP
Pacaya Samiria National Reserve
Pucacuro National Reserve
Sierra del Divisor NP
Tamshiyacu Tahuayo Regional Conservation Area
Tamshiyacu Tahuayo Reserve
Yaguas NP
Villages and Small Towns: Belén
Vestiges of the Past: Contamana: Cementerio Arqueologico San salvador
Botanical Gardens: Moyobamba: Agro Oriente Viveros
Waterfalls: Contamana: El Llanto de la Anaconda
Caves, Sinkholes and Saltmines: Cueva de Palestina
Lakes: Lake Maynas
Indigenous Peoples: Huni Kuin
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PERU – CENTRAL COAST (Lima, Callao)
World Heritage Sites
Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System
LIMA World Cities and Popular Towns World Capitals
Airports: Lima (LIM). Coastal Miraflores and Barranco neighborhoods, walking through the Magic Fountains at night, hiking around the Pachacamac pyramids
HISTORIC CENTRE of LIMA WHS
Plaza de Armas and the San Francisco Convent are the main attractions, and the library at Santo Domingo is impressive, Palacio de Torre Tagle or Casa de Aliaga, which are not without interest. Plaza San Martin, centered around a statue of its eponymous hero on horseback, and the Iglesia de La Merced, with its neat baroque facade. The balconies throughout the historic center are the main visual highlights. The Mestizo Baroque church portal at La Merced rivals that of San Francisco. Plus, there is a Modernist façade or two and plenty of splashes of color everywhere, as is common in colonial architecture.
Urban Legends
Barranco
Miraflores Boardwalk
Parque de la Amistad
Plaza de Armas
Puente de Piedra
History, Culture, National and City Museums
Lima Metropolitan Museum
National Museum of Peruvian Culture
Castles, Palaces, Forts
Archbishop Palace
Government Palace
Legislative Palace
Palace of Justice
Vestiges of the Past
Archaeological Complex of Pachacamac
Caral-Supe
Complejo Arqueologico Mateo Salado
Huaca Pucllana
Art Museums
Lima: Contemporary Art Museum
Lima: Lima Art Museum
Lima: Museum of Italian Art
Lima: National Museum of Archaeology
Lima: Pinacoteca Municipal Ignacio Merino
House and Biographical Museums
Lima: Casa de Aliaga
Lima: Casa Museo José Carlos Mariátegui
Lima: Casa Museo Ricardo Palma
Lima: Marina Núñez Del Prado Museum
Lima: Pedro de Osma Museum
Archaeology and Anthropology Museums
Lima: Amano Pre-Colombian Textile Museum
Lima: Gold Museum of Peru and Weapons of the World
Lima: Larco Museum
Architectural Delights
Lima: Gran Teatro Nacional
Lima: Palacio de Torre Tagle
Lima: Presidential Palace
Lima: Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC)
Religious Temples
Lima: Church and Convent of San Francisco
Lima: La Ermita de Barranco
Lima: Las Nazarenas Church
Lima: Lima Cathedral
Lima: Our Lady of Mercy
Lima: Santa Rosa Basilica
Lima: Santo Domingo Church and Convent
Religious Monuments: Lima: Christ of the Pacific (Cristo Del Pacífico)
Natural History and Earth Museums
Lima: Andrés Del Castillo Museum
Lima: Museum of Natural History
Religious and Sacred Art Museums (including Islamic and Jewish Museums): Lima: Museum of the Inquisition
Monuments
Lima: Jose de San Martin Monument
Lima: Monumento Quiñones
Botanical Gardens: Lima: Jardín Botánico de Plantas Medicinales
Festivals: Vivo X El Rock
Zoos
Lima: Huachipa Zoological Park
Lima: Parque de las Leyendas
Beaches: Miraflores Beaches (Lima Lima and Lima Barranca)
Hospitality Legends
Lima: Bar Cordano
Lima: Bar Zela
Lima: Grand Hotel Bolivar
Malls/Department Stores
Lima: Larcomar
Lima: Plaza Lima Norte
Lima: Plaza San Miguel
Lima: Real Plaza Salaverry
Markets
Lima: Inca Market
Lima: Miraflores Indian Market
Lighthouses: Miraflores: Faro La Marina
Sports Museums: Lima: Museo Olímpico del Deporte Peruano
Aviation Museums: Lima: Museo Aeronáutico del Perú
Museums – Various
Lima: Central Reserve Bank of Peru Museum
Lima: House of Peruvian Gastronomy
Lima: House of Peruvian Literature
SACRED CITY of CARAL-SUPE WHS 5000-year-old 626-hectare archaeological site on a dry desert terrace overlooking the green valley of the Supe River. It is the oldest centre of civilization in the Americas. Exceptionally well-preserved – monumental stone and earthen platform mounts and sunken circular courts. One of 18 urban settlements situated in the same area, six large pyramidal structures. A quipu (the knot system used in Andean civilizations to record information) found on the site testifies to the development and complexity of Caral society.
The Amphitheater had remains of musical instruments (flutes)
Drive 3 hours
After visiting Caral, visit Vichama instead of going to lunch in Barranca. Vichama became the center of the Caral culture around 1800 BC, when Caral itself had declined. Vichama, on the way back to Lima along the coast, was worth visiting. Relief figures of humans, on an interior layer of one of the temples. Don’t trust google maps to just go to Vichama — it’ll lead you to the backside of the site — a large sandy hill. You need to search for “Centro de Visitantes Vichama”)
Buses from Lima to Barranca and/ or Supe. Cheap Hostal Los Angeles has a nice woman that runs it. Barranca use ET Valle Sagrado Caral to the entrance. Obligatory tour 1 hour
The site is perfectly set up to be visited independently with bilingual interpretation panels Only beige stone pyramids remain.
Amphitheater Temple is the most remarkable building, a large sunken circular plazas. Huanca Pyramid and Gallery Pyramid which are beautiful square shaped stepped pyramids. Greater Pyramid is the largest, 170 x 150 metres, the low profile makes it look not that impressive. In front of the stepped pyramid is sunken circular plaza the diameter is 37 metres. Central Pyramid and Quarry Pyramid from a viewing platform.
Half-day trip for 25 EUR. road paved and half an hour. December to May crossing the river. To the east, cross a bridge on foot, and walk 2km to the site.
The walls of the buildings were painted yellow.
Tentative WHS
Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve System form Peru (RNSIIPG)
Peruvian Central Railway
Real Felipe Fortress of Callao
The Coastal Lomas System of Peru
Wineries and Vineyards for traditional Pisco Production
Islands: San Lorenzo
CALLAO
Castles, Palaces, Forts: Callao: Real Felipe Fortress
Maritime/Ship Museums
Callao: Abtao Submarine
Callao: Museo Naval de Peru
World of Nature
Lachay National Reserve
Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve
Villages and Small Towns
Antioquía
Azpitia
Huancaya
Laraos
Lunahuana
SAN VICENTE DE CANETE
BARRANCA
CHANCAY
HUACHO
HUARAL
