PERU HAS IT ALL !!!COUNTRY DESCRIPTION: Peru is a developing country with an expanding tourism sector. A wide variety of tourist facilities and services are available, with quality varying according to price and location. Read the Department of State Background Notes on Peru for additional information.
Location:Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador Geographic coordinates:10 00 S, 76 00 W Map references:South A south america Area:total: 1,285,220 sq km land: 1.28 million sq km water: 5,220 sq km Area - comparative:slightly smaller than Alaska Land boundaries: total:
5,536 km border countries: Bolivia 900 km, Brazil 1,560 km, Chile 160 km, Colombia 1,496 km (est.), Ecuador ...
Cusco is one of peru's greatest treasures .seat of the ancient inka empire, cusco is home of many of the country's most splendid examples of pre columbian art and archichecture .and many of its buidings rest upon incan foundations. cusco's settings is one of breathtaking beauty: the dramatic snow-capped peaks of the andes rising above the warm colors of the urubamba river valley.
The area is also rich in peru's vibrang living heritage : QUECHUA indians, many of whom maintain essentially the same way of life they have known for thousands of years.
Quechua (Runa Simi) is a Native American language of South America. It was already widely spoken across the Central Andes long before the time of the Incas, who established it as the official ...
Machu Picchu (Quechua: Machu Pikchu, "Old Peak", pronounced [m?t?u pikt?u]) is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,430 metres (8,000 ft) above sea level.[1] It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cuzco and through which the Urubamba River flows. Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", Machu Picchu is one of the most familiar symbols of the Inca Empire.
The Incas started building it around AD 1430 but was abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a hundred years later at the time of ...







































































