Yaguas National Park is located in the Loreto Region of northern Peru and covers more than 868,000 hectares of Amazonian rainforest – around the size of Yellowstone National Park in the U.S. Peru’s ...
They come to gaze from the verdant void at Cueva de Las Lechuzas. The come to spot the cock-of-the-rock, an Amazonian bird emblematic of Peru. And they come, often, to discover another part of Peru ...
The new park spans 1.3 million hectares of largely primary forest, and contains unique wildlife habitat and uncontacted indigenous communities. The declaration comes after nearly 10 years of struggle ...
When it comes to amphibian and reptile biodiversity, the eastern slopes of the Andes mountains in South America stand out. A new survey of 'herps' in and around Manu National Park in Peru recorded a ...
Peru is considered one of the top 17 most mega-diverse countries in the world, yet few who visit travel beyond the Cusco and Machu Picchu area to see what this Andean wonderland really offers in terms ...
Aqua Expeditions CEO: Safari enthusiasts would love an East Africa cruiseThe small-ship line is marketing cruises on the Aqua Lares as a way to extend a safari trip and see a completely different ...
The snake Chironius monticola inhabits cloud forests at elevations of 3,300 to 10,500 feet (1,000 to 3,200 meters) in southern Peru's Manú National Park, on the western side of the Amazon Basin. "Only ...
Extend your itinerary beyond Peru’s classic sights to discover ancient temples, mermaid-cursed waterfalls and some of the globe’s finest high-altitude trekking. With an altitude of 14,700 feet, ...
The World Heritage Centre received a report (in Spanish) entitled “Towards a Standardized Remote Environmental Monitoring System for the National Natural Protected Areas System of Peru – Pilot V”, ...