Peru Tesoro Escondido

What is the name of the highest mountain in the american continent?

The Andes mountain

What's population of Lima?

Over 8 million of habitants

What can you find in Huanchaco?

Huanchaco is the home of the Caballitos de Totora. This vessel is used by the local fishermen.

How do you build the vessels named "caballitos de totora"?

They are built with the totora plant. A plant that grows lavishly in the area.

What did the fishermen use to do with this type of vessel?

They used them as a sport to surf the waves.

How old is the caballitos de totora tradition?

This tradition is 3.000 years old.

What's Punta Hermosa?

Is the world capital of surfing. Is a beach minutes away from Lima.

From where the tallest waves come?

They come from Hawaii. They reach the coast of Peru in five days.

What does Chicama have?

This beach is known worldwide for having the longest wave on Earth, 2.5 kilometers long. Visitors from everywhere come here to defy nature.

What happens at Nuro?

Up North at Nuro you could find the Tortugas Verdes.

What's happening to the tortugas verdes?

The endangered species is protected by almost every government in the world. In many cases the tortugas verdes go to the Peruvian shore after nesting in Galapagos.

How heavy is the Humback whale?

30 to 50 tons and can be 12 to 16 inches long.

Describe the Andean Condor.

It is the largest flying land bird on Earth. It's wingspan of almost 3 meters. It has black and white feathers. White feathers cover it's neck and wings and it flies up to 70 kilometers per hour.

How long can the condor live?

This bird can live up to 75 years old.

What did the Inca civilization believe about the condor?

The condor represented strength, intelligence, elation and exaltation. It was an animal respected by every being.

What are the Carajia Sarcophaguses?

They are the main expression of the Pre-Inca culture. Burying people in this mountain was a way of going back to the beginning of life, and taking the highest ruler to a secluded place that's inaccessible to everyone. The techniques they used to access these remotes places remain a mystery.

What did the mountains mean to the Chachapoya culture?

Pre-Inca culture know as the Chochapoya culture. The mountains were sacred. They represented the origin of life.

How do you get to the Gocta waterfall?

To get to this magical place. You will have to go over 5 kilometers of trails and hanging bridges through mountains, forest, rivers and lush vegetation.

How tall is the waterfall?

The waterfall is 700 meters.

What's the fortress of Kuelap, decribe it?

This place belongs to the Chachapoya culture. It's located 3,000 meters above sea level. The citadel was built in different stages throughout several centuries. The Chachapoyas controlled this region from 900 AD, until the arrival of the Incas after 1400.

What did the Incas do to the Chachapoyas?

The Incas added them into their empire and while they scattered them out in order to keep them under control. they respected their customs, which remain alive in the region.

What do we find to the southeast of Peru?

We find the highest waterway on Earth. It's 4000 meters above the sea.

Describe the Uros culture.

The Uros are a native community which live on floating islands along the lake. These islands are made with totora plant. The Uros organize their communities. Women and men take turns as the majors. It's the elderly people the wisest ones, who are in charge of keeping the tradition alive.

Describe the Taquile Island.

Extends a total of five kilometers. This island hosts a community that preserved its language and culture. Their livelihood is based on agriculture, craftsmanship and knitting.

What's the capital of the Inca Empire?

Cuzco

Describe the Inca Culture

It was the largest empire that the American continent has ever seen. Machu Picchu was a masterpiece of engineering and arquitecture that is evidence on how advanced the Inca empire was.

When did the Inca Empire collapse?

When the Spaniards arrived in 1400.

Describe the Peruvian jungle.

It's over six million square kilometers and reaches nine countries throughout South America. In this dense forest live a myriad of still unidentified plants, thousands of birds, and millions of insects. The forest is full of wild animals. The boa contrictor can be up to four meters long.

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu was a masterpiece of engineering and arquitecture that is evidence on how advanced the Inca Empire was. It was an administrative, educative, political, religious and scientific research institute of the Inca Empire.