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The Natural World
Few countries have topographies as rugged, as forbidding and as wildly diverse as Peru.
The third-largest country in South America - at 1,285,220 sq km - it is five times larger
than the UK, almost twice the size of Texas and one-sixth the size of Australia. It lies in the
tropics, south of the equator, straddling three strikingly different geographic zones: the arid
Pacific coast, the craggy Andes mountain range and a good portion of the Amazon Basin.
Regardless of which part of the country you're visiting, it's a
guarantee you will never travel a straight line. Between snaking
rivers, plunging canyons and all the zigzagging mountain roads,
navigating Peru's landscape is about circumventing natural
obstacles - but with plenty of excitement and jaw-dropping
beauty in between.
Top Protected
Areas
» Cañón del Colca, Arequipa
» Cordillera Blanca, Ancash
» Lake Titicaca, Puno
» Parque Nacional Manu,
Amazon
» Islas Ballestas, Pisco
 
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