Peru Guide

Founded in 1971, the International Potato Center (CIP - Centro internacional de la Papa) is a research-for-development organization with a focus on potato, sweet potato and andean roots and tubers headquartered in Lima, but with a research presence in more than 20 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

On May 2, 2023, the Peruvian government put a law (Ley 31732) into effect granting foreigners, who violated article 56 of the Foreigner Law (Decreto Legislativo 1350) amnesty. So, they don't have to pay the in some cases excessive fines for infringements. Unfortunately, the amnesty option expired at the end of October 2023.

Casuarinas International College is an international school following the International Baccalaureate (IB) education program.

Around the globe the celebration of Easter, so the commemoration of Jesus’s crucifixion, burial and resurrection from the dead, is the most important festivity in the yearly calendar for Christians; Peru, where over 80% of the population is catholic and another more or less 12% evangelic protestant, is no exception.

Since October 2020, everyone traveling to Peru by air is asked to pre-register his or her arrival in the country on an app. As pre-registered travelers don’t have to proceed to an immigration counter upon arrival but can use the automated passport control system, the so-called E-gates, to clear immigration, this novelty at Jorge Chavez Internati...

Along the slopes of the snow-capped peak called Sahuasiray, high above the valley of the Yucay River, there lived a native Indian of the Lare tribe, called Acoynapa, a handsome and most charming young man who tended the white llamas used by the Incas as sacrificial offerings to the Sun. As he followed his grazing herd, he would play softly and s...

Amazon Shelter

Vida Digna

The education at the boys-only Colegio Alpamayo and affiliated girls-only Colegio Salcantay is based on the International Baccalaureate (IB) program and inspired by the teachings of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei.

Each year around mid- to late-April the National Association of Breeders and Owners of Peruvian Paso Horses (ANCPCPP) organizes the Concurso Nacional Oficial del Caballo Peruano de Paso (the National Peruvian Paso Horse Competition), one of the two most important horse competitions of the country in Mamacona near Pachacamac, about 30 km (19 mile...