Next time you ask for a Snake Bite at your local pub, you never know, this might just be served up. Think that you have strong stomach for drinking? Then you probably haven’t tried Peru’s jungle snake drink. On the edge of Peru’s northern Amazon Jungle in a small Jungle town called Rioja (north of [...more]
Three people have died and more than 30 have been injured in clashes between miners and police in Peru. The miners are protesting against tougher penalties for illegal mining. Local officials said police were far outnumbered by the protesters, who are trying to take control of the airport at the city of Puerto Maldonado. The [...more]
Hacienda Concepcion, the fifth hotel in Peru by Inkaterra opens its doors to the public. Located on the banks of the Madre de Dios River deep in the Amazon Jungle, Hacienda Concepcion is the second mid-range hotel to be offered by Inkaterra, as part of their range of more affordable accommodations, under the brand name [...more]
Peru has many great tourist attractions of which the most popular and well known is Machu Picchu near Cusco. However, many visitors don’t realize that Peru is actually two-thirds Jungle, and is considered to have the greatest bio-diversity on earth. Travel to certain parts of Peru’s vast Amazon Jungle is actually a lot easier than [...more]