TouchScreenTravels

Our Touch, your Travels…

This is a preview of the full content of our Peru’s Best app.

Please consider downloading this app to support small independent publishing and because:

All content is designed for mobile devices and works best there.
Detailed in-app maps will help you find sites using your device’s GPS.
The app works offline (one time upgrade required on Android versions).
All advertising (only present on Android versions) can be removed.

The app will also allow you to:

Add custom locations to the app map (your hotel…).
Create your own list of favourites as you browse.
Search the entire contents using a fast and simple text-search tool.
Make one-click phone calls (on phones).

Cordillera Blanca

The white mountains

In Spanish, cordillera is a mountain chain or range and blanca means white. It sounds generic, until you get there and see the perennial white glacial peaks.

The Cordillera Blanca extends for 200 kilometers (124 mi) in a northwesterly direction. It includes several peaks over 6,000 meters (19,690 ft) high and 722 individual glaciers. Peru established Huascarán National Park in 1975, which covers 340,000 hectares. In 1985 it was made a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Practicalities

These are serious mountains that require experience in mountaineering and professional guides to get to many places. There are some day hikes that any hiker can do after they acclimatize to the altitude.

Huaraz & Central Sierra

Peru’s North In-2-Weeks

Beach, mountains & jungle

Image by Martin Germann