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Peru’s Travel Website
PERU TOURISM BUREAU
(PTB), is a nongovernment
organization that provides
comprehensive tourism
information and promote
Peru as a leading tourist
destination.
Every place on the planet
has something of interest,
but Perú is undoubtedly a
privileged country for its
great natural, cultural and
human legacy
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PERU TOURISM BUREAU
(PTB), is a nongovernment
organization that provides
comprehensive tourism
information and promote
Peru as a leading tourist
destination.
Every place on the planet
has something of interest,
but Perú is undoubtedly a
privileged country for its
great natural, cultural and
human legacy
Natural Biodiversity
NATURAL BIODIVERSITY
Peru has sparked a series of world records that would
astonish even the most skeptical researcher. Due to the
astounding variety of climates and ecosystems, it is among
the world’s top eight nations in terms of biodiversity where
one can find 84 of the 104 life zones existing around the
planet.
guacamayos NATURAL BIODIVERSITY
Amazon tropical forests
Thirteen percent of the Amazon tropical forests are in Peru,
and Peru ranks 8th in the world for total forest area. The
Colca and Cotahuasi canyons, in Arequipa, vie for first
place as the deepest on earth. The largest river in the
world, the Amazon, begins in Peru and most of the world's
highest navigable lake, Titicaca, is within Peruvian territory.
Peru is one of only 12 countries in the world that rank as
biological megadiversity. There are almost 25,000 species
of plants (10% of the world total), of which 30% are only
found in Peru.
In wildlife, it ranks top in diversity of fish (2,000 species,
equal to 10% of the world's species), first in birds (1,816
species, including the condor).
Peru is also home to about 10% of all mammals and
reptiles living on the planet and more than 20% of the
earth’s birds. The late Theodore Parker III, famous
American field ornithologist once said “Peru offers bird
enthusiasts more than any other country in the
world…Being here is like being a child visiting a huge store
filled with new and fascinating toys. He was right.
otorongo NATURAL BIODIVERSITY
Leppored
Third in amphibians (379 species, including the black
crocodile), third in mammals (462 species, including the
ocelot and black spectacled bear), and first in butterflies.
It ranks second in the world for its variety of primates 35
species, including the unique woolly, yellow-tailed monkey.
There are 460 species of mammals that are catalogued as
original to Peru, 1,745 species of birds, 297 species of
reptiles, 332 amphibians, 1,800 ocean and fresh water fish,
and thousands of species of mollusks, spiders and insects.
The insects also deserve special mention. On one single
tree in the Tambopata amazon in Peru`s southeast,
scientists identified over 5000 different species, including
more ant species that can be found in all of the british isles.
Amazing, right?
