Article Archive for January 2011
Facts about Cusco
![Facts about Cusco Woman and llama walk past Spanish homes built on top of Incan walls](http://www.discover-peru.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Current-walls-150x150.jpg)
The is the capital of the department of Cusco and is located in the valley of the Huatanay River in the south east at an altitude of 3,350 …
Peru Travel – Altitude sickness or soroche
![Peru Travel – Altitude sickness or soroche Hojas de coca](http://www.discover-peru.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Hojas-de-coca-150x150.png)
If you are a flatlander and are traveling to the you need to be aware of altitude sickness or soroche. At high elevations the pressure of oxygen diminishes so …
Native Crops of Peru – Theobroma cacao
![Native Crops of Peru – Theobroma cacao Cocoa tree farm](http://www.discover-peru.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Cocoa-tree-farm-150x150.png)
Theobroma cacao is a tree fruit endemic to the South American rainforest and distributed to Central America by humans. It was domesticated about 3,000 years ago by local indigenous people …
Native Crops of Peru – Pure Nacional Cacao
![Native Crops of Peru – Pure Nacional Cacao Cocoa beans drying](http://www.discover-peru.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Cocoa-beans-drying-150x150.png)
In 2007, Pure Nacional, a variety of the cacao tree was rediscovered in Peru, to the world’s chocolate makers it was a delight. In 1916 the plant was hit by …
Inca Society
![Inca Society Native Peruvians gather potatoes from their terraced farms](http://www.discover-peru.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Gathering-potatoes-150x150.jpg)
The Inca society was a vertical hierarchical organization divided in four social classes. At the top of the stratum was the Sapa Inca, the most powerful person in the empire. …
Facts about Peru
![Facts about Peru Cerro de Pasco mine](http://www.discover-peru.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Cerro-de-Pasco-mine-150x150.png)
Interesting facts about Peru. Facts about society, economy, population, history, tourism, food and geography.