Surfing in lima beaches

Country: Peru - South America

Being a coastal city, Lima has many beaches suitable for the practice of surfing, from beginners (Redondo or Waikiki beaches in "La Costa Verde", Miraflores) and even for more experienced surfers (Pico Alto in Punta Hermosa, and La Herradura in Chorrillos). In the beaches of the Costa Verde, you will find instructors who teach and also rent the necessary equipment for surfing, but if you want to buy your own one, Miraflores has a lot of surf shops where you can find whatever you want. For more adventure surfers there are also more remote and challenging beaches, where you can reach by car, accompanied by a guide of course. Surfing has become a really popular sport in Lima since Sofia Mulanovich was the World Champion of women's professional circuit in 2005.

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Paragliding the Coast of Lima

Country: Peru - South America

The Lima area is particular attractive to paragliders because of the ability to get into such close proximity to the buildings.

The desert dunes over Pachacamac are another popular Lima location for paragliding. Located about 30 Km to the south, on sunny days there is a lot of interesting thermal activity here.

For those who have never paraglided but want to experience the thrill of flight, there are several companies that provide tandem rides over the Costa Verde.

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Biking in Lima Bay

Country: Peru - South America

Lima, Peru offers a combination of bike routes to suit any cyclist. If you’re more of a road biker, the capital city has smooth and relatively traffic-free roads that wind around iconic and historic buildings of the city. If you’re more adventurous, outside of the urban center you will find that Peru mountain bike trails are for all levels of expertise and provide great views when they cut through the ancient monuments of the Incas.

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Lunahuana, another place for extreme sports

Country: Peru - South America

Lunahuana, a pleasant valley located 150km south of Lima, has perfect locations to enjoy a wide variety of adventures sports in its river, which has rapids up to class IV, and its hills. You can practice rafting, parasailing, trekking, gliding, mountain biking and fishing competitions.

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Scuba Diving in Lima, Peru

Country: Peru - South America

To connect with the beautiful landscapes near Lima, consider hiking, biking, sandboarding or scuba diving. Although scuba diving is not widely practiced in Peru, diving off the coast of Lima offers a unique opportunity for scuba enthusiasts. You will not find coral reefs, but you will have the opportunity to see some of the more than 1,000 species of fish, 1,400 species of mollusks and 300 species of shellfish registered in Peru.

Dive Sites:Nearby Pucusana offers an approximately 100-foot wall dive and a 60-foot wreck dive is found a short distance northwest of Lima near the Chincha Islands, Palomino Island (Diving with the seas lions near Palomino Island remains a favorite day trip for those who visit Lima.),

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Pukllana (spanish: "Huaca Pucllana") - the Miraflores district of central Lima, Peru

Country: Peru - South America

Wak'a Pukllana was a central archeological complex in ancient Lima culture. Also known as Wak'a Juliana, this important administrative and ceremonial center was built around 500. The Wak'a Pukllana was clearly separated by a large wall (north - south direction) into two different parts: The administrative sector and the urban zone were located towards the east of this wall with places presumably used for public meetings, to discuss control and improvement of production. A number of small buildings, squares, ramps, patios and storage rooms completed this part. The ceremonial sector towards the western part of the wall, contained the pyramid (made of adobe bricks, 500 metres long, more than 100 metres wide, 22 metres high) and adjacent places. In this area priests conducted religious ceremonies honoring the Gods and ancestors.[5] The structure of this wak'a serves to strongly reinforce our concepts of the authoritative composition of the Lima culture, clearly indicating a separation between the common population, the administration of the culture, and the religious leaders.

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Wak'a Wallamarka (spanish: "Huaca Huallamarca") - San Isidro Lima Perú

Country: Peru - South America

The archaeological compound of Wak'a Wallamarka is only a little smaller than Wak'a Pukllana, and is similarly an adobe scaled pyramid, but this wak'a possesses the unique addition of an impressive access ramp. It is believed that this site was a ceremonial center whose access was possibly restricted to only a religious elite, evinced by the fact that the uncovered floors show little wear from use. Since Wak'a Wallamarka endured over a very long period (one that goes from the 3rd century to the coming of the Incas during the 15th century) the patterns of utilization and abandonment are extremely helpful in indicating the shift in funerary practices over time. This site continues to be a significant source of information for ancient burial practices of the Lima and surrounding cultures. The on-site museum today has examples of funeral bundles and the mummy of a local princess.

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Cajamarquilla

Country: Peru - South America

The Wak'a Cajamarquilla, located in the Rimac valley, was not a major commercial, not administrative, and not a military site during the Early Intermediate Period, being built around 400-600. Also referred to as "the dead city," Cajamarquilla is entirely built in adobe and is unique in the aspect that it is also comprised by a peculiar set of walled palaces. Cajamarquilla does ' stand out as the second biggest urban complex constructed with mud in the ancient Perú, with its 167 hectares of extension, surpassed only by the citadel of Chan Chan to the North of Lima.[8] This site is contested to have been founded by the Huari civilization, but nonetheless was developed while the valley was under the influence of the Lima culture. This centre of regional influence was assembled by pyramids, squares, streets, rooms and mazes clearly distinguishable in the midst of an arid landscape, harshly beaten by floods during the El Niño phenomenon appearances. Nevertheless, this place sustained a very complete and dynamic civilization, as asserted by: the many human burials located in several sectors; the different decorations on objects, some typical of the valley itself, others from the rest of the Coast and others from the southern Sierra; the many underground cellars to keep food; and by the patios devoted to the production of chicha (an alcoholic beverage obtained from the maceration of corn) for celebrations.

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Pachacamac

Country: Peru - South America

Wak'a Pacha Kamaq, noted for its great pyramidal temples and frescoed adobe walls, is one of the most important and remarkable sites constructed in the Early Intermediate Period. The shrine of this site was dedicated to the god pacha Kamaq, "architect of the world and creator of all its creatures".[3] Wak'a Pacha Kamaq was the most distinguished pilgrimage destination along the coastal region, drawing worshippers from all over Peru to render tribute and to consult the oracle. The adobe style temple, built entirely on raw mudbricks, has a raised rectangular space in front of it where pilgrims could leave their offerings.This vast religious complex is credited to the Lima culture, being initially constructed and occupied between 200 BC–AD 600. Pacha Kamaq continued to be utilized for well over the next thousand years. The Wari culture arrived in the region around 650 and began to use the city as an administrative center for the coastal Andes. Wari influences appear in the construction of the site and on the ceramics and textiles of this period. Pacha Kamaq was so recognizably crucial to the surrounding cultures, that even after the Inka conquest of the area it was left intact and untampered. The Inka civilization instead allowed it to exist along their own practices, adding their own style to the development. In fact the Inka sector, which was added between 1440 - 1533, remains as the best preserved section today.

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