tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42088579680010122502012-02-25T17:47:58.232-05:00www.veggietours.blogspot.com is a specialized blog designed for the vegetarian and vegan community. We provide information about tours in the Andean Region ( Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia), which include 100% vegetarian (or vegan) meals. We also share local cuisine recipes, with vegetarian or vegan ingredients only, as well as the nutritional information of these ingredients.Veggie Tourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04042151738961194837noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208857968001012250.post-14631568302681821492012-02-25T17:18:00.001-05:002012-02-25T17:31:05.607-05:00

Andean Boy Peru has approximately 29 million inhabitants.The Peruvian Society is an authentic melting pot made of native Andean, Spanish (Criollos and Mestizos), immigrant Chinese, Italians, Japanese, Afro  Peruvians and Indigenous Amazon tribes. During the colony, the Criollos were the Peruvian born of Spanish parents and the Mestizos were children of intermarried parents (Spanish and

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Miraflores Park, 5 star hotel in Miraflores It is considered as one of the modern districts of Lima, colorful, with very nice green areas, shopping, entertainment centers, fine restaurants and five star hotels. The beautiful Parque Central or Parque Kennedy of Miraflores is colorful and well kept with a lot of activity and a crafts market in the evenings. Across from the park, the Pizza

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While planning your Veggie Tour to Peru, keep in mind that Peru's three geographical regions - coast, highlands, and jungle - each has distinct attractions and climate. Also remember that most visitors will arrive to the capital city of Lima, located in the center of Peru's long, narrow Pacific coastal region. From there, travel itineraries are generally directed to the south, the north, or the

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The Amazon Basin Iquitos: Capital of the Department of Loreto. Located on the West Bank of the mighty Amazon River, considered to be the longest in the world and with the greatest volume of water. Iquitos is an isolated city by road. It can be reached only by air or river.Founded in 1757 as San Pablo de los Napeanos by the Jesuits. However, Iquitos did not grow until the rubber boom in the late

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The spectacular Colca Canyon is at least twice as deep as the Grand Canyon. About 150 Km NW of Arequipa (4 hours), crossing the Salinas and Aguada Blanca reserve is the town of Chivay, starting point to explore the canyon.The climate is dry in the valley, with sunny days and cold nights. The rainy season is from November to April.The Colca Canyon is a massive geological formation made by the

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The Jaguar, Feline of the Peruvian Rain ForestThe Amazon River was named as one of the New Seven World Wonders of Nature list in the forests, national parks and nature reserves category.The Amazon River is the largest river of the world and its basin is also the largest drainage basin of the planet; since, it covers an area of 6 475 000 square kilometers (2500 000 square miles) in Peru, Brazil,

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VEGGIE EXPERIENTIAL TOURISM IN THE ANDES Experiential tourism constitutes an important means of encouraging the meeting and coming together of different cultures, their problems and potentials, especially in rural areas. Tourists get experiences completely different from their usual ones in big cities. They experience first-hand the rich cultural diversity of the rural communities.

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Embedded in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, between Cusco and Machu Picchu and along the Sacred Urubamba River, lies a real Vegetarian Eden, ready to welcome vegetarian and vegan travelers from all over the world.Willka Tika means Sacred Flower in Quechua, the original language of the Incas. This name represents everything that Carol, the founder of this inspiring place wished to impress upon, a

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The potato (Solanum tuberosum), a tuber that originated in the upper part of the Andes in Peru, has served as a foodstuff for humans in the last 8,000 years. However, it was not until the Spanish took samples of the potato to Europe in the sixteenth century that it became a universal food. In fact, less than a century after the potato was brought to the Old World, it turned for mass consumption,

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Vegans and Vegetarians who travel to Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador have great alternatives of vegetarian meals with high nutritional value, including fantastic fruit, nuts many varieties of potatoes, and wonderful cereals. Among the Andean cereals we find kiwicha (amaranth), kañiwa and quinoa which was the staple food of the Inca, (the king of the Inca culture) and considered a sacred and principal

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During Inca times, all roads led to the capital of the Empire, Cusco (which in Quechua means "navel of the world '). Most roads were inherited from pre-Inca cultures of Peru, Ecuador, Chile and parts of Bolivia. Inca roads were used most frequently by messengers, "chasquis”. Some are still in use and others have been replaced or abandoned. Cusco is one of the greatest archaeological cities in the

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HUMPBACK WHALESThe humpback whale was given its common name because of the shape of its dorsal fin and the way it looks when its diving. Each whale has its own pattern on the underside of its tail flukes, which can be used like "fingerprints" to identify a particular whale.Unique patterns on the underside of its tail flukes Humpbacks are found in all oceans from polar to tropical seas and follow

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