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Peru.
Lima Office:
Address: C.C. Camino Real Of. 284
San Isidro
Phone number: (+511) 2526133
E-mail:
info@perucusco.com
Contact person: Malena Montes |
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Cusco Office
Address: Jr. Peru B-14 Manzanapata, Santiago
Phone number: (+5184) 984625171
E-mail:
info@perucusco.com
Contact person: Ronald Arana |
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Departament of
Ucayali
Description.
The "Boquerón del Padre Abad" Canyon in the department of Ucayali is
one of Peru's most beautiful and scenic natural landscapes. The rich
variety of flora and fauna also draws tourists here from around the
world.
Basics facts.
Area or surface: 102,411 km².
Main Resources: wood, fruits and wild fauna (sajino, sachavaca,
huangana), cebu cattle.
Population: 363,000 inhabitants. The capital is Pucallpa and has
160,400 inhabitants.
Number of Provinces and Districts: 4 provinces and 14 districts.
Date of Department Foundation: June 18, 1980.
Fauna: birds (guacamayos, parrots, toucans, nightingales,
hummingbirds, swallows), squirrels, monkeys (pichico, little lion,
fraile, coto, maquisapa), anteaters, otters, tigers, deer and foxes,
snakes, toads, insects, fish (bagre, boquichico, carachama, lisa,
mojarra), tortoises (charapa, taricaya and motelo).
Flora: trees (caoba, moena, cedro, estoraque, ishpingo, huayruro),
medicinal plants (ayahuasca, llantén, paico), fruit trees, orchids.
Weather: The average temperature is 25° C (77° F). The rainy season
is from November to March.
History.
This is Peru's youngest department. It was created in 1980 and is
considered the door to the Peruvian Amazon.
Tourism
Pucallpa, the department's capital is the most important city. It
serves two functions: serving as a port on the Ucayali Rver and as a
commercial center.
Near the town of Pucallpa is the beautiful Yarinacocha lagoon. There
is a large variety of fauna in this area such as: otorongos, sajinos,
sachavacas and ronsocos and birds such as the paujil and the pavo de
monte. This department holds the largest mills, paper pulp plants,
and the Cerveza San Juan beer plant.
Due to the variety of wildlife and vegetation in the area, Ucayali
offers similar tourist attractions to that of Loreto. |
