Category Archives: Arequipa

Peru Travel Trend Video: Colca Canyon

By admin | Published: November 3, 2009
Fertur Peru Travel has uploaded its newest video featuring Colca Canyon, one of the deepest canyons in the world. At 10,727 feet (or 3,270 meters) deep, it’s more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon, and is neck and neck with the nearby, but almost inaccessible Cotahausi Canyon for the title of world’s deepest. [...]
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Chupe de Camarones

By Rick Hind | Published: September 21, 2009
The Moche people of Northern Peru held freshwater crayfish or camarones to be sacred, and they appear in artwork found in Sipan and at sites around Trujillo. Seafood soups featuring camarones are popular throughout coastal Peru, with the picanterias of Arequipa specializing in mountainous collections of the crayfish in this opaque, spicy broth. 1 kg [...]
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