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| Puerto Maldonado |
Port Maldonado is the capital of Mother's of God department where the Reservation of Manu is also located, it was created July 10 1902 with the name of Port Maldonado in homage to the browser Faustino Maldonado who traveled the waters of the one Mother of God laughed until its fork for the one Tambopata he/she laughed dying tragically when overturning its craft. Another famous browser of this place was Fermín Fitzcarrald, apart from extracting the rubber that produced fortune to those that extracted it, in that time he/she discovered fluvial new routes that he/she allowed to come closer but to the territories of Brazil and Bolivia, its discovery was one of the geographical events but notables of last century. It is also necessary to mention the self-denying work of the missionaries that during almost one century, mainly the dominicos explored this inhospitable region so that in some way they influenced otherwise in the life of these tribes they would continue being nomadic.
In Port Maldonado, at the moment the native population is considered in 22 thousand inhabitants, distributed in diverse ethnoses, you/he/she also exists not groups of ethnoses contacted with the civilization.
Port Maldonado is surrounded of beautiful landscapes and it has been it qualifies as "Capital of the Biodiversity of Peru", he/she has transformed into a place of tourist concentration due to its biodiversity, he/she offers flora and fauna to the lovers of the nature. |
| Where to go? |
The only permanent road of access is the air one; he/she takes 30 minutes from Cusco, the city is distinguished for the width of its streets and the prevalence of the commercial activities; it is characteristic its wooden house-vegetable gardens with palm roofs. Among the points but converged by the visitors he/she is the square of weapons, the tourist pier, the port, the boulevard Fistzcarrald, the zoological mini "The Jaguar", the nursery Lost" "Paradise. To 6 km. of the city it is abandoned the metallic helmet of an old vapor that today museum piece is considered.
This department is partially an exotic region without exploring. Their rivers compensate the difficulties that he/she offers their sailing with the view of natural beautiful landscapes, for the inhabitants the rivers they are their highways, their roads, their trails. The setting of the sun in Mother of God has fame especially of being spectacularly colorful it is its rivers and lakes whose calm waters reflect and they multiply the beauty of the celajes. To attend the view of that vision is one of lasa gratifying experiences for any tourist. The lakes of Port Maldonado is the natural attractiveness more visited in the area, although they are few the acquaintances and visited. The most beautiful without a doubt is the lake Sandoval to about 25 minutes in boat (8 km.) of the city in virgin full forest, surrounded of palms, where fish, wild ducks, some otters, diverse species of lizards, tapires, toucans, macaws, turtles etc are plentiful.The only permanent road of access is the air one; he/she takes 30 minutes from Cusco, the city is distinguished for the width of its streets and the prevalence of the commercial activities; it is characteristic its wooden house-vegetable gardens with palm roofs. Among the points but converged by the visitors he/she is the square of weapons, the tourist pier, the port, the boulevard Fistzcarrald, the zoological mini "The Jaguar", the nursery Lost" "Paradise. To 6 km. of the city it is abandoned the metallic helmet of an old vapor that today museum piece is considered.
This department is partially an exotic region without exploring. Their rivers compensate the difficulties that he/she offers their sailing with the view of natural beautiful landscapes, for the inhabitants the rivers they are their highways, their roads, their trails. The setting of the sun in Mother of God has fame especially of being spectacularly colorful it is its rivers and lakes whose calm waters reflect and they multiply the beauty of the celajes. To attend the view of that vision is one of lasa gratifying experiences for any tourist. The lakes of Port Maldonado is the natural attractiveness more visited in the area, although they are few the acquaintances and visited. The most beautiful without a doubt is the lake Sandoval to about 25 minutes in boat (8 km.) of the city in virgin full forest, surrounded of palms, where fish, wild ducks, some otters, diverse species of lizards, tapires, toucans, macaws, turtles etc are plentiful.
Today in Port Maldonado housings generally located on the edge of the rivers Tambopata and Mother of God exists, located some of them laughed up or he/she laughed below, outside of the city to arrive to them the boat service is given to motor; these housings have all the comforts from the rooms that have private bathroom, nets and hammocks until the feeding with included excellent food the typical of the region and provided bars, they also include the tours surrounding or it fences to the housings, it exists old and new housings with programs of 3, 4 or 5 days with all included one in the housing.
He/she notices separated he/she deserves to mention the night ceremony of the "ayahuasca", a plant that prepared as drink it is hallucinogenic. The faith healers and their clients either appeal to the "ayahuasca" to alleviate the pain or the illness, or to discover that ignored and to know the origin of the things, it is affirmed that this hallucinogenic drink grants, while its effect, the ability lasts of foreseeing the future and an extraordinary clraravidencia.
Then remember, Port Maldonado is one of the destinations but complete of Peru, having national numerous parks, you reserve and tourist circuits. |
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