60 Machu Picchu - Peru At dawn, a woollen-clad man paddles out from his ? oating house on Lake Titicaca to begin his day of ? shing. Hundreds of miles distant, a boy tends his sheep amid the rolling pastures of the Sacred Valley. Down on the coast, ? shermen bring in their catch, while dozens of frigate birds and pelicans wheel. Inland, schoolchildren set off to walk in unruly gaggles to their local school. In the capital, Lima, a chef tops and tails fresh ingredients as he begins his day conjuring some of the ? nest ? avours one can enjoy in Latin America. There are a hundred ways to greet the dawn in Peru. Each is different. All are exciting. Sleeping in is not an option… The Andes chain of mountains courses Perus entire length, bulging to some 400 kilometres in places, and soaring over 7,000 metres in others. The mountains divide the country into three parts, with the coastal deserts to the west and the headwaters of the Amazon to the east. Its cultural heritage is as diverse as its physical geography, its history dating back over 13,000 years to the earliest civilizations in the Americas, its natural bounty mind-boggling. Peru is a travellers paradise. It offers the curious adventurer a bottomless wealth of possibilities – from the northern desert beaches to the snow-capped peaks of the Andes, from the jungles of the Amazon to the citadels lost in the cloud forests, from the lines of Nasca etched across the sands to the amazing trails of the Incas – it is one South Americas most exciting and varied nations. Meet the people, experience the adventure, live the traditions, delight your palate, encounter the past, embrace nature, feel the mystery... Peru: an intense discovery. An Intense Discovery