Called “The White City” or La Ciudad Blanca, Arequipa is another favorite Peruvian tourist destination because it is surrounded by three beautiful volcanos amidst a desert atmosphere.Everything in this city is white because all of its buildings and structures have been made out of white volcanic rock from these three volcanos : Pichu Pichu; Chachani and El Misti.
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Machu Picchu was unheard of until it was discovered to be a lost Inca city in 1911. Called “The Lost City” it is one of the world’s major travel destinations. The ruins of Machu Piccu are the most preserved in the world. What you see nestled in the thick mountain forest is a REAL and almost whole Inca city protected also by the pristine Vilcanota River Valley. Most tourists consider it both a historical, tourist, natural and spiritual site.
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Lima is an old city founded in the 1500s by Francisco Pizarro. It’s main city attractions are old Spanish type colonial buildings like the PLaza de Armas which is the Presidential Palace, the Office of the President of Peru. You can watch the changing of the guards there — much like that of the Swiss guards – at 11:45 every morning. There is also the Lima Cathedral which took almost a century to rebuild. This Cathedral seems to be jinxed because building it was from 1564 and it was completed in 1622. However, it was later destroyed by an earthquake which hit Lima in 1746 .It was rebuilt again in 1755 and the interesting thing that you can see there is the remains of Pizarro (founder of Lima) under a glass coffin.
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Peten is where you find the largest tropical rain forest in Central America. It is also one of the UNESCO Heritage sites like Tikal, because there are also hundreds of Mayan and Aztec ruins and artifacts preserved in this area. The land surrounding the lovely Peten lake is inhabited by descendants of the Mayas.
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Why Tikal? It’s the largest excavated archeological site on the American continent. It’s like a large gemlike sphere discovered under 222 feet of the surrounding forest. This excavation, undertaken by the University of Pennsylvania took 13 years to unearth. It is believed that the “big gem” that was discovered is part of the dome (or roof) of an old Mayan temple. Before the excavation, there were legends of a lost city which was swallowed by the forest at Tikal.
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Negril beach has been rated consistently as one of ten top beaches in the world by most travel magazines. It is located near Montego bay where the waters are calm and peaceful, but Negril’s charm isn’t only because it’s a beach with white sand and blue waters — it is unique because it is fairly undeveloped. It also became famous because during the 70′s most of the hippies decided that it was the place the preferred to live their rather hedonistic lives then.
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Anyone who is familiar with World War 2 knows what happened at Pearl Harbor but let’s keep this light because it is such a great place to visit.Tourists just love to flock and see the “Mighty Mo” or the Battleship Missouri which is permanently docked at Pearl Harbor.
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Sea Life Park is located within the Waikiki area where one can find the biggest dolphin park. If you wish to have the experience of kissing a dolphin and swimming in lagoons with the gentlest dolphins in the world, then this is the place for you.
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Diamond Head is most popular tourist site which defines Hawaii. It is a 750 high volcano with a huge crater that is believed to have been cause by an explosion some 500 years ago. It is Hawaii’s most popular site which is why daily hikes up the volcano have been offered as one of the tourist activities.
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Hoku Cruises are also a popular tourist activity as you get tired of all the swimming and water sports at Waikiki beach. Most of these cruises take you around the natural scenery of Waikiki beach and its immediate environs.
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