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Peru

Land of the Incas

Fishing villages, fine beaches, agricultural lands, and Peru’s major towns and cities, including the capital of Lima, are interspersed along the narrow belt of desert coastline that stretches the length of the country. The lush Amazon Basin is separated from the coast land by the splendid Andes, and takes up half of Peru. This ecologically rich area of tropical rain forests encompasses some of the world’s most remote and least explored areas and is mostly inaccessible. The Amazon Basin is also home to millions of indigenous highland people, who speak the ancient Inca language of Quechua, and live in traditional villages with steeply terraced agricultural fields and wandering herds of llamas and alpacas.

Peru teams have two program location options – Lima, Peru or Iquitos, Peru.  Please note the differences below.

Lima Teams

Lima teams arrive in the capital city of Lima, Peru, and work in and around this city. Teams begin with medical seminars in Tropical Medicine and Common Diseases, Vital Signs and Physical Exams, House Clinics and Community Triage, Spanish for Health Professionals, and more.

Areas visited:  Canto Grande, San Fernando, Zapallal, Cedros and Carabayllo.

Iquitos Teams

Peru’s largest jungle city, Iquitos,  is a major base for excursions into the Amazon Basin. The city has a friendly tourist-orientated lifestyle and a range of accommodations. Once a booming rubber town, its main industries are now oil and tourism.  Iquitos offers some of the Amazon’s best access to native tribes that live along the riverbanks, and boat excursions can easily be arranged.  Organized trips to these villages include a show of traditional song and dance along with plenty of encouragement to buy their handicrafts, now a major source of income for these people.

Iquitos teams arrive in the capital city of Lima, Peru, and spend the night there before taking an early morning flight to Iquitos.  Iquitos serves as a home base for those serving in the Amazon Basin area. Teams begin with medical seminars in Tropical Medicine and Common Diseases, Vital Signs and Physical Exams, House Clinics and Community Triage, Spanish for Health Professionals, and more.  The day before departure teams return to Lima to fly home.

Only teams marked as “Iquitos” on the team schedule will travel to the Iquitos in the Peruvian Amazon.

Students need to bring:

  • stethoscope
  • blood pressure cuff
  • otoscope
  • gloves
  • four pairs of scrubs

For more information contact ISL at info@ISLonline.org

Machu Picchu Tour

There is an option for Peruvian team members to extend their stay for a tour of Machu Picchu. This is an extra option – not part of the regular program.  ISL can provide you with local contacts for setting up your tour with a local tourism company.  Below is a basic description of the tour and the contact information.

The trip takes four days.  You fly from Lima to Cusco and train from Cusco to Machu Picchu.  Remember your return date for ticketing will be four days after the end of the trip date.

The cost for this tour will be announced at the time of your trip, as the cost varies depending on the time of year.

Day One: Travel to Cusco

Settle into a hotel upon arrival.  In the afternoon visit the Cathedral,  The Temple of Koricancha, and the main streets.  See the archaeological monuments of Sacsayhuaman, Kenko and Puca Pucara, Tambomachay andTraslado.

Day Two:Travel to Machu Picchu

After breakfast at your hotel, depart for a full day’s excursion to Machu Picchu, considered the Cultural Heritage of Humanity.  The tour includes the following sites:  Crafts areas, Agricultural areas, Housing, Prisons, Royal Tomb, the Temple of the Sun, the Intihuatana,  Sacred Plaza, the Room of the Three Windows, Sun Dial and El Mirador.  After lunch, return to the city of Cusco and your hotel.

Day Three: Visit  Sacred Valley

Breakfast at the hotel.  Spend the day visiting the  Sacred Valley of the Incas.  Tour the Sacred Valley of Pisac and the Indian market, then continue on to Urubamba for lunch.  Complete the tour with the archaeological complex of Ollantaytambo, returning to Cusco at night by way of Chincheros.

Day Four: Return to Lima

Breakfast at the hotel. Return to Lima, Peru and fly home.

Machu Picchu Tourism Companies

  1. Archaeologist, Rosío Díaz
    U.S. Contact: Mercedes D. Gervasi
  2. A list of Peru government-approved tour leaders
  3. Marcela Castillo