Peru: Amazon Rainforest

 

Along with being a great place to see some rich cultural and indigenous heritage, Peru is also a great place to explore the Amazon Rainforest. Sixty percent of the country is covered by the Amazon. These forests are protected by different environmental laws, so they are pure and not destroyed by humans.

Most of the Peruvian Amazon, with the exception of the region near the Andes Mountains is called the lowland jungle. This part of the Amazon is extremely warm, with an average temperature of over 80 degrees Fahrenheit and with humidity usually over 75%. The rainforest gets over 100 inches of rain a
year, which is one of the highest rainfall amounts in the world.

 There is great biodiversity in the Peruvian Amazon with numerous species of plants and animals that have been discovered, and even more that have not yet been discovered. There are more types of trees in the Amazon Rainforest than in any other place on earth. The Peruvian Amazon contains over 2,500 types of butterflies, 697 types of fish, 806 species of birds as well as numerous types of bugs and other organisms. And that's just what's been discovered so far. There are many scientists who believe that most of the organisms that reside in the Peruvian Amazon have yet to be discovered. While I could get into more detail and spend more time describing the Peruvian Amazon and all the creatures in it, this is beauty you really have to see:

 Pink Hibiscus

Scarlet Flowers

Butterflies

Jaguar

Pink Nose Dolphin

Squirrel Monkey

Toucan

Poison Dart Frog

Those are just a few of the millions of species that reside in the Amazon Rainforest. It is quite amazing how diverse this beautiful part of Peru is! I hope you have been enjoying our trip so far; we've spent a lot of time exploring just a few countries, and there are so many more to explore. So, let's leave this beautiful part of the world behind us so we can continue on to yet another destination: Italy!