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APPENDIX A
RESOURCES
The following resources are organized by chapter and heading. Under each heading, the
printed, online, and on-site resources are listed together in alphabetical order. Peruvian
web pages are in Spanish unless otherwise indicated. Use the links below to connect
to online resources.
Chapter 1
TREKKING IN PERU
Explorers and Trekkers
Bingham, Hiram. “Further Exploration in the Land of the Incas.” In National Geographic Magazine,
vol 24, no. 5, May 1916.
———. Lost City of the Incas (1948). New York: Atheneum, 1979.
Cieza de León, Pedro. El Señorío de los Incas, Segunda parte de la Crónica del Perú (1553). Lima:
Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 1967.
———. The Discovery and Conquest of Peru (1553). Translated by Alexandra Parma Cook and Noble
David Cook. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1999.
Espinosa, Ricardo. El Perú a Toda Costa, Lima: Editur, 1997.
———. La Gran Ruta Inca: El Capaq Ñan (Spanish and English). Lima: PetroPerú, 2002.
Frost, Peter. Exploring Cuzco, 6th ed. Published by the author, www.peterfrost.org. Cuzco, 2017.
Honigsbaum, Mark. The Fever Trail. London: Macmillan, 2001.
Hyslop, John. The Inka Road System. New York: Academic Press, 1984.
Lee, Vincent R. Forgotten Vilcabamba. Published by the author, www.vince-lee.com. Wilson, WY:
Sixpac Manco Publications, 2000.
Markham, Clements R. Travels in Peru and India (London: John Murray, 1862). Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Raimondi, Antonio. El Perú: itinerarios de viajes (1876). Lima: Banco Italiano de Lima, 1929.
Accessible online at www.cervantesvirtual.com.
Savoy, Gene. Antisuyo. New York: Simon and Shuster, 1970.
Squier, E. George. Peru Illustrated (New York: Hurst & Company, 1877). Whitefish, MT: Literary
Licensing, 2014.
Varela, Felipe: chaski-rutasdechaski.blogspot.com
von Hagen, Victor W. Highway of the Sun. Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1955.
von Humboldt, Alexander. Cosmos (original in German, 1845, New York: Harper & Brothers,
1858–59). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Weberbauer, August. El mundo vegetal de los Andes peruanos. Lima: Ministerio de Agricultura, 1945.
Weberbauer, August. (1871), and J. Francis Macbride (1892). Flora of Peru. Fieldiana Botany, vol 13,
no. 1 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1936. Also see www.sacha.org.
Wright, Ronald. Cut Stones and Crossroads. New York: Penguin Books, 1986. Also see
www.ronaldwright.com.
Zimmerman, Arthur F. Francisco de Toledo: Fifth Viceroy of Peru 1566–1881. Caldwell, ID: The
Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1938.
Chapter 2
PERU AND ITS PEOPLE
Background Information
Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, vital statistics of Peru:
www.inei.gob.pe/biblioteca-virtual/publicaciones-digitales
Online English newspapers: www.livinginperu.com and www.peruviantimes.com
Online Peruvian bookshop: www.librosperuanos.com
United Nations human development report about Peru: www.hdr.undp.org
World Bank development indicators for Peru: http://data.worldbank.org/country/peru
Climate
El Niño website: www.climate.gov/enso
Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología del Perú (SENAMHI): www.senamhi.gob.pe
Flora and Fauna
Andean Botanical Information System, list of South American flora from the Chicago Field
Museum: www.sacha.org (Spanish/English).
Brako, Lois, and James L Zarucchi. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. St.
Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden, 1993.
Byers, Clive. Pocket Photo Guide to the Birds of Peru. London: Bloomsbury Natural History, 2016.
Cheshire, Gerard, Huw Lloyd, and Barry Walker. Peruvian Wildlife: A Visitor’s Guide to the Central
Andes. UK: Bradt Travel Guides, 2008.
Dean, Robert, illustrator. Peru Birds (Laminated Foldout Pocket Field Guide). Camano Island, WA:
Rainforest Publications, 2014. In the same series, other Peru bird guides and Peru Mammals Guide.
Espinosa, Ricardo. Areas Naturales Protegidas. Lima: SERNANP/PROFONANPE, 2010. English
edition: https://issuu.com/wendsmz/docs/ilovepdf_merged
Fondo de Promoción de las áreas Naturales Protegidas del Perú, PROFONANPE (Peruvian trust
fund for national parks and protected areas): www.profonanpe.org.pe (Spanish/English).
International Union for the Conservation of Nature, red list of endangered species:
www.iucnredlist.org.
Kolff, Helen. Wildflowers of the Cordillera Blanca, 2nd ed. Lima: The Mountain Institute, 2005.
Ministerio del Ambiente: www.minam.gob.pe
Missouri Botanical Garden database of flora: www.tropicos.org
Pearson, David L., and Les Beletsky. Travellers’ Wildlife Guides Peru, 4th ed. Boston: Interlink Books,
2014.
Peru Wildlife: www.peruwildlife.info
Schulenberg, Thomas S., et al. Birds of Peru. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007,
reprinted 2010.
Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (SERNANP), includes list of
national parks and protected areas: www.sernanp.gob.pe
The Plant List (Kew Gardens and Missouri Botanical Garden): www.theplantlist.org
Venero, José L., Alfredo Tupayachi, and Washington Loayza. Guía de Aves y Flora, Laguna Orurillo.
Municipalidad Distrital de Orurillo, 2012. Available from josvengon[at]gmail.com.
Walker, Barry. Field Guide to the Birds of Machu Picchu and the Cusco Region. Barcelona: Lynx
Edicions, 2015.
Conservation
Asociación Ecosistemas Andinos: www.ecoanperu.org (Spanish/English)
Asociación OIKOS: www.oikos.pe
Asociación Peruana para la Conservación de la Naturaleza: www.apeco.org.pe
Conservación Internacional Perú: www.conservation.org/global/peru
Fundación Peruana para la Conservación de la Naturaleza, Pronaturaleza: www.pronaturaleza.org
(Spanish/English)
Perú Ecológico: www.peruecologico.com.pe
Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA): www.actualidadambiental.pe
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Peru: peru.panda.org
Aboriginal Cultures, Archaeology, and History
Achaeological sites: www.ancient-wisdom.com/peru.htm and www.arqueologiadelperu.com.ar
Bauer, Brian S. “Suspension Bridges of the Inca Empire,” in Andean Archaeology, vol 3, 2006.
Helaine Silverman and William H. Isbell, eds. Available from www.academia.edu.
Garcilaso de la Vega, Inca. Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru, Parts I and II
(1609). Translated by H. V. Livermore. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1966.
Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe. Nueva Crónica y Buen Gobierno (1583–1615). Francisco Carrillo,
ed. Lima: Horizonte, 2012.
Hemming, John. The Conquest of the Incas. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970.
Hostnig, Rainer. Carabaya: Paisajes y cultura milenaria. Cuzco. Published by the author,
rainer.hostnig[at]gmail.com, 2010.
Kendall, Ann. “Terraced Agriculture for Food Security in the Peruvian Andes: Sustainability in
the Past and the Present.” In Symposium: Food Economics of Pre-Columbian and Colonial America.
52nd International Congress of Americanists, Seville, 2006.
Matos, Ramiro, and Jose Barreiro, eds. The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire. Washington,
DC: Smithsonian Books, 2015.
Ministerio de Cultura, Qhapac Ñan: www.qhapaqnan.cultura.pe
Mosely, Michael E. The Incas and their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru. New York: Thames and
Hudson, 2001.
United Nations World Heritage Convention, information about Peru’s twelve heritage sites,
including the Capac Ñan: whc.unesco.org
Religion and Fiestas
Peruvian festival calendar: www.peru.travel/what-to-do/festivities-and-events
Chapter 3
WHAT TO EXPECT
Peruvian Government Tourist Office
iPerú: phone (01) 574 8000 (24 hours), www.peru.travel
Community Accommodations
Tambos: http://apu.vivienda.gob.pe/tambook
Maps and Navigation
Burns, Bob, and Mike Burns. Wilderness Navigation, 3rd ed. Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 2015.
Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN): Av Aramburú 1190–1198, Surquillo, Lima, phone (01) 475
9960, comercializacion[at]ign.gob.pe, www.ign.gob.pe, Monday to Friday 8:15 am to 4:30 pm.
Maratón, Av de la Cultura 1020, Cuzco, phone (084) 225 387.
Librerías San Francisco, branches at Portal de Flores 138, San Francisco 102–106, and San
Francisco 133–135, all in Arequipa.
Lima 2000. www.lima2000.com.pe
Ministerio de Educación, Estadística de la Calidad Educativa (ESCALE): escale.minedu.gob.pe;
direct links to download ESCALE maps for our treks are found under maps.
Österreichischer Alpenverein. www.alpenverein.at
Chapter 4
PREPARATIONS
Travel Guidebooks and Tourist Information
Box, Ben. South American Handbook 2017, 93rd ed. Bath, UK: Footprint Travel Guides, 2016.
Hornberger, Esteban, and Nancy Hornberger. Diccionario Trilingüe Quechua de Cusco (Quechua,
English and Spanish), 4th ed. Cuzco: Centro Bartolomé de las Casas, 2013.
iPerú, Peruvian government tourist office. www.peru.travel (multilingual)
Kunstaetter, Robert, Daisy Kunstaetter, and Ben Box. Peru Handbook, 9th ed. Bath, UK:
Footprint Travel Guides, 2015.
———. Peru, Bolivia & Ecuador Handbook. 5th ed. Bath, UK: Footprint Travel Guides, 2017.
Jenkins, Dilwyn, and Kiki Deere. The Rough Guide to Peru. 9th ed. London: Penguin Random
House, 2015.
Ministerio de Cultura, includes cultural calendar: www.cultura.gob.pe/en/eventos
Lonely Planet Peru, 9th ed. Melbourne, Australia: Lonely Planet, 2016.
Peru Insight Guides, 8th ed. London: Insight Guides, 2015.
Trekking Guidebooks and Trekking Information
Benson, Sara, et al. Trekking in Peru, Melbourne: Lonely Planet, 2008.
Bradt, Hilary, and Kathy Jarvis. Trekking in Peru. UK: Bradt Travel Guides, 2014.
Frimer, Jeremy. Climbs and Treks in the Cordillera Huayhuash of Peru. Squamish, BC: ELAHO, 2005.
Janecek, William. Hiking and Biking Peru’s Inca Trails. Milnthorpe, UK: Cicerone Press, 2013.
Pike, Neil, and Harriet Pike. Peru’s Cordilleras Blanca & Huayhuash: The Hiking & Biking Guide.
Hindhead, UK: Trailblazer Guides, 2015.
Stewart, Alexander. The Inca Trail: Cusco & Machu Picchu, 5th ed. Hindhead, UK: Trailblazer
Publications, 2013.
Money and Prices
Banco Central de Reserva del Perú (BCRP): www.bcrp.gob.pe
Domestic Airlines
Avianca: www.avianca.com
LATAM: www.latam.com
LC Peru: www.lcperu.pe
Peruvian Airlines: www.peruvianairlines.pe
Star Perú: www.starperu.com
Viva Perú: www.vivaair.com/en-pe
Bus Companies
Cruz del Sur: www.cruzdelsur.com.pe
Móvil Tours: www.moviltours.com.pe
Oltursa: www.oltursa.pe
Ormeño: www.grupo-ormeno.com.pe
Chapter 5
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION
Staying Healthy
Bezruchka, Stephen. Altitude Illness: Prevention and Treatment, 2nd ed. Seattle: Mountaineers Books,
2005.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC), USA: www.cdc.gov
Duff, Jim, and Peter Gormly. Pocket First Aid and Wilderness Medicine, 11th ed. Cumbria, UK:
Cicerone Press, 2013.
Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health (SCIEH). www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk
Weiss, Eric. Wilderness and Travel Medicine, 4th ed. Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 2012.
Wilkerson, James A. Medicine for Mountaineering and Other Wilderness Activities. 6th ed. Seattle:
Mountaineers Books, 2010.
World Health Organization (WHO): www.who.int/ith
Chapter 7
CHACHAPOYAS
Trek 1: Gocta
Gocta Andes Lodge, Cocachimba: www.goctalodge.com
Chapter 8
CORDILLERA BLANCA
Services and Contacts
Café Andino, Huaraz: www.cafeandino.com
Casa de Guías, Huaraz: Plaza Ginebra, Huaraz, (043) 421 811. Monday to Saturday
9:00 am to 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
The Lazy Dog Inn, outside Huaraz: www.thelazydoginn.com
Parque Nacional Huascarán, Jr Federico Sal y Rosas 555, by Plazuela Belén, Huaraz, phone (043)
422 086, pnhuascaran[at]sernanp.gob.pe, Monday–Friday 8:30 am to 1:00 pm and 2:30 to 5:00 pm
Pony’s Expeditions, Caraz: www.ponyexpeditions.com
Refugios Andinos mountain shelters: www.rifugi-omg.org (Italian)
Trek 10: Pomabamba to Chacas
Andes Lodge Peru: www.andeslodgeperu.com
Chapter 9
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
Museo de la Memoria ANFASEP: Prolongación Libertad 1229 (cuadra 14), Ayacucho, phone (066)
317 170, Monday to Saturday 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
Trek 13: Llocllapampa to Huarochiri
de Ávila, Francisco. Dioses y hombres de Huarochirí (c. 1598–1608). Translated from Quechua to
Spanish by José M. Arguedas. Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 1966.
———. Ritos y tradiciones de Huarochirí (Quechua–Spanish text). Gerald Taylor, ed. Lima: Instituto de
Estudios Peruanos, Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos, 2008.
Chapter 10
CUZCO
Services and Contacts
Association of Official Tour Guides (AGOTUR), Calle Heladeros 157, office 34-F, Cuzco, phone
(084) 233 457
Trek 18: Huchuy Cuzco
Boleto Turístico de Cuzco (BTC): www.cosituc.gob.pe
Trek 19: Q’eswachaca
The Last Bridge Master, Noonday Films, 2016: watch on youtube
Trek 21: Vilcanota to Carabaya
Cayetano Crispín, Hostal Tinqui, Tinqui, phone 974 327 538, Cuzco contact (084) 227 768,
ausangate_tour[at]outlook.com
Trek 22: Choquequirao to Huancacalle
Casa de Salcantay hotel, Cachora: www.salcantay.com
Casa Nostra hotel, Cachora: www.choquequiraotrekk.com
Chapter 11
AREQUIPA
Services and Contacts
Casa de Guías, Pasaje Desaguadero 125, Barrio de San Lázaro, Arequipa.
Colca Canyon: www.colcaperu.gob.pe
Instituto Geofísico del Perú: www.igp.gob.pe
KAT, Calle Jerusalén 524-B, Arequipa, phone (054) 422 479, kuntur.adventure[at]yahoo.es
Museo Santuarios Andinos, La Merced 110, phone (054) 286-614, ext 105, Monday to Saturday
9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Sunday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Trek 24: Cotahuasi Canyon
Purek Tours, Calle Arequipa 103, Cotahuasi, phone (054) 698 081, cotahuasitours[at]gmail.com
Trek 26: Valley of the Volcanoes to Colca
Grupo GEA: www.grupogea.org.pe
Chapter 12
LAKE TITICACA AND CORDILLERA CARABAYA
Isla Suasi Hotel: www.islasuasi.pe
Richar Cáceres, Jr. Garcilazo de la Vega 506, Macusani, phone 946 680 485 or 945 314 021
Trek 27 Puente Jipata to Moho (Potatoes for All Seasons)
Centro Internacional de la Papa, Lima: cipotato.org
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