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Callao - Peru
 Callao is the largest and most important
port in Peru. The city is coterminous with the Constitutional Province
of Callao, the only province of the Callao Region. Callao is located
west of Lima, the country's capital, and is part of the Lima
Metropolitan Area, a large metropolis that concentrates almost one-third
of Peru's population. Callao borders Lima Province on the north, east
and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.
Callao is built on and around a peninsula, the district of La Punta,
once a wealthy residential neighborhood. An historical fortress, the
Castillo de Real Felipe (site of "Rodil's Last Stand"), stands on the
promontory overlooking the harbor.
There is also a large naval base in Callao, in which the leader of the
Shining Path rebel movement, Abimael Guzman, and Vladimiro Montesinos,
the ex-director of internal security during the Fujimori regime are
currently imprisoned.
Lima's Jorge Chavez International Airport is located in Callao.
On a bluff overlooking the harbor sits Colegio Militar Leoncio Prado,
the military high school Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa attended and
made famous in his first novel, La Ciudad y los Perros (1962) (published
in English as The Time of the Hero in 1963). The book was later filmed
as The City and the Dogs and featured exterior shots of the school. The
city also has a university, the National University of Callao.
Callao also several islands, San Lorenzo (currently a military base), El
Fronton (a former high security prison), the Cavinzas, and the
Palominos, where a large number of sea lions and sea birds live in a
virtually untouched ecosystem. There is currently proposed plans to
build a huge naval, terrestrial, and air port on San Lorenzo Island.
This project is called the San Lorenzo Megaport Project
Residents of Callao are known as chalacos.
Callao Pictures
Lima Tours
Lima, the
main gateway to Perú, is a major city bustling with living history and
movement. It is an ethnic melting pot, featuring pre-Hispanic, colonial
and modern elements. The metropolis is also surrounded by every aspect
of Nature: the sea, islands, mountains, desert and plantlife. Its
various quarters feature a city of more than 8 millions souls with an
active nightlife and well-endowed cultural scene, as well as plentiful
public transport and non-stop activities.....
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We offer a
couple of tours in the Lima area, please make a choice
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Package Tours |
Duration |
Highlights |
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Lima
city tour and gold museum |
Half day ( 4 hours )
DAILY DEPARTURES
from Lima |
Private guided tour to
Lima and Peruvian Gold Museum, lunch included |
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Lima City Tour and Larco Herrera Museum |
Half day ( 4 hours )
DAILY DEPARTURES
from Lima |
Private guided tour to
Lima and Larco Herrera Museum |
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Pachacamac
ruins |
Half day ( 4 hours )
DAILY DEPARTURES
from Lima |
Private guided tour to
Pachacamac Ruins, lunch included |
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Lima
City Tour By Night |
( 3 Hours ) |
Palace's
Government,San Francisco's Convent, Plaza Grau, Justice's
Palace,the Cathedral,the Archbishop's Palace between others |
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Lima
City Tour |
( 4 Hours ) |
Private guided tour to
the most exciting attractions in Lima |
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Mon-Fri 9 Am - 6 Pm ET
please allow pop-ups
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