Below, we’ve outlined a perfect introductory itinerary for an authentic experience in South America ... the river, look out to the mountains, where you’ll spot parrots and some of Peru ...

Visitors will also find three distinct landscapes and cultures in Peru: its flat, coastal region, its towering Andes, and the lush Amazon ... South America’s Colombia has a river, Cano Cristales ...

Mennonites first started migrating to Latin America ... Amazon Project (MAAP), which tracks deforestation. That is just a fraction of at least 370,000 acres of forest lost in recent years in Peru ...

CHANCAY, Peru—In this serene town on South America’s Pacific coast ... But reaching a port on the other side of the Amazon ...