17 Peru Books That Will Take You To Machu Picchu And The Amazon Right At Home
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- 02 Feb 2022
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In college, my roommate and I decided we were going to go to Machu Picchu and I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately so I figured why not do my Peru book post now?
I also just love Latin America so expect a lot of that coming up. I had my Nordic book phase (it’s not over, don’t worry) and now we’re onto South America.
First up in this section is books set in Peru! This list has a lot of non-fiction Peru books but there is some fiction in there, too.
I’ve read a few of these and have a lot of them on my TBR, too. I actually have a couple of them with me and will probably read them this winter.
Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time
In 1911 Hiram Bingham III “discovered” Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountains.
He was credited as a villain for taking priceless artifacts and credit for the discovery. Mark Adams follows his footsteps to find the truth and ends up writing more of an adventure than he really had, after all, he never even slept in a tent.
I’ve wanted to read this one for years and just got it for my Kindle! I’ll update this once I read it.
The Last Days of the Incas
This is the story of the fall of the Inca Empire to Spanish Conquistador Francisco Pizarro and the recent discovery of the lost guerilla capital of the Incas, Vilcabamba, by three American explorers.
This one isn’t for me but if you’re a history buff, this may be the perfect one for you.
Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon
This is part adventure, part education as Paul Rosolie, a naturalist, conservationist, and explorer, takes us into the most remote sections of the Madre de Dios.
His love for the Amazon started in 2006 on his first trip there and over the coming years would return as often as possible.
He ventured into some of the most inaccessible areas of jungle alone, seeing floating forests, jaguars, poachers, and more. He raises an orphaned anteater and helps fight to protect the Madre de Dios from developers, oil giants, and gold miners.
This is one of my favorite books ever, I have two copies of it. And someday I’d love to go on one of the Tamandu Expeditions trips.
Ruthless River: Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon’s Relentless Madre de Dios
Holly FitzGerald and her husband Fitz set out on a year-long honeymoon backpacking around the world. Five months into their trip, they are in Peru on their way into the jungle when the little plane they are on crashes in a penal colony surrounded by jungle.
They can either wait for a way out or take a raft down the Madre de Dios to get there a lot sooner. They choose the raft and things go downhill quickly.
They assume they can get food from locals along the river, so they bring few supplies, but after a few days a storm throws them off course, stranding them for 27 days with no food in a flooded dead end of the river with no land to stand on until they realize the only way out is to swim.
I really liked this one, but I love survival stories. And the Amazon Rainforest, so this was right up my alley. Read More…
