A Peru tour is a great option for vacationers. The sweeps of scenic Andean mountains and Amazon rainforests in any Peru tour is more than enough reason why you should travel to this western South American country. With Peru’s rich cultural anthropology and total population of 25,662,000 inhabitants, this country has been touted as the cradle of the Inca Empire.

For you who have a plan for doing Peru vacations, it’d better for you to know a little bit about Peru culture. Peru culture knowledge would help you to understand the situation before you go there. Here some Peru highlights culture just for you.

Chavin Culture

The first culture that emerged in Peru was the Chavin civilization. The first monumental temples were built by the Chavins, but there seems to be no evidence of a middle class society existing during their time. The coastal region saw the emergence of the Parcas during 300 BC. People of this culture produced textile fiber not only from cotton but also from vicuña. Other cultures that flourished were the Moche and the Nazca. Moches were known to produce impressive metal work and fine pottery. The Nazcas were good at producing textiles.

Constant floods and droughts caused these cultures to decline. The Huari and Tiwanku cultures, which dwelled in the inlands, became prominent due to their vigorous military conquerors that built and maintained important outposts throughout Peru. In 1531, the Spanish landed in Peru, and it became the prime territory of the Incas civilization. The Spanish gradually colonized all of Peru and received tributes from the Peruvian population. Even though the Spanish allotted a piece of land to Christianity converts, the owner was still the King of Spain.

Fransisco Pizarro was a Spanish explorer who arrived in Peru to explore the Inca wealth. Pizarro was assassinated and, thus, began the fall of the colonial regime. Viceroyalty soon came into existence, and Lima, which was founded by Pizarro, became the center of viceroyalty. It soon became the aristocratic capital of Peru.

Recuay Culture

The Recuay Culture is one of several fairly advanced pre-Inca societies of the first millennium AD in Peru, such as the Moche and Nazca. Best known for advanced ceramic art and stone cutting, the Recuay people were farmers and herders, whom lived in the Callejón de Huaylas Valley of the northern highlands of Peru, they were contemporaneous with the Moche culture, of the neighboring northern coast. They are known for their pottery, and the basic three colors they used.

The first civilizations in Peru, date back some 13,000-years, about 1250 BC, several advanced cultures, such as the Chavín (North part of Peru), Chimú (South part of Peru), Nazca, and Tiwanaku [Bolivia], developed in several sections, or regions of Peru, and what now is Bolivia. The Inca Empire united what is now known as the better part of South America, within perhaps a 50-year period, with its base in Cuzco; a totalitarian state for the most part. The Recuay civilization was an Andean society of the Classic Period.

That’s all just Peru highlight culture heritages. You should find their trace by visiting to Peru. Have a nice trip!!!