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Question of health
The traveller is by definition the person who moves away from his usual ambient conditions for a definite or indefinite time, which implies that he will live in a foreign medium, with different living conditions, non common diseases, unknown microbes... Microbes which do not cause any evil to the accustomed resident can disturb the passing through traveller. In fact, a ... More information

Vaccines
No vaccine is obligatory to come to Peru, i.e. that the authorities at the passage of the customs will not require any vaccination notebook. However: it is strongly recommended to be up to date with regard to the most current vaccines like: Tetanus Diphtheria Hepatitis A and B Measles The typhoid fever. In the event of bite by an unspecified animal (dog, ... More information

Trip & personal pharmacy
Even if the cities and the villages are well provided in pharmacies, it is very advised to be equipped with a minimum of drugs. Your house doctor can easily help you with the development of an auxiliary pharmacy. Especially if you project to make some treks, a personal pharmacy becomes essential. The importance and the composition of your travel pharmacy ... More information

Tropical diseases
If it is true that the tropical area is excessively beautiful and rich in flora and fauna, it is also a full with dangers and diseases ecosystem, from which it is advisable to be protected, more still if one is not accustomed to penetrate in these ambient conditions. Various diseases are proper to the tropical environment: Yellow Fever: If you wish ... More information

Sexuality
Venereal diseases exist in Peru, as in any other country of the world. Not-protected sexual contacts (only one is enough!) can transmit the AIDS, syphilis, Hepatitis B, etc... Protection: you find without any problem condoms in all the pharmacies of the cities. With regard to the practice of the sex, it is also necessary to be careful. It already happens that ... More information

Hygiene
It is very important for the traveller to follow particularly strict rules of hygiene. The people who come from developed countries are most frequently affected by momentary or persistent diarrhoeas because they do not have or they don’t have yet the necessary antibodies to fight certain current diseases in our Latin-American countries. To limit these nuisances, the traveller must be accustomed ... More information

Medical care
The medical care is not guaranteed apart from the large cities. If you take medicines regularly, carry a sufficient quantity with you. Don’t forget that the importation of medicines containing narcotics (ex: the methadone) or psychotropic substances is subjected to special regulations in many countries. If necessary, inform you on this subject before the departure, near the qualified foreign representation ... More information

Mountain sickness
Regularly indicated under initials MAM, it is called soroche in Peru... the altitude sickness is not to take lightly. There is neither age nor particular physical condition to suffer or not from this sickness, as well a young sportsman as an old person can feel some disorders, or just as easily nothing feel at all... However most of the visitors ... More information

Health links
Here are some links in connection with health which can interest you (some ones in French, sorry!) CIMEDMaison des Français de l'étranger, 34 rue Pérouse, 75775 Paris Cedex 16Tel: 01 43176015Site web : http://www.cimed.org L'institut Pasteur de Lille1 rue du Professeur Calmette BP 245 59019 Lille CedexTel: 03 20877800 / Fax: 03 20877906Site web : http://www.pasteur-lille.fr The site of Safe TravelExcellent Swiss ... More information

Call & ask us...

We will respond to your question in english from our offices in Cusco, Peru
+51 84 274090.
From monday to friday De lunes a viernes (except peruvian holidays) during office hours, local time -5GTM

Lasts news...

published on 07/06/2011
Ollanta Humala President of Perú
Yesterday, June 5, 2011 was held the second round of presidential elections in Peru. It's official now, Ollanta Humala, left-wing nationalist candidate has ... more...

published on 11/10/2010
Super promo cruise in Amazonia
Discover the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, the most important natural reserve in Peru, one of the richest in the world in any case, in ... more...

published on 23/03/2010
A dream made reality...
Soon, on March 26th exactly, Puka Nina will receive in Lima Catherine Reyrol, inhabitant of Rungis, a Director, for whom, as she says, Peru ... more...

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