Discover Peru Bike, hike and ride a scary cable car to Machu Picchu on one of five alternatives to the busy Inca Trail. Glide past manatees, dolphins, monkeys and macaws in the Reserva Nacional Pacaya-Samiria. Swill a scoopful of chicha - saliva-fermented corn beer - to earn the respect of the locals. Descend into the narrow, hallucinatory underground chambers of the millennia-old ruins at Chavin de Huantar. In This Guide: Three authors, 144 days of on-the-road research via planes, riverboats, and dozens of death-defying bus rides. Dedicated Peru Outdoors chapter, plus expanded activities coverage throughout. Get the inside story on the Inca world from notes explorer and author Hugh Thomson. Content updated daily - visit "lonelyplanet.com" for up-to-the minute reviews and traveler suggestions.