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Program WRF 2014, Arequipa, Peru, 19-22 October 2014

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Announcement WRF 2014

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Welcome to WRF 2014

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where to stay?

• We advise you to book accommodation through a common online platform. Should you need assistance with your reservation, you may contact reservations@ogdarequipa.org (additional service charges can apply)
• See here a list of recommended Hotels in Arequipa
• For assistance on post-conference tours, you may contact tourswrf@ogdarequipa.org

How do I get to my hotel?

• Front desk at the airport to guide participants arriving in Arequipa
• Reliable taxi company will wait for participants at the airport

…and to the venue in Cerro Juli?

• Transport from hotels to venue will be providedConvention centre:Address: Campo Ferial Cerro Juli S / N, José Luis Bustamante y RiveroWebsite: http://www.cerrojuli.com.peEmail: centroeventos@cerrojuli.com.pePhone: (51) (54) 204821

See here more information about Arequipa!

City of Arequipa

• Advantages of Arequipa city:Arequipa is known as the White City, named for its buildings in ashlar stone. The White City shines for its sunny climate and its gastronomy, one of the most exquisite cuisines of Peru. Arequipa’s architecture boasts a unique, colonial and republican heritage that prompted UNESCO to declare the historical centre of Arequipa a World Heritage Site. Three imposing “watchtowers” belong to the landscape of the beautiful city: Misti (5,822 m), Pichu Pichu (5,664 m) and Chachani (6,075 m) volcanoes. Arequipa townsfolk are proud and hospitable providing the city with a unique charm.

• Location:
• Thanks to its geographical location, Arequipa has become a strategic city for holding events of various kinds in the region. Arequipa’s access routes have contributed to this preference by connecting the city with the most important cities of Peru.Daily flights arrive at the International Airport “Alfredo Rodríguez Ballón” and by land the city is integratedinto the national road network, and the Pan American Inter-Oceanic Highway that connects to Brazil.

• Climate: The weather in Arequipa is friendly and welcoming. Most of the year you can enjoy early sunrises and a cloudless sky trails which highlights the mountains and volcanoes surrounding the city. Arequipa is set in a valley at an altitude of 2,335 m. This condition makes Arequipa a mandatory first step in acclimatization for those who plan to visit the cities of Cusco and Puno.
• Gastronomy: Peruvian cuisine is one of the world’s most recognized cuisines and an exemplar of fusion cuisine due to its multicultural influences. Arequipa’s gastronomy is certainly one of his most provocative bastions. Every dish is a tribute to the human and cultural mix of Peru. The restaurants celebrate every day with the exquisite colours, flavours and aromas that feature the land, sea and rivers of the region.
• Souvenirs:The natural diversity is portrayed into a variety of products that have become symbols of Arequipa: different samples of handicrafts, silver jewellery, stale drinks and sweet flavours that are unique to the hands of its people. Undoubtedly, the production of alpaca garment stands out, one of the most representative activities in our city. Arequipa is the natural home of this species whose fine fibre has conquered the world’s most renowned designers.

• Nature:Arequipa’s prime location allows the city to gather contrasting natural landscapes of infinite beautiful regions: a long coastline of beaches, arid deserts, mountains, volcanoes and abysmal canyons that are only a small sample of its natural paradise.

• Entertainment:Arequipa has plenty of reasons to celebrate. The joy is in the air: from a garden party where traditions and beliefs are dressed up to a collage of music and entertainment in bars, pubs and clubs in the city.

(Photos credit: Renato Cortez)

Tourist destinations

•  Colca Canyon:The Colca Canyon is a wide valley blessed with a beautiful natural setting. Numerous terraces dating from Pre-Columbian times and a river located at 3,140 meters depth characterize the site.A bus trip to the Colca Canyon will take you through beautiful high Andean landscapes, crossing a pass of 4,900 meters, from where you will appreciate the beautiful valley of volcanoes. Along the way visitors can enjoy beautiful natural scenery, as well as the fauna in the area, such as herds of llamas, alpacas and vicuñas (a camelid family of llamas and alpacas that live in the wild), several types of birds, eagles, geese and the majestic Andean condor.

• Cuzco:Cuzco shows an extraordinary architecture that reveals the Western domination of the Inca culture. Building foundations are of Inca stone walls and the upper walls correspond to colonial architecture. This phenomenon of cultural and political imposition is noticeable in the many Spanish churches built on Inca centres, such as the Cathedral, the Church of the Society of Jesus, among others.A few miles away by rail we find the ceremonial centre of Machu Picchu, visited annually by hundreds of thousands of travellers who are attracted by its fabulous architecture and by the mystery it prompts.

• Puno:Puno is the folkloric capital of Peru where the world’s highest navigable lake is located, theTiticaca Lake. The lake plays a major role as a thermoregulatory element in the climate of the area; it has an area of 36,180 hectare and an altitude of 3,809 meters. The Titicaca National Reserve is home to more than 15 fish species, a giant frog and 60 species of birds in their extensive cattails.The floating islands of Titicaca have a special appeal. There are thirty islands: Taquile, Amantani, Soto and Suasi, amongst other. According to the legend, the founders of the Inca Empire came out of the Titicaca Lake.

• Nazca Lines:The south of Peru includes the Nazca Lines as one of its main attractions. These fantastic geoglyphs were built by ancient Peruvians for the purpose of worship and astronomical observation. The Nazca Lines can be seen from small planes. The imposing and enigmatic Nazca Lines are one of the most important legacies of the ancient pre-Inca Peruvian cultures: source of knowledge and amazing recording of celestial phenomena. Maria Reiche defines them as the strange testimony and legacy of ancient Peruvian cultures: “Lines of the Nazca Pampas are nothing less than a historical reference of science and the pre-Hispanic Peruvian scientists. It recorded a scientific tradition in which the ancient Peruvians developed an alphabet to write down the most important astronomical events of those days. The Pampas of Nazca are the pages of a book written with this strange alphabet”
• Amazonas:The jungles of the Amazon in the south east of Peru are home to the largest concentration of biodiversity with a great number of species of flora and fauna. The Tambopata Reserve and National Park-Sonene Bahuaja are one of the few unspoiled places most bio diverse in the world.If you are a nature lover you will love the hundreds of captivating colours of exotic birds which fly freely over the treetops in the blue sky. You will also have the opportunity to observe a variety of reptiles like crocodiles and snakes.If you are interested in plants you should know that the forest is full of beautiful herbs and flowers, such as orchids.To visit the Peruvian Jungle means having contact with many ethnic groups and villages different to the Andean ones, since these Jibaro cultures have their own customs and even their own language. In the jungle very little Spanish is spoken and there are dozens of distinct languages that are subject of study.

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