Before coming to Peru
Distance
To provide a useful reference, we have prepared a table of approximate flight hours to reach Peru.
Tourist Visas
This is not required for citizens of most countries in the Americas and Western Europe. Citizens of Bolivia, Ecuador and Chile do not need to have a passport or visa to visit certain regions in Peru. In these cases they are authorized to stay up to 90 days (extendable by Immigration authorities). Inquire with the Peruvian consular representation in your country if you need further information. Their addresses and telephone numbers can be found in the web site of the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Time zone
LIMA |
12:00 h |
NEW YORK |
12:00 h |
BUENOS AIRES |
14:00 h |
LONDON |
17:00 h |
BERLIN |
18:00 h |
PARIS |
18:00 h |
TOKYO |
2:00 h (*) |
SIDNEY |
3:00 h (*) |
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Currency and denominations
The official currency of Peru is the Nuevo Sol (S/.) which is divided into 100 cents. Coins in circulation include the amounts of 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents, as well as 1, 2 and 5 Nuevos Soles. Paper bills come in 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 Nuevos Soles.
US Dollars are accepted in most commercial establishments, restaurants and service stations, at the current exchange rate.
Most of the establishments accept the most popular credit cards, such as Visa, Master Card, Diners and American Express. Travelers' Checks are used with some limitations. Inquire at the establishment as to whether or not they are accepted.
When paying with a credit card, make sure you are only paying the amount of the service or goods purchased.
To find out the exchange rate, please visit:
Duty-Free goods
a) |
Clothing which are for the traveler's personal use |
b) |
Personal hygiene items for the traveler's personal use |
c) |
Objects for personal decoration |
d) |
One electric hair dryer or hairbrush. |
e) |
One electric shaver. |
f) |
One photographic camera and up to five (5) rolls of film. |
g) |
One film or video camera not for professional use, and up to five (5) rolls of film. |
h) |
Records, cassettes, CDs or audio tapes up to 10 |
i) |
One portable electronic calculator. |
j) |
Medicine for personal use |
k) |
Books magazines and documents in general |
l) |
Up to twenty (20) packets of cigarettes or 50 cigars or 250 gm of tobacco. |
m) |
Up to three (3) liters of liquor |
n) |
Up to THREE HUNDRED AMERICAN DOLLARS (US$300.00) in various articles for the traveler's personal use or as gifts which for their quantity, type and variety can be presumed not to be for trading purposes, as long as the individual unit value does not top ONE HUNDRED AMERICAN DOLLARS (US$ 100.00). |
o) |
One portable mechanical, electric or electronic typewriter. |
p) |
One portable wind or stringed musical instrument. |
q) |
One radio, radio cassette player, cassette player, record player, CD player or a set which has all these items incorporated, as long as it is PORTABLE with its own energy source. |
r) |
Suitcases, bags and other commonly-used containers that hold the objects in the traveler's luggage. |
s) |
Objects declared as luggage upon departure and which are listed in the TEMPORARY DEPARTURE DECLARATION. |
t) |
One live pet animal, having complied with the corresponding sanitary regulations, as long as they are brought as accompanied luggage. |
u) |
A portable personal computer, with its own energy source, as long as it is brought as accompanied luggage. |
In cases where travelers are handicapped or suffer some illness, auxiliary means and equipment will be considered luggage (wheelchair, stretcher, crutches, among other items)
Children aged under 18 will not be allowed to bring in the items stated in clauses m) and n).
Source: ADUANAS
Adventure sports activities for wich travelers can bring equipment
- Hang-gliding
- Mountain climbing
- Rafting
- Hunting
- Underwater fishing
- Caving
- Water skiing
- Snow skiing
- Kayaking
- Flora and fauna watching
- Parapente
- Fishing
- Surfing
- Trekking
- Wind Surf.
For more detailed information, inquire at the Peruvian diplomatic representation in your country. You can also visit the following link http://www.sunat.gob.pe/orientacAduana/index.html (in spanish).
- You must declare whether you are bringing in any vegetable or animal species. If so, you will need to have a permit from the competent sanitary authorities in your country. If you do not have the necessary sanitation documents, Peruvian sanitation authorities may order your vegetable species to be incinerated and that the animal be sacrificed.
- Upon arriving at the airport, all travelers must use the red light-green customs control system, pressing a single buttom. If the green light comes on, the declaration will be taken to be true and luggage may be withdraw without prior inspection.
If the red light comes on, a bag will be chosen from the travelers´s luggage and will be searched. If there is no difference between the declarartion and the contests of the lugagge, the traveler may withdraw his suitcase and enter the country. If the search determines that the declaration does not occur with the traveler´s goods, the goods will be retained, and if the value of these articles surpasses 12,000 (approximately US $ 3,372.00), legal action will be taken.
Source: ADUANAS
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