Travel destinations Peru – Cities
Moyobamba
Capital of the department of San Martin and known as the «City of
Orchids». There are more than 3500 species of orchids around Moyobamba,
about 10% of all orchids known worldwide, including Cattleya rex and
Phragmipedium peruvianum (Phragmipedum kovachii) endemic to the region.
Many orchids can be admired alongside fruit trees and butterflies in the
San Francisco Botanical Garden.
River valley of the Mayo in northern Peru, 113 km northwest of Tarapoto.
Geographical location
Population
About 84 000.
January: 22 °C, February: 22 °C, March: 22 °C, April: 23 °C, May: 23 °C, June:
23 °C, July: 23 °C, August: 23 °C, September: 23 °C, October: 23 °C, November:
23 °C, December: 23 °C.
Source of statistical data: Weatherbase.
Average high and low temperature
January: 28,2 °C / 18,5
°C, February: 28,1 °C
/ 18,5 °C, March: 28,3 °C
/ 18,6 °C, April: 28,6 °C
/ 18,6 °C, May: 28,9 °C
/ 18,3 °C, June: 28,7 °C
/ 17,8 °C, July: 29,9 °C
/ 17,2 °C, August: 29,3 °C
/ 17,3 °C, September: 29,4 °C
/ 17,7 °C, October: 29,4 °C
/ 18,4 °C, November: 29,2 °C
/ 18,8 °C, December: 28,6 °C
/ 18,8 °C.
Average rainfall
January: 113 mm, February: 157 mm, March: 158 mm, April: 119 mm, May: 88 mm, June:
53
mm, July: 52 mm, August: 67 mm, September: 89 mm, October: 127 mm, November:
128 mm,
December: 127 mm.
Source of statistical data: Senamhi.
Photo: ANDINA.
13 days / 12 nights
Round trip: Lima, Chiclayo, Chachapoyas, Karajía, Kuelap,
Leymebamba, Gocta, Tarapoto, Lamas, Laguna Azul, Tarapoto,
Lima.
4 days / 3 nights
Tours around Tarapoto with the
folkloric Lamas, the Laguna Azul lake, «Alto Mayo» (upper reaches of
the Mayo River) and waterfalls.
7 days / 6 nights
Combination of two important tourist centers in the north of Peru:
jungle area around Tarapoto + Andean mountains with historical sites
around Chachapoyas.
Altitude
860 m.
Average temperature
Travel programs:
PTW-PER006
Northern Peru
PTW-TAR001
Tarapoto with Lamas, Laguna Azul, Alto Mayo and waterfalls
PTW-TAR003
Tarapoto + Chachapoyas
