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Attention:  This information is to be used as general guidelines and may not be updated to meet the current requirements.  Before you travel, be sure to contact the appropriate authorities for your destination country.

Before beginning the import procedures, make sure that your vet is approved by the Government Veterinarian Authority in the country of origin.   For example, if an animal is departing the United States, the vet will need to be USDA Accredited. 

Import Requirements for Peru:

1) Microchip:  Each Pet shall be identified by means of a microchip.  No other form of identification is acceptable. The microchip used should comply with ISO Standard 11784 or Annex A to ISO standard 11785- otherwise the pet will need to be sent with it’s own scanner attached to the top of the crate.

2) All animals need to have Full Vaccinations:

Dogs:  Distemper, Hepatitis, Parvo, Leptospirosis, (DHLPP) Corona Virus, Parainfluenza, and Rabies within the last 12 months or a minimum of 4 weeks before arrival.

Cats:  Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis, Calicivirus, Panleukopenia (FVRCP), and Rabies within the last 12 months or a minimum of 4 weeks before arrival. 

3)  International Health Certificate:  Your vet should have these in stock.  It’s a good idea to call ahead and ask.  This is an international health certificate that needs to be completed by your vet within 10 days of departure.  Depending on the logistics of your particular pet relocation and the specific health certificate being used (APHIS Form 7001) an additional USDA Endorsement maybe required on this health certificate.  Speak to your PetRelocation.com specialist regarding the USDA portion of this process.

4) USDA Endorsement:  The below referenced forms:

• Microchip Implantation Record

• Vaccine Certificate(s)

• International Health Certificate – APHIS Form 7001

All documents above must be sent to your local USDA for their stamp of approval.  Please contact your PetRelocation.com representative on the best way of handling this.

5)  All original documentation must travel with the pets. 

Veterinarians

Animal Life

The doctor speaks English

Av. Santiago de Compostella 147, La Molina Phone. 368-0517

Animalia

Av. Javier Prado Este 539, San Isidro Phone. 222-4020

Centro Veterinario La Aurora

Av. Roca y Boloña 420, Miraflores Phone. 447-1563

Centro Veterinario Malca

Av. Conquistadores 880, San Isidro Phone. 440-6368

Clinica Veterinaria Benavides

Av. Benavides 5105, Santiago de Surco Phone. 275-4981

Clinica Veterinaria Cavero

Av. La Encalada 1140, Monterrico, Santiago de Surco Phone. 435-5218

Clinica Veterinaria CLIVET de la UPCH

Behind the CaetanoHerediaUniversity

Junction Jiron Vargas Machuca No/Nº with Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, San Martin de Porres Phone. 319-0030

Clinica Veterinaria Pharmavet

Av. Canada 3290, San Borja Phone. 346-1407

Clinica Veterinaria Rondom

Calle Pedro Venturo 104, Higuereta, Santiago de Surco Phone. 271-5542

Clinica Veterinaria UNMSM

Av. Circunvalacion 2800, San Borja Phone. 437-6097

Conan’s Pets

Av. Benavides 2150, Miraflores Phone. 447-2233

Consultorio Veterinario

Dr.is very experienced and speaks english too

Franciscoco de Paula Camino 331, Miraflores Phone. 446-7439

Doggie Vet

Calle Ontario 579, Rinconada del lago - La Molina Phone. 368-3666

Fido’s

Av. San Luis 2080, San Borja Phone. 475-2290

Instituto Veterinario

Av. Prolongacion Primavera 395, Chacarilla del Estanque, San Borja Phone. 372-3995

Molino Pet

Calle Tenerife with Las Viñas, Mza. 2A Lote 20, La Molina Phone. 365-5289

Mundo de Mascotas

Av. Nicolas Ayllon 1700, Chaclacayo Phone. 358-4508

Pet’s Place

Av. José Gálvez Barrenechea 673, San Borja Phone. 475-0418

Pets Servicios Veterinarios

Calle La Punta 650, La Molina Phone. 479-2846

Polo Vet

Pick up pet service

Av. El Polo 386, Monterrico Phone. 437-0290

Vet Can

Av. Guardia Civil 816, San Isidro Phone. 225-7325

Veterinaria Covima

Av. Javier Prado 6973, La Molina Phone. 349-2280

Veterinaria Liberato

Av. Caminos del Inca 3045, Santiago de Surco Phone. 274-1638

Veterinaria Reducto

Av. Reducto 1161, Miraflores Phone. 447-0202

Pet Organizations

Kennel Club Peruano Avenida Benavides 712, Of. 202, P.O.Box 18-0320, LIMA 18 Phone: 00 511 / 444 16 28Fax: 00 511 / 444 85 22

Geography

The geography of Peru is as beautiful and diverse as the country itself is. Peru is located in Western South America between coordinates 10°00' S and 76°00' W. Peru borders Brazil and Bolivia the east, Ecuador and Colombia in the north, Chile in the east and south, and the South Pacific Ocean in the west. Peru has a total geographical area of 1,285,216 sq km, and is the 18th largest nation in the world.

Though Peru is a predominantly mountainous, the country can be divided into three main geographical zones - the coast, the mountains, and the Amazon rainforest. The coastal region in the west is a narrow plain consisting of large tracts of deserts dotted with fertile valleys, while the Andes dominate the Peruvian topography. The Amazon rainforest area lies between the Andes and the eastern border with Brazil.

The Peruvian coastline features amazing deserts, beautiful beaches and fertile valleys. The popular topographic features of Peruvian coast include Sechura Desert, the Atacama Desert and the Nazca Plains. The mountainous area of Peru is dominated by the Andes, where Mt Huascaran rises up to 6,768 meters. You'll find hundreds of permanently glaciated snow-covered peaks and valleys; many beautiful lakes, including Lake Titicaca (3,809 m); as well as a unique and diverse flora and fauna in the Peruvian Andes. The vast tropical forest in the Amazon River Basin is other major geographical feature of Peru, covering approximately 63 percent area of the country. Peru is one of the larger South American countries - some ten times the size of England - covering an area of 1,285,000 square kilometres and with a population of over 26 million. Around seventy percent of its inhabitants live in cities, which are mainly located along the coast and limited almost exclusively to half a dozen thin but relatively fertile river valleys running into the Pacific. Peru is unique in possessing such a wide variety of ecosystems ranging from the dryest hot desert in the Americas, to the high Andean peaks (over 7600m above sea level); from a two- thousand-kilometre-long belt of cloud forest, rich in flora and fauna, to a vast area of lowland Amazon jungle, covering about half the country. The three main zones of Peru are known as La Costa (the coast), La Sierra (the mountains) and La Selva (the jungle). Within a matter of hours, you can leave the scorching desert coastline with some of the Pacific Ocean's best fishing, cross the world's highest tropical mountain range - the Andes - and plunge down into our planet's biggest tropical rainforest.

Capital         Lima

Languages      Spanish

Currency        Nuevo Sol (PEN)

Climate

Peru enjoys a varied climate, and the Andes and the cold Humboldt Current are the major determining factors of Peruvian climate. On visit to Peru, you'll find hot and humid tropical climate in Amazon area, mild and pleasant temperate climate in the coastal region, hot and dry desert climate in western Peru, as well as temperate to frigid climate in the Andes Mountains.

The unusual weather conditions in Peru are created mainly by two major offshore ocean currents - the cold Humbolt Current coming up from Chile and the Antarctic, which meets the warm, tropical El Niño current coming down from the Pacific along the Ecuadorian coast. The Humbolt is largely responsible for the dry desert coastline of Peru and Northern Chile, sending Pacific clouds up into the Andes where they precipitate as rain. Traditional Peruvian wisdom says that it only really rains on the Peruvian coast about once every twenty years or so, when the El Niño current pushes further down the coast, warming the seas and causing disruptive rains in the desert. These rains bring devastating floods to towns and settlements poorly prepared for torrential downpours and often inhabited by migrants from the mountains. However, the rains also bring the desert into bloom as all the wild flower seeds, preserved by the drought conditions, suddenly burst into life. Over the last few years, the Peruvian weather has been rather unsettled and El Niño has been acting even more unpredictably than usual, possibly as a result of global warming. However, it still rarely rains on the coast, although the Lima region does experience substantial smog, coastal fogs or mists and even drizzle, particularly between the months of May and November. The climate in the Sierra and Selva regions can be fairly clearly divided into a wet season (Oct-April) and a dry season (May-Sept). There is, of course, some rain during the dry season, but it is much heavier and much more frequent in the wet season, when travel becomes much harder: roads are often impassable, flights are frequently cancelled or delayed due to poor conditions, and landslides affect trains and bus routes alike. Trekking in the mountains and canoeing on the Andean or jungle rivers are also much less enjoyable during the wet season than at other times of year. Equally frustrating - especially if you've travelled halfway across the world to be here - is the fact that some of the stupendous views, particularly those around Cusco and in the Cordillera Blanca, are often obscured by clouds at this time of year. If you want to visit several different regions of Peru, then your best bet is to travel round in the middle of the dry season between June and September. Again, weather conditions have been quite unsettled in these regions over the last ten years or so, with the Altiplano zone, around Puno, being affected by serious droughts , which have left the water level of Lake Titicaca at its lowest for years.

Expat Peru, www.expatperu.com, is a site devoted to the expatriate community in Peru, with forums, information, jobs, and more.

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