The potato is originally from Peru, and there are over 3,000 different varieties of Potato grown in Peru

Forget the Sahara Desert, Peru actually has the highest sand dunes in the World. Cerro Blanco sand dune, located in the Sechura Desert in the south of Peru, measures 3,860 feet from the base to the summit

Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world with an elevation of 11,436 feet

Peru has the longest left-handed wave in the world.

The Amazon River is the longest river in the world and it starts in Peru!

Peru is home to the Puya Raimondii, the world’s tallest flowering plant

The name Ecuador came from the word equator since the equator passes directly through the country.

It is a normal activity for doctors in Ecuador to make house calls.

Ecuador is, by far, the world’s largest exporter of bananas.

Quito sits at 2,850 meters above sea level, making it the highest official capital in the world.

Ecuador was the first country in the world to recognize that nature has constitutional rights!

Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution is based on discoveries from the Galapagos Islands.