V!VA Travel Guides is proud to announce the publication of it’s brand new Peru Guidebook, currently available for purchase both on Amazon.com and the V!VA Travel Guides website.

The V!VA Peru Guidebook is the first guide to be published following Peru’s devastating Pisco earthquake in August of 2007, and offers the most current information about the status of the ravaged area, as well as updated hotel and restaurant listings. Now more than ever, travelers are urged to contribute to Peru’s tourist economy, and visit Peru’s famous Incan ruins, tranquil beaches, atmospheric colonial cities, lush jungles, and dizzying Andes.

Written for travelers by travelers, this 470-page Peru guide covers everything that the independent traveler needs to know, including:

* extensive coverage of Cusco, with reviews of more than 35 tour companies, 50 hotels and hostels and 30 restaurants;

* in-depth descriptions of the Inca Trail, as well as alternative treks well off the Gringo Trail;

* a special section on adventure travel and hiking;

* tips on staying healthy and safe;

* listings for budget and luxury travelers alike.

Hundreds of days of on-the-road research by a team of Peru experts in addition to daily reports from international travelers have yielded the most trustworthy guidebook on Peru. Updated continually, with new editions published every six months, the V!VA Travel Guides Peru guide is essential for anyone planning a trip to one of South America’s most diverse and plentiful countries.

The V!VA Difference: All of V!VA Travel Guides’ books begin on V!VA’s website, www.vivatravelguides.com, where travelers post hundreds of reviews, comments, suggestions and updates daily. Combining the expertise of V!VA writers and editors with user-generated comments and ratings, V!VA focuses in on unbiased, first-hand accounts, ensuring that you have the most up-to-date, accurate information available for planning your travels. Visit our website for free downloads of chapters and more.

V!VA Travel Guides is offering aspiring writers and photographers the chance to partake in several intensive week-long travel writing crash-courses in various exciting cities in Latin America.

V!VA’s pilot Boot Camp will take place from November 26th to the 30th in Quito, Ecuador. In 2008, a Boot Camp is also planned to take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from January 6th through 12th. Boot camps are also in the works for several other Latin American countries in the early summer of 2008.

Students of the crash-course will hone travel writing skills under the guidance of seasoned professionals and will be given tips on producing quality digital photography for the internet to accompany their stories. Students will be advised on what editors want, how to deliver, get published and get paid, and writing will then be critiqued by established travel writers and editors.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to stay “on assignment” in Ecuador or Argentina after the course and may be compensated, and works will be published in upcoming guidebooks for these countries.

For more information about V!VA’s bootcamps and to send in applications, please visit the Boot Camp section of V!VA’s website.